Nicholas Tse
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Nicolas Tse Ting Fung (Traditional Chinese: 謝霆鋒; born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong based singer and actor. He is an actor of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Born to Hong Kong legendary actor Patrick Tse and Deborah Lai, Tse was raised in Vancouver, Canada and attended St. George's School and was expelled. Later he attended Hong Kong International School in Hong Kong; maintains a dual Canadian and Hong Kong citizenship. He also has a younger sister named Jennifer Tse. Throughout his career, he has been a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, and a composer. He is also often referred to as Nic, or 霆鋒. His most well-known song is "Jade Butterfly" (玉蝴蝶), which he has performed in every major concert to date.
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[edit] History
Tse has produced a number of albums, known for their simple guitar riffs. He has also starred in several other acclaimed films, such as Time and Tide and Metade Fumaca and recently in films The Promise and Dragon Tiger Gate, both claimed to be breakthroughs in Chinese film history. He enjoys great success in Hong Kong, and also rumoured to have a range of girlfriends singers/actress Cecilia Cheung, Faye Wong, and Bondy Chiu. But Nicholas recently proposed to Cecilia Cheung and married secretly without notifying both their friends and parents.
Beginning his career with Mr Yeung (a friend of Patrick Tse), he slowly climbed the ladder of stardom, although tough at first he made his name through a numerous range of Cantonese songs, including: 非走不可(Have to leave) 改造人 (Remade Man). These songs are also widely sang in many other singer's concerts including Hacken Lee (Lee Hak Kan 李克勤) and Eason Chan (Chan Yik Sun 陳奕迅) which definitely shows the popularity of his songs at that time, and even in present tense. The one thing special about Nicholas Tse in Hong Kong celebrity life, was his revolutionary act. To begin with he is so far the youngest male singer to have held a full concert in the Hong Kong Coliseum, as well as being the first 'young singer' as in that time period which he first stepped into the spotlight many singers were usually in their 30s or even above, in other words he was like an 'experiment' as without him becoming the first success of young idols (青春偶像) managers like Paco Wong will not have released Cookies (a group of nine girls) or Mani Fok in releasing Twins (Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung). He was a singer that believed, singers should be passionate about music and made very provoking comments in television shows, and also has a habit of expressing his emotions on stage by smashing his guitar giving him the name "Bad Boy of Cantopop" and "Pete Townshend of Hong Kong".
[edit] Car accidents
At the height of his career, he crashed his Ferrari F360 Modena in Hong Kong Central District in early morning on March 23, 2002. Initially it was claimed that his driver was responsible for the crash, but further investigation by the ICAC revealed that the story was fabricated, involving three other men and a police officer. Tse was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for obstruction of justice, and officer Lau Chi-Wai was sentenced to six months in prison. Although some viewed this charge as lenient, the 240 hours was the maximum punishment for this offense, given that Tse was also a young offender at the time (21 years and 7 months.) Nonetheless, some claimed that this sentence would send out the wrong message to Hong Kong youths, although it could be equally argued that handing out a harsher sentence because he was a celebrity is just as inappropriate as handing out a lighter one. This incident had caused him to have a downfall of popularity.
He later had another accident in November, where he crashed his Audi in Lantau. He was banned from driving for six months and fined HK$4000 for reckless driving. Prior to this, he was fined HK$7000 and had his license suspended for a year for two separate charges of speeding. Known as an avid car fan, Nicholas has expressed his frustrations with not being able to operate a vehicle. He has vowed to express his tensions through his music and fight for justice.
Due to the high publicity of the case and his frequent automobile accidents, the crash site of his Ferrari on Red Cotton Drive in Central is now popularly known as the "Nicholas Bay" (霆鋒灣) by local Honger. Although it is not an official name, every Honger knows where it is. [original research?]
[edit] Current
Afterwards, Tse spent several months to "discover himself", then releasing the album Reborn.
He is now working in mainland China most of his time filming movies, series and so on. He said he'll be taking a break from singing and focusing on his acting for a year.
