Aaron Kwok | |||||||||||
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郭富城 | |||||||||||
Born | Kwok Fu-shing 26 October 1965 | ||||||||||
Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese | ||||||||||
Other names | Shing-Shing | ||||||||||
Citizenship | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Education | St John's Co-education College | ||||||||||
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Years active | 1984–present | ||||||||||
Organization | Aaron Kwok International Charity Foundation (Chinese: 郭富城國際慈善基金會)(2000-present) | ||||||||||
Spouse |
Moka Fang (m. 2017) | ||||||||||
Children | 2 Daughters | ||||||||||
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Instrument | Vocals | ||||||||||
Labels | UFO Record (1990–1993) Warner Music Group (1993–2006) Music Nation Group (2006–2020) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Chinese | 郭富城 | ||||||||||
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Website | First Strong Workshop Ltd (Aaron Kwok Management Co.) |
Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, actor and racing driver, known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" and the "God of Dance".[1] Active since the 1980s, he has released over 30 studio albums in Cantonese and Mandarin, mostly in the dance-pop genre, with elements of rock, R&B, soul, electronica and traditional Chinese music.[2]
Concurrently with his music career, Kwok started as an actor with a role in the TVB television drama Genghis Khan (1987), followed by Twilight of a Nation (1988), Man from Guangdong (1991), Heartstrings (1994), and Wars of Bribery (1996). He gained widespread recognition in the movie Saviour of the Soul (1991), for which he was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. His notable films include Future Cops (1993), China Strike Force (2000), Divergence (2005), After This Our Exile (2006), Cold War (2012), Port of Call (2015), for which he received a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Cold War 2 (2016), and Project Gutenberg (2018).