Stephen Chow's career has spanned more than 50 films and earned him the title of Hong Kong's "comedy king." But it was the success of 2001's Shaolin Soccer that lifted him to a level of stardom occupied by only a handful of others in the region. As with Kung Fu Hustle, Chow also wrote, directed, and starred in Shaolin Soccer, a film that broke box office records across Asia and won seven awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Among his credits is 1999's King of Comedy, a favorite of fellow triple threat Quentin Tarantino.