Vic Chou

Vic Chou
Vic Chou at autograph event
Background information
Chinese name	周渝民
Pinyin	Zhōu Yùmín (Mandarin)
Birth name	周育民
Ethnicity	Chinese and Atayal
Origin	Taiwan
Born	(1981-06-09) 9 June 1981 Yilan, Taiwan
Other name(s)	仔仔 (pinyin: Zǎizai)
Occupation	actor, singer, model
Genre(s)	Mandopop, Rock music
Voice type(s)	Lyric Baritone
Label(s)	Sony Music Taiwan
Years active	2001–present
Associated acts	F4
Spouse(s)	Reen Yu (m. 2015)
Awards 48th Golden Bell Awards 2012 Best Actor – Home (TV series)

Vic Chou (Chinese: 周渝民; pinyin: Zhōu Yúmín) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model. He is a member of the Taiwanese boy band F4, and has starred in Taiwanese dramas. It had a variation only in the middle character (from 育 to 渝) from his birth name, 周育民 (pinyin: Zhōu Yùmín). ^[1]

Biography

Vic Chou was born on June 9, 1981, making him the youngest of the F4 members. He is considered the baby of F4, being treated the best by other F4 members. His mother has Taiwanese aborigines Atayal bloodline while his father is Taiwanese with ancestry from Linyi, Shandong Province. His grandmother gave him the nickname Zàizài "仔仔", meaning "little boy", which has become a nickname for him among fans.

Education

• Department of Business Administration, Hsing Wu College
• Department of Industrial Management, China University of Technology Chung Kuo Institute of Technology
• Department of Machinery, National LoTung Industrial Vocational High School
• Luodong Junior High School
• Gong Zeng Elementary School.

Personal Life

He married Taiwanese actress Reen Yu in 2015.

Solo career

F4

Vic rose to fame for his role as Hua Ze Lei in the highly popular Taiwan television series Meteor Garden. At the conclusion of the series, Vic along with the other cast members of Meteor Garden; Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu continued to perform together and released three studio albums as the quartet boy band F4.

Music career

Vic was the first F4 member to release his own album Make a Wish in January 2002. This was followed by Remember, I Love You which was released in January 2004.

His third album, I'm Not F4 was released in October 2007 and topped Taiwan's major charts for 3 weeks.

Acting career

Aside from Meteor Garden, Zhou has appeared in Taiwanese series such as Poor Prince and Love Storm, considered to be very "typical" idol dramas. However, with the 2004 television series Mars, Zhou took on a more complex role as a set of twins who suffer from mental illnesses. Zhou considers a turning point in his career. In many interviews, Zhou has pinpointed this as the moment where his interest in acting was truly piqued. Since then, he has taken on increasingly multi-facted roles, such as an ambitious but lonely businessman in Silence, a cranky perfectionist in Sweet Relationship and an awkward but passionate novelist in Wish to See You Again.

In 2008, Vic embarked on his first film, Linger alongside Li Bingbing.

In 2009, he took a departure from Taiwanese idol dramas and starred in the police drama Black & White. Zhou takes on the challenging role of an emotionally complex policeman with a past that is thrown into a dangerous web of corruption. Due to the popularity of the drama, talks of bringing Black and White to the big screen are currently taking place. Vic was nominated for Best Actor at the 44th Golden Bell Awards for his performance in Black & White.^[2] He also won the "Most Popular Actor" for the Taiwan/Hong Kong region at the QQ Entertainment Awards.

In 2010, Vic won "Most Popular Taiwanese Actor" at the Seoul International Drama Awards. The same year, he starred in Love You 10,000 Years. The film was the 5th best-selling Chinese film in Taiwan for 2010, and won "Most Popular with the Audience" at the 6th Osaka Asian Film Festival.

In 2013, Vic won the Golden Bell Awards for Best Actor for his performance in Coming Home.^[3]

Other recognition

In 2006, Vic was invited by TBS to participate in the starting match of 2006 Konami Cup.

Filmography

Television series

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Movies

Discography

Solo albums

Soundtrack contribution/other song

F4 albums

Product Endorsements

Release of photographic album

He also released a photographic album in October 2002, entitled "Travel Dream" (流浪夢, pinyin: Liú Làng Mèng) which contains his pictures shot during one of his trips to Hokkaidō, Japan.

His second photobook entitled 4Faces: Taipei & Tokyo was released in October 2006. It showcased ZaiZai's flexibility in front of the camera. There are 4 themes: Natural Face, Cool Face, Stylish Face and Fashionable Face. The first 2 themes were shot in Taipei while the last 2 themes were shot in Tokyo. This photobook is one of the bestsellers in HMV, a leading music and book store.

References

External links

• VicPower.Net
• Vic International Cooperation - Official Fan Club