Aaron Kwok
Hong Kong male singer and actor. In 1984 admitted to the dance training class of Television Broadcasts Limited, and in 1990 drew attention from a Taiwan motorcycle advertisement and released the first album "對你愛不完". In 2005 and 2006 received Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards for two consecutive years, and in 2016 received Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards with "踏血尋梅".
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About the artist
Aaron Kwok is a Hong Kong male singer and actor. His ancestral home is Dongguan, and there are five brothers and sisters in his family.
In 1984 admitted to the dance training class of Television Broadcasts Limited, and in 1985, being recognized, transferred to the artist training class. 腾讯新闻 wrote that in 1984 Aaron Kwok was unemployed after injuring a leg while kicking, and at nineteen entered a TVB dance-artist training class that selected one from three thousand, the name submitted secretly by a friend. am730 wrote that in Hong Kong Aaron Kwok came from being a dancer, later joined the artist training class to make television dramas, and the male lead in the sitcom "都市方程式" did not go to Aaron Kwok.
After three years of dance training or backing dance plus three years as an extra, in 1990 a Taiwan motorcycle advertisement changed the situation. The same year 劉瑋慈 taught Mandarin, and the first album "對你愛不完" was released. The disc was issued by Warner Music on September 24, 1990. An am730 column quoted the line "without Taiwan there would be no Aaron Kwok of today".
In April 1991 Warner issued the second solo Mandarin album "我是不是該安靜的走開". In February 1992 "請把我的情感帶回家" was issued. Thereafter came in succession "夢難留" in 1993, "鐵幕誘惑" in 1994, "我的開始在這裡" in January 1995, "信鴿" in 1996, "誰會記得我" in April 1997, "真的怕了" in 1999, "旅途愉快" in 2000, "新天地" in 2001 and "國度" in 2006.
After returning from Taiwan to Hong Kong, developed on the three lines of music, film and television; Avenue of Stars said Aaron Kwok was named one of the "四大天王" of the Hong Kong music scene.
Aaron Kwok also appeared in films including "風雲：雄霸天下" (1998), "雷霆戰警" (2000), "柔道龍虎榜" (2004) and "寒戰" (2012). Aaron Kwok co-starred with Ekin Cheng in "風雲：雄霸天下" and "風雲II", playing 步驚雲 and 聶風 respectively; am730 wrote that after "風雲" Aaron Kwok's film collaborators were if not 梁朝偉 then people such as 劉青雲, 梁家輝 and 古天樂.
腾讯新闻 wrote that in 2000 Aaron Kwok took Most Popular Male Singer at 十大勁歌金曲 for the third time, and in 2004 ended an eight-year Pepsi endorsement. Aaron Kwok held the "舞台寶典" concert, and the following year received the 香港舞蹈年獎, and thereafter with "三岔口" and "父子" took consecutive Best Actor titles.
In 2005 and 2006 Aaron Kwok took consecutive Golden Horse Best Actor titles with "三岔口" and "父子", as Best Actor at the 42nd edition and the following edition respectively. Aaron Kwok also received Best Actor at the Changchun Film Festival with "三岔口".
In 2016 received Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards with "踏血尋梅" (2015); at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards the film took seven awards including Best Actor and Best Actress, and Aaron Kwok and 春夏 were named Best Actor and Best Actress. In September of the same year, the film was recommended to represent Hong Kong in contention for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards; Aaron Kwok called this the honour of the whole crew, and named director 翁子光.
In a January 3, 2025 column am730 described Aaron Kwok still releasing new songs, trying new looks and studying dance.
Overview
- Born
- October 26, 1965age 60
- Born in
- Hong Kong
- Career start
- First album · September 1990
- Active
- September 1990 – present36 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- 郭富城, 城城, Aaron
- Instruments
- Vocals
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