Collin Chou

Collin Chou
Collin Chou
	Collin Chou in March 2008
Born	11 August 1967 (age 57); Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Other names	Ngai Sing
Occupation(s)	Actor, martial artist
Spouse	Wanda Yung
Children	3
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄒兆龍
Simplified Chinese	邹兆龙
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zōu Zhàolóng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Zau1 Siu6-lung4
	Musical career
Also known as	Ngai Sing (Chinese: 倪星; pinyin: Ní Xīng; Jyutping: Ngai4 Sing1)
Website	Official website

Collin Chou (born 11 August 1967), sometimes credited as Ngai Sing, is a Taiwanese actor and martial artist.

Personal life

Chou attended Pierce Community College in Los Angeles, United States. In addition to his native Mandarin, he also speaks English and Cantonese.

Career

Chou is best known in the United States for his portrayal of Seraph in the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and in the video game Enter the Matrix.^[1] In Asian cinema, Chou has co-starred with Jet Li, Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung in martial arts films such as Fearless (2006), and Flash Point (2007). He is also known for playing the antagonist Shang Wei in Hail the Judge (1994), which starred Stephen Chow and "Jade Warlord" in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), which starred Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Collin Chou starred in Alice Wu's The Half of It as Leah Lewis's father.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Promising Young Boy	Chopin
1988	Shy Spirit	Sing	a.k.a. Shyly Spirit
1989	Into the Fire	Chou Hsiao-lung
1990	Encounter of the Spooky Kind II	Snakeman	a.k.a. Spooky Encounters 2
1990	License to Steal	Yang Chuan-kuang	a.k.a. Licence to Steal
1991	Slickers Vs. Killers	Ai
1992	Banana Spirit	Che
1992	Lover's Tear	Inspector Chung Ao	a.k.a. 4 Days of Condor
1993	Exorcist Master	Star
	Blade of Fury	Siu Chuen
	Kung Fu Cult Master	Ching Su	a.k.a. Kung Fu Master a.k.a. Evil Cult a.k.a. Lord of the Wu Tang
1994	Hail the Judge	Shang Wai
	Return to a Better Tomorrow	Holland Boy
	The Bodyguard from Beijing	Killer Wong	a.k.a. The Defender
	Ashes of Time	Swordsman
1995	Don't Give a Damn	Siu Loon	a.k.a. Burger Cop
	My Father Is a Hero	Kwong's man	a.k.a. The Enforcer
	Teenage Master	Sek Lung	a.k.a. My Father Is a Hero 2
	The Red-Wolf	Tong San
	Drugs Fighters	Li Fan
	Thunderbolt	Martial arts double for Jackie Chan
	The Blade	Fast Saber
1996	Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"	The Movie Star
	War of the Under World	Scum	a.k.a. Young and Magnificent a.k.a. War of the Underground a.k.a. War of the Underworld
	God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage	Wolf
1997	Passion
	97 Aces Go Places	Police Special Force
	Challenge
	The Death Games	Long	a.k.a. Over for Death Games
1998	Tie Break
	Rumble Ages
	The Group	Yip Kai-foon
	I Shoot Myself
	Fist of Mercy
1999	Untouchable Lady
	Final Judgement
	Black City		a.k.a. City of Darkness a.k.a. Dark City
	Immortal Spirit	Lai's brother
	Temptation of an Angel	Roy
	Night Club	Kao
	The Victim	Shing	a.k.a. Victim
2000	Two Courageous Ghosts	Siu Hark
	Hector
	Tricky Guys
	Tequila Sunrise	Rocky
2001	The Vampire Combat	Wuchie
2002	Stunt Couple
2002	No Problem 2	Ben
2003	Roaring Dragon Bluffing Tiger	Hui Hong
	The Matrix Reloaded	Seraph
	The Matrix Revolutions	Seraph
2005	American Fusion	Tony
2006	Fearless	Huo Endi
	The Duel	Yuen
	DOA: Dead or Alive	Hayate
2007	Flash Point	Tony	a.k.a. City With No Mercy a.k.a. City Without Mercy a.k.a. The Signal a.k.a. Flashpoint
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom	Jade Warlord
2008	Nuptials of the Dead	Monk
2010	City Under Siege	Zhang Dachu
2010	Kung Fu Wing Chun	Kam Ying
2011	Mural	Meng Longtan
2012	The Four	Tie Shou
2013	Badges of Fury	Chen Hu
	Special ID	Xiong
	Angel Warriors
	The Four II	Tie Shou
2014	Ameera	Lao Q
2014	The Four III	Tie Shou
2016	Super Bodyguard
2016	God of War, Zhao Yun	Li Rending
2018	Gatao 2: Rise of the King (zh)	Liu Jan	Taiwanese film
2019	Battle of Golden Triangle
2019	Buddha Palm Technique
2020	The Half of It	Edwin Chu
2021	Crazy Fist
2021	The Curse of Turandot	Zhou Da
2022	Ne Zha

References

^ "Collin Chou Interview | Hong Kong Movie World- Seraph in Matrix". simonyam.com. 2013-01-04. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ N'Duka, Amanda (2019-06-11). "'The Matrix' Actor Collin Chou Joins Netflix's 'The Half of It'; 'Sabrina's Abigail Cowen Cast In 'I Still Believe'; Jim Klock Set For 'The 24th'". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-05-05.

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[1] "Collin Chou Interview | Hong Kong Movie World- Seraph in Matrix". simonyam.com. 2013-01-04. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

[2] N'Duka, Amanda (2019-06-11). "'The Matrix' Actor Collin Chou Joins Netflix's 'The Half of It'; 'Sabrina's Abigail Cowen Cast In 'I Still Believe'; Jim Klock Set For 'The 24th'". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-05-05.

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