Jay Chou

Jay Chou was born on Jan 18, 1979 in Taiwan. Jay Chou's big-screen debut came with Initial D directed by Andrew Lau in 2005, strarring Takumi Fujiwara. Jay Chou is known for Secret directed by Jay Chou, Jay Chou stars as Ye Xiang Lun and Gwei Lun-Mei as Lu Xiao Yu. Jay Chou has got 5 awards and 17 nominations so far. The most recent award Jay Chou achieved is Golden Horse Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Jay Chou plays is Now You See Me 2 which will be released on Jun 10, 2016.

Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and director. He was born in Taipei to schoolteachers, Yeh Hui-Mei, who taught fine arts, and Chou Yao-Chung, a biomedical researcher. In 2000, Chou released his first album, titled Jay (2000), under the record company Alfa Music. Since then, his music has gained recognition throughout Asia, most notably in regions such as Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and in western Asian communities such as in the United States and Australia. He has sold more than 30 million albums since his debut. Chou continues to write songs for other artists, work on his album and went on to win numerous awards in the music industry. In 2003, he was the cover story of Time magazine (Asia version), titled New King of Asian Pop, acknowledging his influence on popular culture. He has since held five world tours, performing in cities around the world to more than 10 million people. Chou debuted his acting career and made his film debut in Initial D (2005), and also since ventured into many movie projects. He made his Hollywood debut in 2011 with The Green Hornet (2011), starring alongside Seth Rogen and Christoph Waltz. Chou also manages his own record and management company, JVR Music.