Sunday, September 14, 2008

Jacky Chu

Jacky Chu is a Taiwanese actor and is a former member of Taiwanese group 183 Club.

Profile


* Chinese Name: 祝釩剛 / Zhu Fan Gang
* English Name: Jacky Zhu
* Birthdate: August 22, 1979
* Birthplace: Canada
* Height: 183cm
* Weight: 75 kg
* Blood type: B
* Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English
* Hobbies: listening to music, watching movies
* Specialties: basketball, singing

Music career


Jacky entered New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1998 and won. He then represented Vancouver in the and ended first runner-up. After finishing school he then moved to Taiwan to continue his singing career and was signed by Universal Music Taiwan. He released a solo album called ''"Telling" '' in 2003; however, the album did not sell well and Jacky was dropped from the label. In 2005, he was signed by Warner Music Taiwan and was attached to the male singing quintet, 183 Club.

Dismissal from 183 Club


On June 9, 2007, it was reported that Jacky has been dropped from 183 Club and its management company due to Jacky's image being battered by his heavy late night partying and crazy love life. 183 Club group manager De-Rung Sun confirms the dismissal saying, "183 Club is a group; it does not belong to a single person. I know there has not been previous cases before in the entertainment industry , but for everyone's good, merely limiting his workload is not enough. Hence I directly kicked him out of 183 Club."

Discography


Albums


* ''告解''

Filmography


TV


* TTV/SETTV: ''The Magicians of Love''
* TTV: ''The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog''
* ''Sheng Kong Gao Fei 升空高飛''
* CTS/SETTV: ''La robe de Mariee des cieux''

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