Now Nicholas is dating Cecilia Cheung, they officially admitted it on July 31, 2006, at a Hong Kong commercial radio station, 881/903, which proved to be rather touching interview. [citation needed]. Unconfirmed reports Cheung and Tse were married in Philippines in September 2006. When being questioned by the Hong Kong media, Nicholas admitted that he and Cecilia are officially married.
[edit] Discography
- 1997 My Attitude (大碟)
- 1997 無聲仿有聲 (EP)
- 1998 Horizons (大碟)
- 1998 末世紀的呼聲 (EP)
- 1999 Believe (大碟)
- 1999 謝謝你的愛1999 (大碟)(香港版)
- 1999 謝謝你的愛1999 (大碟)(台灣版)
- 1999 紅人館903狂人熱份子音樂會 (LD, VCD & DVD)
- 1999 Most Wanted (新曲+精選)
- 2000 Most Wanted Karaoke (VCD)
- 2000 Most Wanted Karaoke (DVD & LD)
- 2000 移民歌 (EP) [Led Zeppelin Cover, 日本]
- 2000 零距離 (大碟)
- 2000 了解 (國語大碟)(台灣版)
- 2000 20 Twenty - Best Selection by Nicholas Tse (大碟)(日本版)
- 2000 了解 (國語大碟)(香港版)
- 2000 活著VIVA (大碟)
- 2000 20 Twenty - Best Selection by Nicholas Tse (大碟)
- 2000 Viva Live謝霆鋒演唱會 (CD)
- 2001 Viva Live謝霆鋒演唱會Karaoke (VCD & DVD)
- 2001 謝霆鋒創作紀念大碟Senses (大碟)
- 2001 玉蝴蝶 (廣東大碟)
- 2001 Stairway to Heaven (EP)
- 2001 音樂世界 (MD)
- 2001 世紀預言 (國語大碟)(香港版 & 台灣版)
- 2002 ME (廣東大碟)
- 2002 新城主力唱好霆鋒弦燒音樂Live (CD)
- 2002 無形的他Invisible (新曲+精選)(台灣版)
- 2002 唱好霆鋒弦燒音樂會 (VCD & DVD)
- 2003 Reborn (大碟)
- 2003 Most Wanted霆鋒精選 (DSD)
- 2004 Reborn Live演唱會 北京站 (CD)
- 2004 Reborn Live演唱會 北京站 (VCD & DVD)
- 2004 Listen Up (國語大碟)
- 2004 英皇鋼琴熱戀系列
- 2004 歡迎到密林 (EP)
- 2005 黃 (新曲+精選)
- 2005 One Inch Closer (大碟)
- 2005 黃 (新曲+精選)(卡拉VCD & DVD)
- 2005 謝霆鋒 x 達明一派 新城同場異夢音樂會 (CD)
- 2005 謝霆鋒 x 達明一派 新城同場異夢音樂會 (VCD)
- 2005 釋放 (國語大碟)
- 2006 謝霆鋒 毋忘我 新曲創作集 (2CD +DVD)
[edit] Filmography
- Rob-B-Hood (2006) [cameo]
- Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
- McDull, the Alumni (春田花花同學會) (2006)
- The Promise (2005)
- A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
- New Police Story (2004)
- Moving Targets (2004)
- Enter the Phoenix (2004) [cameo]
- Jade Goddess of Mercy (2004)
- The Medallion (2003) [cameo]
- Demi-Haunted (2002)
- Tiramisu (2002)
- 2002 (2001)
- My Schoolmate, the Barbarian (2001)
- Heroes in Love (2001) [writer/co-director only]
- Master Q 2001 (2001)
- Comic King (2001)
- Time and Tide (2000)
- Winner Takes All (2000)
- Twelve Nights (2000)
- The Mirror (1999)
- GenXCop (1999)
- Metade Fumaca (1999)
- A Man Called Hero (1999)
- Gen-X Cops (1999)
- Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
[edit] Series
- Aiming High (1998)
- Monkey King (2004)
- Amazing Twins (2005)
