I guess my taste of actors have changed a bit, mainly due to my recent addiction to Jdrama. However, regardless of ethnicity, the acting guidelines remains the same. For me, a good actor must is able to:

- genuinely portrays the role, he is the character and breaths life into his character.
- natural ability to delivery his lines seemlessly and uncontrivedly.
- imagination to create the environment for his character.
- ability to play a range of characters convincingly.

Here is my list of favorite actors, as well as, role and series that had sparked my interest:

Chinese

Hong Kong
Damian Lau (劉松仁) ~ 天養 – 碧海情天
Stephen Chow (周星馳) ~ 段飛 – 蓋世豪俠
Francis Ng (吳鎮宇) ~ 唐亦琛 – 衝上雲霄
Nick Cheung (張家輝) ~ 余忠正 – 騙中傳奇

Mainland China
Jason Wu Jing (吳京) ~ 楊凡 – 大人物
Xu Zheng (徐崢) ~ 李衛 – 李衛當官
Zhang Guo Li (張國立) ~ 梵如花 – 布衣知縣梵如花
Chen Dao Ming (陳道明) ~ 八王爺 – 寇老西兒

Taiwan, Singapore
Lin Rui Yang (林瑞陽) ~ 江文清 – 表妹吉祥
Lei Li Chun (李立群) ~ 余九斤 – 碧海情天
Christopher Lee (李銘順) ~ Henry – 星锁

Japanese
Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木宏) ~ Chiaki Shinichi – Nodame Cantabile
Matsumoto Jun (松本潤) ~ Sawada Shin – Gokusen
Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮和也) ~ Yamada Taro – Yamada Taro Monogatari
Ohno Satoshi (大野智) ~ Haru – Pika**nchi Life is Hard Dakara Happy
Miura Haruma(三浦春馬) ~ Takagi Fujimaru – Bloody Monday
Fujiki Naohito (藤木直人) ~ Azumi Shunsuke – Itoshi Kimi e
Abe Hiroshi (阿部寛) ~ Kuwano Shinsuke – Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Kimura Takuya (木村拓哉) ~ Kuriyu Kouhei – HERO
Kamenashi Kazuya (亀梨和也) ~ Ishida Yuya – Suppli
Sasaki Kuranosuke (佐々木蔵之) ~ Fukuhara Shigehisa – Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi
Yokoyama Yu (横山裕) ~ Nakagawa Tokio – Haikei, Chichiue-sama
Osawa Takao (大沢たかお) ~ Minakata Jin – JIN
Masaaki Uchino (内野聖陽) ~ Sakamoto Ryoma, JIN

American
Bruce Willis ~ John McClane – Die Hard 2
Johnny Depp ~ Jack Sparrow – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
Jack Nicholson ~ J.J. Gittes – Chinatown
Jimmy Carrey ~ Ace Ventura – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

British
Patrick Stewart ~ Captain Jean Luc Picard – Star Trek: The Next Generation
Hugh Laurie ~ Dr. Gregory House – House M.D
Kelsey Grammer ~ Dr. Frasier Crane – Frasier

Italian
Roberto Benigni ~ Guido Orefice – La vita è bella

Whoa..that’s a long list, that’s only off the top of my head. There are a few more, but I am only including my favorites among the favorites. My fave actresses will come at a later date.

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Dr. Wong-Leung is a Hong Kong native and committed to promoting Chinese culture, arts and education throughout the world. For the past few years, she has visited mainland China, the United States, Europe, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, Australia and Canada, exchanging of Chinese and Western culture and education.

Her paintings consist of fine brushwork, soft color palette and beautiful calligraphy; mostly illustrating historical and religious (Buddhist and Taoist) female figures. Definitely something not to miss if you are interested in ancient Chinese culture.

Of all modern painting illustrating historical figures, I would have to say that 梁潔華’s are the most beautiful and elegant.
Only portion is shown below, please click on image for full view.

Images copyright of 梁潔華, courtesy of bbs.tecn.cn & 中國禪林畫院秘書處監製

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