Shawn Yue - Hongkong Actor

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Shawn Yue Man-Lok (born 13 November 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. 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.

Branded as the next "Nicholas Tse", Shawn Yue was born and raised in Hong Kong. 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 part time basis. Once he graduated from Form 6, he immediately endulged into full-time modeling.

He has since modeled for Giordano, Sony, Timberland, Gillette, Meko and is currently a spokesmodel for Shiseido Pureness and Coca-Cola China.

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 in the movie Initial D.

Shawn Yue - Hongkong Actor

According to the latest media release, Shawn Yue only appeared for less than half an hour in the movie. 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 two PVs, "GLITTER" and "FATED", which are actually part of the short film "Distance Love".

Shawn Yue Profile

* Name: 余文樂 (余文乐) / Yu Man Lok (Yu Wen Le)
* English name: Shawn Yue / Shawn Yu
* Profession: Actor and singer
* Birthdate: 1981-Nov-13
* Birthplace: Hong Kong
* Height: 178cm
* Weight: 64kg
* Star sign: Scorpio
* Chinese zodiac: Rooster

TV Series

* Pandamen (CTS, 2010)
* Good Morning Shanghai (2007)
* Phoenix from the Ashes (ATV, 2006)
* Hearts of Fencing II - Sunshine Heartbeat (TVB, 2004, guest)
* Original Scent of Summer (CTV, 2003)
* Tomorrow (CTV, 2002)
* Y2K+01 (RTHK, 2001)
* Youth @ Y2K (RTHK, 2000)

TV Series Theme Songs

* Xia Yi Ci Zhen Ai (下一次真愛) Next True Love, Phoenix from the Ashes ending theme song (2006)

Movies

* Reign of Assassins (2010)
* I Come with the Rain (GAGA, 2009)
* Shamo (Art Port, 2008)
* Rebellion (2008)
* The Moss (2008)
* Rule Number One (2008)
* Trivial Matters (2007)
* Distance Love (2007)
* In Love With The Dead (2007)
* Invisible Target (2007)
* Love in the City (2007)
* Undercover (2007)
* Shamo (2007)
* Operation Undercover (2006)
* Diary (2006)
* Isabella (2006)
* Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
* McDull, the Alumni (2005)
* Dragon Squad (2005)
* Initial D (2005)
* Colour of the Loyalty (2005)
* Love Is A Many Stupid Thing (2004)
* In-Laws, Out-Laws (2004)
* Jiang Hu (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)
* Just One Look (2002)
* The New Option (2002)
* Leaving In Sorrow (2001)

Trivia

* Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English

余文樂（英文名：Shawn Yue，1981年11月13日－），香港出生，是香港的歌手與演員。進入演藝圈前為模特兒，因主演香港電台青春劇《青春@Y2K》、《Y2K+01》而為人熟識。後與環球唱片公司簽約，發展歌、影事業。這幾年主要攻打電影市場。

入行經過

余文樂與朋友在某日逛街時被模特兒公司星探發掘，開始了兼職模特兒工作。完成中六課程後，即全職投入全職模特兒行列並開始其演藝事業。由於他富有時代感的外形，他很快受到廣告商的青睞。及後得到導演和唱片公司的賞識，正式開始投入電影、電視劇及歌唱的演藝事業。

他於2002年出道，同年新人包括麥浚龍、蕭正楠，因三人是非不斷，被香港傳媒冠以「是非三人組」的稱號。最初“觸電”的他還是個青澀的新人。《憂憂愁愁的走了》(2001年)是一部Dogma風格的作品，導演在影片中做了破舊立新的嘗試。余文樂也藉這部充滿實驗意味的電影登上了熒幕。

2003年，因爭獎事件激烈，據稱沒有後台支持的余文樂因而失意香港四大音樂頒獎禮的新人獎。同時，有報道指因余文樂與Twins成員鍾欣桐拍攝電影《一碌蔗》而傳出緋聞，因此與鍾欣桐的另一緋聞男友陳冠希交惡，繼而發生「撞膊事件」，令余文樂、陳冠希二人形象直插谷底。

他曾經主演過多部香港電影，包括《江湖》以及《無間道》，現已成為東南亞著名的年青偶像派電影演員。在《無間道》系列中，他飾演年輕版梁朝偉，即劇中角色「陳永仁」，後又在電影《江湖》中飾演年輕版的劉德華，然後於《無間道 II》中擔正成為主角與其他影帝如曾志偉、黃秋生、吳鎮宇合作，演技備受肯定。

2004年，鄧小平百年壽辰，上影集團投拍了獻禮巨片《鄧小平·1928》。他在電影中扮演鄧小平的助手，革命青年薛浦生。在電影《頭文字D》中，他飾演「中里毅」，該片亦由周杰倫、陳冠希、杜汶澤主演。他的演出令人留下深刻印象，憑此電影打入日本市場，簽約日本經理人公司。
余文樂的母校：天主教培聖中學