Alex To (born Alejandro Delfino on 10 February 1962) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

-based singer and actor. He is the winner of the 4th annual

New Talent Singing Awards New Talent Singing Awards ( zh, t=新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals ( zh, t=全球華人新秀歌唱大賽 or ''NTSA International Finals'' for short), and most curr ...

in 1985. He has released numerous albums throughout his career and mainly has R&B influenced songs.

Early life and career

Alex To was born and raised in Hong Kong to a Filipino singer father Ollie Delfino and the Chinese singer Chang Loo. To's mother had emigrated from Shanghai in 1952 after the

communists Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, d ...

had outlawed popular music. In 1980, at the age of 18, he studied abroad in

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

, Canada majoring in commercial design. In 1985, at age 23, he graduated from university and worked as an

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back in Hong Kong. That same year, he entered the 4th annual

and won first place (the Gold Award). He was then signed to

Capital Artists Capital Artists is a Hong Kong–based record label owned by eSun Holdings, a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development. Founded in 1971, Capital Artists signed some of the biggest names in the Cantopop industry, including Roman Tam, Anita Mui, and Le ...

and began his career in the music industry. His debut

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

album ''只想留下'' was released in 1986. His first

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

album ''談情說愛'' was released in 1990 in

. In 1987, he also met and spent time with Michael Jackson during his visit to Hong Kong. After 2009, Alex paid for 1:1 copper statue of Michael and placed in Shan Yuan Temple, located in

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun () or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the mo ...

, Hong Kong, it still exists.

Personal life

To married Shanghai-born Ice Lee (李曉冰), a photographer and filmmaker, on 11 November 2012. Their son, Alex Junior (AJ), was born on 2 October 2016.

Discography

Cantonese

#華星新秀新節奏 (July 1986) #只想留下 (April 1987) #等待黎明 (November 1987) #等待黎明Remix版 (1988) #Alex To Anima (June 1988) #忘情號 (November 1988) #One More Night (November 1989) #One Day in My Life (August 1990) #Day and Night (1990) #再續情緣精選 (March 1991) #天生喜歡你 (July 1991) #讓自己快樂 (January 1992) #拯救地球精選 (1992) #最愛17首 (1992) #准我再一次 (20 April 1993) #准我·自我 (5 November 1993) #未變過 (8 September 1994) #再次准我自我精選 (1994) #再次准我自我MD精選 (1994) #To Teao (2004)

Filmography

Film

*''Sons of the Neon Night'' (2019) *''My Wife Is a Superstar'' (2016) *'' Golden Chicken 3'' (2014) *''Black & White'' (2012) *'' One Stone Two Birds 3'' (2006) *'' One Stone Two Birds 2'' (2006) *'' Fate Fighter'' (2003) *'' The Irresistible Piggies'' (2002) *'' Hit Team'' (2001) *''

Skyline Cruisers A skyline is the wikt:outline, outline or shape viewed near the horizon. It can be created by a city's overall structure, or by human intervention in a rural area, rural setting, or in nature that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the ...

'' (2000) *''

The Wedding Days ''The Wedding Days'' () is a 2022 Italian comedy film directed by Massimo Venier and starring Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo. Plot Giovanni and Giacomo are long-time business partners and friends who own the sofa manufacturing company Segrate Arredi. ...

'' (1997) *''

Tonight Nobody Goes Home ''Tonight Nobody Goes Home'' (, ''Jin tian bu hui jia'') is a 1996 Taiwanese comedy film directed by Sylvia Chang. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted ...

'' (1996) *'' Heaven Can't Wait'' (1995) *''

Rumble in the Bronx ''Rumble in the Bronx'' () is a 1995 action comedy film directed by Stanley Tong, and starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, and Françoise Yip. The film is set in the Bronx area of New York City, but was filmed in and around Vancouver, Canada. A ...

'' (1995) *''

Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" () is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama ''The Threepenny Opera'' (). The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld n ...

'' (1995) *'' The Inspector Wears Skirts'' (1988).

Television series

*'' Die Sterntaler'' (CTV, 2012) *'' Decent Women'' (JXTV, 2011) *''

Angel Lover ''Angel Lover'' () is a 2006 Taiwanese romance TV series starring Ming Dow, Bianca Bai, Alex To, Coco Jiang. It was written by Fang Yi De / An Jin Hong and directed by Danny Dun. The series was distributed by Singapore's MediaCorp Studios an ...

'' (StarTV, 2006) *'' Engagement for Love'' (TTV, 2006) *'' Love Concierge'' (Mediacorp, 2005) *'' Iron Fisted Drifter'' (2004) *'' Dance of the Heart'' (2004) *'' The Pawnshop No. 8'' (2003) *'' The Turbulent Decade'' (TVB 1986)

Variety and reality show

References

External links

Alex To International Fan Club
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Coco Lee & Alex To live in Mountain View,CA 23 September 2007
*AsiaOn

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