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Shawn Yue 余文樂
Background information
Born	November 13, 1981 (1981-11-13) (age 25)
Origin	Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Singer and actor

Shawn Yue (Traditional Chinese: 余文樂, Pinyin: Yu Wenle, born November 13, 1981) is an actor/singer based in Hong Kong. A former model, he has starred in many Cantonese movies such as Jiang Hu and Infernal Affairs II and has established himself as a recognized face in Hong Kong cinema. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is on all of the Yue dialects. ... The jiang hu or gong woo world is the fictional environment in which many wu xia stories are set. ... Image:Internal Affairs II.jpg DVD cover of Internal Affairs II Internal Affairs II is a Hong Kong film released in 2003 as a prequel to the 2002 hit Internal Affairs. ... The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ...

Background

Branded as the next "Nicholas Tse", Shawn Yue was born and raised in Hong Kong, China. Spotted at an early age on the streets of Hong Kong by agents of the famous Hong Kong modelling agency Starz People and began his modelling on a parttime basis. Once he graduated from Form 6, he immediately endulged into full-time modelling. He has since modelled for Giordano, Sony, Timberland, Gillette, Meko and is currently a spokesmodel for Shiseido Pureness and Coca-Cola China. Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: Pinyin: Xiè Tíngfēng; Cantonese: ze6 ting4 fung1), born 29 August 1980 is a Hong Kong based singer and actor. ... Umberto Giordano (August 28, 1867 - November 12, 1948) was a composer, mainly of opera. ... Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $66. ... Timberland has several meanings: Timberland a village in Lincolnshire. ... Gilette is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département of France. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...

From a model to a star

Shawn Yue (right) with Ayumi Hamasaki on short film "Distance Love"

Being a full time model for several years, Shawn Yue turned his career and headed for the HK entertainment industry. From there, he starred in several movies and gained fame from his first role in Leaving Sorrowly (2001). 2005 was also a great year for Shawn Yue who portrayed Takeshi Nakazato. According to the latest media release, Shawn Yue only appeared for less than half an hour in the movie Initial D. However, despite the short appearance, his portrayal of Nakazato managed to leave a deep impression and impact on a lot of the viewers’ hearts, especially in Japan, where this has resulted directly in many new Japanese fans in Yue and a new lucrative market has been opened for Yue to conquer. Yet already being quite successful, Shawn Yue has also released four albums, the first being in 2002. He even advertised with Japanese music superstar Ayumi Hamasaki recently, and starred with her in her new MVs, "GLITTER" and "FATED", which are actually part of the short film "Distance Love." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ayumi Hamasaki , born October 2, 1978) is an award-winning J-Pop singer. ...

Filmography

• Distance Love (2007)
• Shamo (2007)
• Invisible Target (2007)
• Undercover (2007)
• Love In The City (2007)
• Diary (2006)
• Wo Hu (2006)
• Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
• Isabella (2006)
• McDull, the Alumni (2006)
• Dragon Squad (2005)
• Initial D (2005)
• Colour of the Loyalty (2005)
• Super Model (2004)
• Love is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
• Jiang Hu (2004)
• In-Laws, Out-Laws (2004)
• Infernal Affairs III (2003)
• Hidden Track (2003)
• Infernal Affairs II (2003)
• Feel 100% 2003 (2003)
• Diva Ah-Hey (2003)
• My Lucky Star (2003)
• Infernal Affairs (2002)
• The New Option (2002)
• Just One Look (2002)
• Leaving Sorrowfully (2001)

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Discography

• Whether Or Not (2005)
• Survivor (2004)
• Lost And Found (2003)
• Private Room (2002)

External links

• Shawn Yue at Lovehkfilm.com
• Kingdom of Shawn Yue (A Shawn Yue Forum)