Profile of Nicholas Tse on Famous Like Me

Nicholas Tse Ting Fung (謝霆鋒) (born on August 29, 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, but also attended Hong Kong International School in Hong Kong; and maintains a dual Canadian and Chinese citizenship. 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.

History

Tse has produced a number of albums, known for their guitar riffs. He has also starred in several other acclaimed films, such as Time and Tide and Metade Fumaca. He enjoys good success in Hong Kong, as well as dating Hong Kong singer/actress Cecilia Cheung and Faye Wong.

However, Tse came into the spotlight when he crashed his Ferrari F360 Modena in Central of Hong Kong 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. He had spent two weeks in a detention center prior to sentencing, and there, Tse received a rectal infection as a result of the cavity searches. 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.

He later had another accident in November, where he crashed his Audi in Lantau. He was banned from driving for six months and fined 4000 Hong Kong dollars for reckless driving. Prior to this, he was fined 7000 HKD and had his license suspended for a year for two separate charges of speeding.

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 Curve" (霆鋒灣) by local HongKongese. Although it is not an official name, every HongKongese knows where it is.

Afterwards, Tse spent several months to "discover himself", then releasing the album Reborn.

Discography

My Attitude (1997)
無聲仿有聲 EP Silence Imitating Sound EP (1997)
HORIZONS (1998)
末世紀的呼聲 EP Call of the Century EP (1998)
Believe (1999)
謝謝你的愛 1999 Thank You For Your Love 1999 (1999)
Most Wanted霆鋒精輯 (1999)
零距離 Zero Distance (2000)
了解 Understand (2000)
活著VIVA (2000)
玉蝴蝶 Jade Butterfly (2001)
世紀預言 The Prophecy (2001)
Me (2002)
無形的他 Invisible (2002)
Reborn (2003)
Listen Up (2004)
黃、鋒 (新曲+精選) Yellow (New+Best Selection) (2005)
One Inch Closer (2005)

Filmography

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
Gen-X Cops (1999)
A Man Called Hero (1999)
Metade Fumaca (1999)
The Mirror (1999)
Twelve Nights (2000)
Winner Takes All (2000)
Time and Tide (2000)
Comic King (2001)
Master Q 2001 (2001)
Heroes in Love (2001) [writer/co-director only]
My Schoolmate, the Barbarian (2001)
2002 (2001)
Tiramisu (2002)
Demi-Haunted (2002)
The Medallion (2003) [cameo]
Goddess of Mercy (2004)
Enter the Phoenix (2004) [cameo]
Moving Targets (2004)
New Police Story (2004)
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
The Promise (TBA)

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