Where is Gregory Charles Rivers from?

Gregory Charles Rivers (1965-), an Australian, lives in Hong Kong. He used to be a TVB artist in Hong Kong and speaks Cantonese. He used to be a medical student and a veteran Mac user, and was active in Mac-related activities held in Hong Kong. Gregory Charles Rivers has left Hong Kong's television industry and was invited by Chow Yun Fat to follow him to teach English in Hollywood.

His Chinese name is that he sang Monica in a performance in Leslie Cheung, and his China classmates added his English surname "Rivers" and Leslie Cheung's name to become today's name; Gregory Charles Rivers also mentioned something similar in TVB's program introduction "K- 100". What the public misunderstood was that he didn't change the name, but the source of the name.

Chinese name: Gregory Charles Rivers.

Mbth: GregoryCharlesRivers

Nationality: Australia

Ethnic composition: Australian

Place of birth: Australia

Date of birth: 1965

Occupation: actor

Graduate School: University of New South Wales

Brokerage company: Hong Kong TVB

Representative works: wish people a long life, Dragon Ball: a new evolution, live on time.

Language: English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin)

Name source

Gregory Charles Rivers's Chinese name was actually translated by his classmate at China University under his name Gregory. However, his English surname "Rivers" and the name of his idol singer Leslie Cheung aggravated people's misunderstanding.

However, according to the commercial radio program "Gregory Charles Rivers", his Chinese name is that he sang Monica in a performance in Leslie Cheung, and his China classmates added his English surname "Rivers" and Leslie Cheung's name to become today's name; Gregory Charles Rivers also mentioned something similar in TVB's program introduction "K- 100". What the public misunderstood was that he didn't change the name, but the source of the name.

Personal experience

Gregory Charles Rivers was born and raised in Australia, and he is the only boy with two sisters. In Australia, I was admitted to the University of New South Wales to study medicine. When I was in the third grade, I met a Hong Kong student, and I first came into contact with Hong Kong pop music, especially Leslie Cheung pop music. From 65438 to 0987, Leslie Cheung held concerts in Australia, and Gregory Charles Rivers became Leslie Cheung's special driver in Australia through various channels to get close to his idol.

From 65438 to 0988, Gregory Charles Rivers resolutely came to Hong Kong for development. He worked as a teacher in a business school and began to learn Cantonese. However, he held a tourist visa and was asked to leave the country by the Immigration Bureau a few months later. At the same time, he went to Taiwan Province Province and came back. It happened that he recruited foreigners who knew Cantonese by wireless. His friends took him to Ceng Lizhen, and he began to have a chance to become a TVB special actor. 1August, 988 officially signed a contract with Wireless as a basic signing actor. There are countless TV dramas, such as "Eternal Dragon Slayer" and TV movie "Special Police 90". It turns out that he is very competitive in learning Cantonese, but the more he learns, the more interested he becomes.

From 2002 to 2003, Gregory Charles Rivers played Paul, Teresa Teng's boyfriend, in the stage play "I wish you a long life".

As a European and American, Gregory Charles Rivers appeared in many Hong Kong dramas and movies. For example, he played a senior British official before the handover of sovereignty in Hong Kong, or played a senior Hong Kong police officer in several plays. Other roles related to the emergence of European and American races were also played by Gregory Charles Rivers. Brian Thomas Burrell was also introduced to TVB by him.

Gregory Charles Rivers has left the wireless industry and has no plans to return to the television industry.

According to an exclusive interview in 2009, Gregory Charles Rivers revealed that Chow Yun Fat was driving when he accidentally put a dog on the street. During the conversation, he gained the freedom of Chow Yun Fat, followed him to Hollywood, and was responsible for teaching English. After this precious opportunity, Gregory Charles Rivers's first film was Dragon Ball: A New Evolution, in which Chow Yun Fat participated.

Life relevance

Sports: I grew up in rural Australia and like to run barefoot.

Peter: I have ten dogs and a rabbit.

Interest: I like music best, and now I am trying to learn to play the piano.

If you have been a TV fan since childhood, I believe you must be familiar with the name Gregory Charles Rivers. In the eyes of the general audience, he may be a "foreigner" who can speak fluent Cantonese. If this alone has made you admire? After reading his blog again, I am afraid I am even more fascinated by him. Do you know how to write Chinese? This is just a small matter. Gregory Charles Rivers, a medical graduate, can write computer programs, play English songs and sing English songs. His photos are even better than those taken by professional photographers. Although I don't know if he can draw, I suddenly feel that Gregory Charles Rivers is very much like Da Vinci.

Everyone thinks that blog is a very diversified network media. If you know how to write computer programs, input html codes, upload photos and music, the changes will be endless. Although Gregory Charles Rivers is an actor, the time he spends on his blog is sometimes crazy. He will pick and hold photos without sleep. But because of this, Gregory Charles Rivers's blog is so wonderful.

