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Vic Chou at autograph event
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Background information | |||
Chinese name | 周渝民 | ||
Pinyin | Zhōu Yùmín (Mandarin) | ||
Birth name | 周育民 | ||
Ethnicity | Chinese and Atayal | ||
Origin | Taiwan | ||
Born | 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) | ||
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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).
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.
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.
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.