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Gregory Charles Rivers is a Actor Australien born on 30 april 1965
Gregory Charles Rivers (Chinese: 河國榮; Jyutping: Ho4 Gwok3wing4; born 1965) is a Hong Kong actor of Australian heritage.
Growing up in Katoomba, he moved to Hong Kong in 1987 before finishing a medical degree at University of New South Wales. Speaking fluent Cantonese, he was a TVB actor until 2008. Practically every major character who is a foreigner (no matter the time period or whether French/English or Persian) in TVB dramas is played by him. He has also appeared on stage, as protagonist, in 2005. The Aussie often says that in Hong Kong, he's found America.
His Chinese name is made up of the Chinese equivalent of his surname Rivers (河) and the name of his idol Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing (張國榮).
He is also a frequent YouTube poster, having his own prolific number of video clips of himself and his many colleagues within the Hong Kong media industry
In a TV interview aired on 19 March 2007 on the Hong Kong Terrestrial channel TVB, Gregory Rivers mentioned his reason for learning Cantonese was his association with Hong Kong Cantonese speaking friends during his time at university at the age of 20 years. It was this close friendship which led him to become more interested in the learning the language when he first heard the songs sung by Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing inspiring him to learn the words so he could sing it.
In October 2007, Rivers was one of the four non-Chinese TV actors featured in an in-depth interview and feature story 'Hello Neighbour' in Muse, discussing his sense of cultural identity and how he sees his work.
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Growing up in Katoomba, he moved to Hong Kong in 1987 before finishing a medical degree at University of New South Wales. Speaking fluent Cantonese, he was a TVB actor until 2008. Practically every major character who is a foreigner (no matter the time period or whether French/English or Persian) in TVB dramas is played by him. He has also appeared on stage, as protagonist, in 2005. The Aussie often says that in Hong Kong, he's found America.
His Chinese name is made up of the Chinese equivalent of his surname Rivers (河) and the name of his idol Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing (張國榮).
He is also a frequent YouTube poster, having his own prolific number of video clips of himself and his many colleagues within the Hong Kong media industry
In a TV interview aired on 19 March 2007 on the Hong Kong Terrestrial channel TVB, Gregory Rivers mentioned his reason for learning Cantonese was his association with Hong Kong Cantonese speaking friends during his time at university at the age of 20 years. It was this close friendship which led him to become more interested in the learning the language when he first heard the songs sung by Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing inspiring him to learn the words so he could sing it.
In October 2007, Rivers was one of the four non-Chinese TV actors featured in an in-depth interview and feature story 'Hello Neighbour' in Muse, discussing his sense of cultural identity and how he sees his work.
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My People, My Country (2019)
, 2h38Directed by Chen Kaige, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Xue Xiaolu
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Wu Jing, Simon Yam, Song Jia, Liang Jing, Hu Jun, Zhou Dongyu
Roles Hugh Davies (segment "The Going Home")
Rating63%
Le segment d'ouverture du réalisateur Guan Hu, La Veille (前夜), raconte l'histoire d'un ingénieur appelé Lin Zhiyuan (Huang Bo) qui se lance dans une course contre la montre pour mettre au point un mécanisme automatique de levée de drapeau avant la cérémonie de fondation de la République populaire de Chine le 1er octobre 1949.
Little Big Master (2015)
, 1h52Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Miriam Yeung (杨千嬅), Louis Koo, Stanley Fung, Gregory Charles Rivers, Philippe Joly
Roles Tony
Rating71%
Lui Wai-hung (Miriam Yeung) is a headmistress of an international kindergarten. Feeling disillusioned with the education system, she quits her high-paying job as a principal and plans to travel around the world with her her husband Tse Wing-tung (Louis Koo). However, she puts her travel plans on hold when she sees a news report on television where Yuen Tin Kindergarten, located in Yuen Long, was on the verge of closure with only five students left. Also, due to financial difficulties, the school can only use HK$4,500 to hire a headmaster and staff. Rekindling her passion for teaching, Lui applies for the job and hopes to help the five children transfer to another school. When Headmistress Lui assumes office, she discovers that these five children have different family problems. Student Ka-ka's father (Philip Keung) was crippled during an accident and is often threatened by property developers with eviction; Mei-chu's parents were killed in a traffic accident, with Auntie Han (Anna Ng), a restaurant employee, as her only guardian; Siu-suet's mother was not approved for Hong Kong residency and lives with her elderly father Mr. Ho (Richard Ng), who sells metal scraps for a living; Pakistani sisters Kitty and Jennie's father does not see a need for girls to study, so when school bus prices increased, he simply did not allow his daughters to go to school anymore.
Floating City (2012)
Directed by Yim Ho
Genres Drama
Actors Aaron Kwok, Charlie Yeung, Josie Ho, Annie Liu, Paw Hee-ching, Ngan Cheuk-Ling
Rating64%
The story of a self-made man in a rapidly changing Hong Kong at the end of British Colonial rule.
Exodus (2007)
, 1h34Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Annie Liu, Nick Cheung, Maggie Shiu, Irene Wan, Pal Sinn, Simon Yam
Roles Duty Officer
Rating63%
Un policier sans histoire se met à enquêter sur un possible complot de la gente féminine à vouloir exterminer la race masculine.
Banana Club (1996)
Actors Michael Chow, Simon Lui, Elvina Kong, Cheung Tat-ming, Raymond Wong Pak-ming, Gregory Charles Rivers
Those Were the Days (1996)
Directed by Eric Tsang
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jordan Chan, Julian Cheung, Josie Ho, Loletta Lee, Annie Man, Rachel Lee
Rating62%
Legendary Couple (1995)
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, Wan Yeung-ming, Gregory Charles Rivers, Kingdom Yuen
Roles John Sir
Rating52%
Shanghai Shanghai (1990)
, 1h29Directed by Teddy Robin
Genres Drama, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Anita Mui, Lawrence Cheng, George Lam Chi Cheung, Corey Yuen
Rating60%
Sammo Hung is the main villain of the movie, who wants to hurt certain people throughout until Yuen Biao steps in to save the day.
Casino Raiders (1989)
, 2h7Directed by Corey Yuen, Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Andy Lau, Idy Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Charles Heung, Eddy Ko
Roles Bellboy
Rating66%
Crab Chan (Andy Lau) and Sam Law (Alan Tam) are a pair of renowned professional gamblers who are best friends. One day, tycoon Lung (Charles Heung) hires the two of them to his casino in Las Vegas to crack a scam led by a pair of Japanese gamblers, Kung (Hagiwara Kenzo) and his son Taro (Lung Fong). There, Crab and Sam also meets Koyan Tong (Idy Chan), a rich heiress from Hong Kong who was on vacation in the United States. Koyan and Sam also develop a relationship.
Thunder Cops II (1989)
, 1h42Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Sandra Ng, Stephen Chow, Ann Bridgewater, Shing Fui On, Jeffrey Lau, Gregory Charles Rivers
Rating53%
Une policière maladroite (Sandra Ng) s'entraîne assidûment pour venger la mort de son père (Eddy Ko ), dont l'assassinat a été classé comme un suicide.