Blog should be a blog to contact family.

Guo Rong started her own blog for her family living in Australia. He said, "Since the two sisters got married separately, they have lived separately from their parents and settled in Hong Kong. In order to keep abreast of their family's current situation, they started a blog and wrote four or five articles. The other ten family members didn't write any, but simply started a public blog and became this blog now. "

Looking at other artists' blogs, I may not reply to fans' messages in many cases, but Guo Rong will try her best to reply one by one. Some netizens leave interesting messages. For example, Guo Rong used the wrong Chinese, and they all corrected it. Faced with numerous messages and emails, Guo Rong felt both happy and distressed: "There are still more than 300 messages that have not been answered, but it can't be delayed. I know I have to reply. This is the correct attitude! "

Love animals and take pictures for fun.

The first time I read Guo Rong's blog, I was admitted. The photo was deeply attracted. He took all kinds of photos, but most of them were animals and insects. Besides his own dogs and rabbits, there were cicadas, butterflies, frogs, snakes, lizards, bats and more than ten different kinds of birds. At first, he thought he had come to the Amazon forest, but most of them were his "neighbors".

Because Guo Rong was born in rural Australia, he liked nature since he was a child, so he also chose to live in the suburbs of Hong Kong. At least a dozen different birds live near his home. As soon as he heard this song (bird), he knew what bird it was. If he discovers a new species, Guo Rong will go home immediately and pick up the camera to take pictures.

Guo Rong likes not only nature, but also animals. There are ten dogs and a rabbit in his family. They are either abandoned or sick or disabled. He often mentioned his pet in his blog. The rabbit he found on the roadside should have been knocked down by a car. However, it never rains alone. On one occasion, Guo Rong came back late from filming. In order not to let the dog bark, he sneaked into the house, but the rabbit was scared to break its back. Although the rabbit recovered later, it also had sequelae and became incontinent, so Guo Rong personally washed his ass and basked in the sun every day to prevent it from getting sick again.

Misuse of Chinese, netizens correct me.

Although Guo Rong's blog is mainly in English, it also has Chinese information. As a foreigner, his Chinese is very good, but there are still some interesting Chinese, such as: "Journalists and photographers are very serious, obviously they have done their homework and know what consequences they want." I guess what he wanted to say was "result". "Not visiting but introducing photos of food" (later he revised it to be food, not food); "The staff also work very hard and diligently to make our play the best" (write Chinese sentences in English grammar, right? )。

However, because of this, it can be seen that Guo Rong personally participated in his blog. His netizens often make comments to correct mistakes, and Guo Rong learned from them. No wonder Chinese is improving. For the revised text, he will use the middle horizontal line and then add the correct text, without completely deleting the mistakes. Guo Rong said: "Because I don't want to lie!" After that, Guo Rong hopes to write at least one message in Chinese every two weeks.

Before and after coming to Hong Kong for development

Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam had no personal relationship with Gregory Charles Rivers, but they became two people who changed the fate of Gregory Charles Rivers. Even the Chinese name was changed to "Guo Rong" because he likes Leslie Cheung. "In fact, my good friend helped me change my name. My name is GregoryCharlesRivers. Because my last name is Rivers, I changed my name to River. Gregory and Guo Rong have similar pronunciations, so they are called Guo Rong. "

1986, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung held a concert in Australia. Gregory Charles Rivers, who had been in a medical class for three years at that time, admired them for a long time, so he applied to be their driver. Before that, Gregory Charles Rivers was as fascinated by their songs as a group of Hong Kong students. During the concert, Gregory Charles Rivers personally felt the awe-inspiring charm of the two men, and the scenes of fans crowding around made him envious. At that time, Gregory Charles Rivers seemed to be inspired by these two men, gave up his studies and went to a completely strange port alone, looking for a way to become a superstar of the Emperor.

When Gregory Charles Rivers came to Hongkong, his parents unexpectedly didn't object. On the contrary, friends around him said that he was too stupid: "When you go to Hong Kong, you don't know when to kill people?" However, he didn't listen to this stern suggestion. He learned fluent Cantonese, and after listening to canto pop, he came to Hong Kong alone.

Gregory Charles Rivers 1987 came to Hong Kong, and on a boring afternoon, he wandered outside the Red Pavilion. Gregory Charles Rivers described that he didn't know anything about Hong Kong at that time, and he didn't even know the name of the Red Stadium, let alone recommend himself to the record company. But that day, he met the opportunity of "reunion" with Alan Tam. At that time, Alan Tam will hold another concert. Alan Tam's band was resting outside the Red Pavilion, and Gregory Charles Rivers happened to meet them. Therefore, Gregory Charles Rivers, who was fluent in Cantonese at that time, became a guest of Alan Tam concert for three consecutive nights, singing Alan Tam's Never Miss You. He said: "Maybe the organizer wants the audience to know that even foreigners can sing Alan Tam's songs, which is great."

Alan Tam signed a contract to find a life by wireless, which didn't make him lucky. After listening to 30 concerts in Alan Tam (at that time, Alan Tam held 3/kloc-0 concerts), he quickly ran out of money. As a result, he engaged in a profession that almost all "ghosts" in Hong Kong have done-teaching English. From August 1987, he worked as an English teacher in Yucheng Commercial School for five months, until one day, he posted it on the school poster and learned that TVB was recruiting a Cantonese-speaking ghost to be a special artist, so he came to another turning point in his life.

"At that time, I went to see Ceng Lizhen (the current wireless high-level). To be honest, my performance is very poor, but I may have no choice but to invite me. " The first drama series performed by Gregory Charles Rivers was shot in 1988, and the background was the "big tea garden" in the late Qing Dynasty. "I don't remember the performance of" Big Tea Garden ". I remember playing a senior inspector in China. Is the plot about me? The French Concession raped a China girl. " At this point, even he couldn't help laughing.

His second series is the more widely known Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in which Lv Liangwei and Felix Wong Yat Wa play the leading roles and Gregory Charles Rivers plays the missionary in China. "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom recently released a VCD, and I bought it, but the" Big Tea Garden "has arrived, and it hasn't been released at home yet. I really want to go back to my first performance. "

Gregory Charles Rivers's dream of coming to Hong Kong seems to be coming true, but there are still many difficulties in life. "I teach English with a monthly salary of 2000, which is very economical. I only eat one meal a day. Later, I worked as a special artist in wireless, earning 300 mosquitoes a day. I complained _ three times, _ I was willing to add labor first, and then I made a long contract. " The reporter asked him, did he have a monthly salary of 10 thousand yuan? He asked the reporter: "Ten thousand mosquitoes? What are you talking about? "

Despite living a simple life, Gregory Charles Rivers 19 years has never thought of giving up his acting career. Familiar with computers, he once designed a computer program and sold it through the internet, but at that time, piracy was rampant and the sales of computer programs were extremely low. Later, I worked as a part-time software agent, but I still failed. However, he was pleased with the failure of his business: "If I succeed, I will become a businessman, and if I am not an artist, there will be no fun."

Love the stage, love the performance. In a few months, Gregory Charles Rivers has been in Hong Kong for 20 years, and he is still interested in singing and dancing. He turned to stage play, and his stage play "They are Playing Our Songs" will be staged at the Hong Kong Arts Center for eight days starting from this month 16. He predicted that the stage play would bring him 10 thousand yuan and earn 10 thousand yuan on the eighth day. For ordinary wage earners, it seems good! However, he said, "it will take two months to rehearse, and it will be rehearsed on the Mid-Autumn Festival." He earned 10 thousand in two months, which seems to be a little less. He admits that money should be wasted on honing acting skills and doing what he likes.

Among the numerous TV series shot by wireless, his most satisfying role is PaulSir, the chief action director in On Demand starring Ekin Cheng and Linda Chung, which was broadcast at the end of 2005. He is also very satisfied with his role as "SeanPaul", the French master of whole cakes, in the Black Forest in Love broadcast in the same year. But the chemist who played in the late-night replay of Chasing Murder from Another World last month made him feel bad: "There are almost no props on the ground, and there is no way to act like it." Even if others only regard him as a supporting role, he still has great demands on his performance.

Twenty-two years in Hong Kong also brought him a stable marriage. However, this marriage is 1988. His application for visa extension in Hong Kong was rejected and he was ordered to leave Hong Kong within two weeks. At that time, in order to become a singer, he married his girlfriend in Hong Kong who had been dating for eight months until today.

Main work

Participate in a TV series

Forensic pioneer May 2008-19, playing Ou.

Golden wedding-March 3, 20081,playing Steven Ma.

Iron mouth and silver teeth -2007- 1 1-05, playing Sir Ma.

Detective Tian Tong -2007- 10-08, playing the role of kidnapping an old ghost.

Treacherous Jane -2007- 10-08, playing Dr. Soames.

Dancing all over the city-September 2007-10, as a photographer.

The Drive of Life-July 2007-16, playing the staff of China _ R&D Department.

Lan Huajie -2007-07, playing Su Yuhua.

Gone with the Wind-March 2, 20071,He as a father

Colleague Saint Qin Fen-March 2007-12, playing Esther.

Freehand Life-March 2007-12, Willam.

Breakthrough action -2007-0 1-08, playing Mr. James

Casino Storm-2006-11-21,playing Bobby Au-Yeung.

Women are not easy to do -2006- 10- 14, such as letterman.

Phoenix Quartet -2006-08-28, playing Mr Robinson.

Facing Fate -2006-08-2 1, playing Lin Wenlong.

Criminal Intelligence Bureau-August 2006-14, as gold.

Full coverage of love-July 2006-17, playing the head of a security company in Hong Kong.

Shanghai Legend -2006-05, as piris.

Couples under the awning-February 20, 2006.

On call -2005- 1 1-22, playing PaulStevens.

Foshan Zanzhu -2005- 10-24, playing Mr. Robinson.

The new biography of Awang -2005- 10-24, playing Mr. Brown.

Wonderful Hands and Kindness Ⅲ —— On July 25th, 2005, I played a street singer.

My savage grandmother-July 2005-18, as Simon.

Black Forest-June 6, 2005, as Jean Paul.

Royal Idle Man -2005-03- 14, playing Duke Smith.

Detective Dundee-July 2004-19, playing Wong Tze Wah.

One Room, Two Households and Three Surnames-June 2, 20041,playing pacino.

Chasing the dead-June 2, 20041,playing Kelvin.

Dance of Phoenix -2003- 12, playing Mr. Remy.

Xiguan Shaoshao -2003- 1 1-03, is Dr. Jones.

Flying into the sky -2003- 10-27, playing the role of captain Sddie.

Hero Youth Road -2003-09-08, as a photographer.

Record of grievances II-February 24, 2003, played Bobby Ouyang.

None-In 2003, he played Nelson.

Negotiator-2002-11-18, playing Sir Mai.

The incomparable dad, directed by Qin Pei.

Rebirth-August 25th, 2002, played Michelle Ye.

Hall 7-April 2002, playing Xue Jiayan.

Zheng Banqiao-April 2002, played Chi-wah Lam.

Riding on a big horse -2002-03- 18, playing William.

Brave Detective Record -200 1- 12-24, playing Guo Jinan.

The flavor of love -200 1-06-04, disguised as Chen Huishan.

Eternal Dragon Slayer -200 1-04-09, playing the wisdom king of Persian Zoroastrianism.

FM 701-2000-11-13, playing Mr. Robinson.

Da _ home-July 2000-10, playing Su Yuhua.

No -2000-05-29, play Sir He.

None -2000-02-2 1, playing the representative of Bali Automobile Company.

None-1999-03-29, such as FrankieFan.

None-1999-03- 15, playing Count Martini.

None-1999-0 1-04, playing Lin Baoyi.

None-1998-09-28, with a grey head.

None-1998-08-3 1, as the public security bureau chief.

None-1998-08-03, playing Jackie Lui.

None-1998-06-0 1, hit high power.

None-1997- 12-22, playing the fashion shop owner Vaness.

None-1997-09-29, playing Smith, a lawyer representing the eight countries.

None-1997-08-04, playing Stu Bobby (Bobby Boy)

None-1997-06-23, playing Brian.

None-1997-03-24, call Robinson.

None-1996- 10-28, call Gary.

None-1996-09-02, playing the French Consular School.

None-1995-07-03, call Gary.

None-1995-05- 15, such as Wyman.

None-1995-05- 13, playing Guo Keying.

None-1994-11-21,call Tommy.

None-1994-11-14, playing Csillam.

None-1994- 10-23, call Thomas.

None-1994-07-05 is Xian Yanfang.

None-1993-06-2 1, a hairpin seller.

None-1993-03-22, the new police chief.

None-1992- 10-05, playing Sir Guan.

None-1992-04-06, playing Guan Baohui.

None-1991-03-18, Sir.

None-1990- 12-24, make a mark.

None-1990-04-30 Director Kathy Chow

None-1990, hit tomson.

None-1989- 12-25, playing Chen Songling.

None-1989-11-13, playing the secretary of yvonne.

None-1989-02- 14

None-1989-0 1-30, playing Deric Wan.

None-1988-11-28, pastor of Luo Xiaoquan.

None-1988-05- 16, playing Wu Qihua.

None-1987

Participate in movies

Die _ La -20 15, playing Dickens.

Floating city tycoon -20 12-05- 18, playing Maide.

Exodus-September 2007-13, playing Yam Tat-wah.

I'm a thief.-No, play Mr. John.

Hello, cousin! 4 can't help it-1994-04-28, playing foreign police officer John.

Ghost Tour Group-1992-03-26, directed by Zhou Wenjian.

Star Club-None, playing the bandit leader

90: 0, starring Huang Qiusheng.

Childe is affectionate-1988-07-30, beating gay Wei.

Participate in a stage play

I hope people live longer.

Camelot

perfume

They are playing ancient songs

master of ceremonies

Miss Chinese Vancouver 2008