Aarif Rahman

Aarif Rahman
Born
Aarif Rahman

(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37)
British Hong Kong
NationalityHong Kong SAR
Alma materImperial College London (Bachelor of Science in Physics)
King George V School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2009–present
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards – Best New Performer
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow – Desmond Law

Best Original Song
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow


Musical career
Also known asAarif Lee
Lee Chi-ting
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass guitar
  • drums
LabelsEchelon Talent Management, Inc.
Chinese name
Chinese李治廷
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Zhìtíng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLei5 Zi6-ting4

Aarif Rahman (Chinese: 李治廷; pinyin: Lǐ Zhìtíng, born 26 February 1987), also known as Aarif Lee Zhi-ting, is a Hong Kong actor, singer and songwriter.

Early life

Born in Hong Kong, Aarif Rahman is of mixed Arab, Malay and Chinese descent. He grew up in Hong Kong and attended King George V School, where he discovered his penchant for music and started playing drums, guitar and the piano, as well as dabbling in song-writing.[1]

After graduating with a physics degree from the Imperial College London, Rahman signed with East Asia Record Production company.[1]

Career

Rahman first gained the interest of the Hong Kong music scene when he was exposed as the writer who penned all the lyrics in Janice Vidal's 2009 English album Morning.[2] Following this, in 2009 he released his debut album Starting from Today, which won him the Best Newcomer award at the Metro Radio Music Awards.[1]

Rahman then made his film debut in the movie Echoes of the Rainbow (2010),[3] which won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer and Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild for Best New Actor of the Year – Silver Award. The theme song which he sang also won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Song.[4] He then starred as Bruce Lee in the dramatic biopic film Bruce Lee, My Brother (2010)[5][6] and as a police investigator in the crime thriller Cold War (2012).[7]

In 2013, Rahman starred in the Mainland romantic comedy One Night Surprise.[8] The low-budget film unexpectedly became a commercial success, and received positive reviews.[9] Rahman won the Best New Actor award at the 1st China International Film Festival London and Outstanding Performance award at the Chinese Film Media Awards for his performance.[10] Rahman then starred in historical drama The Empress of China, where he played the role of Li Zhi. The 82-episode TV series was broadcast on Hunan Television from 21 December 2014 to 5 February 2015, and earned increased recognition for Rahman in the Mainland region.[11] He won the Best Actor in the Ancient Drama category at the Huading Awards for his performance.[12]

In 2016, Rahman starred alongside Korean actress Kim Ha-neul in the family film Making Family.[13] He also featured in Guo Jingming's fantasy animated motion capture L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties, and reprised his role in the sequel of Cold War.[14][15]

In 2017, Rahman starred alongside Jackie Chan in the action comedy film Kung Fu Yoga.[16] The same year, he starred in Tsui Hark's science fiction wuxia film The Thousand Faces of Dunjia.[17][18]

In 2019, Rahman starred in the historical romance drama Princess Silver as the male lead.[19][20]

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow 歲月神偷 Luo Jinyi
Frozen 為你鍾情 Cheung Wai-kit [21]
Bruce Lee, My Brother 李小龍我的兄弟 Bruce Lee
2011 I Love Hong Kong 我爱HK开心万岁 Wu Ming [22]
The Allure of Tears 傾城之淚 You Le [23]
Dear Enemy 親密敵人 Heng Lima [24]
2012 Cold War 寒戰 Billy K.B. Cheung
2013 One Night Surprise 一夜驚喜 Tony
2014 South of the Clouds 北迴歸線 Li Ming [25]
2015 Tales of Mystery 怪談 Zi Liang [26]
2016 Cold War 2 寒戰2 Billy K.B. Cheung
L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties 爵跡 Ni Hong
Making Family 非常父子檔 Zhou Liyan
2017 Kung Fu Yoga 功夫瑜伽 Jones
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia 奇門遁甲 Dao Yizhang
2020 Special Couple 合法伴侣 Gu Dabai [27]

Television series

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2014 The Empress of China 武媚娘傳奇 Li Zhi
2018 Swords of Legends 2 古劍奇譚二 Xia Yize [28]
2019 Princess Silver 白髮 Zongzheng Wuyou
2020 Two Sisters In the Chaos 浮世雙嬌傳 Xue Rong
TBA The Geek Is on the Run 極客江湖 Bo Xian [29]
Ivy Monsters 藤科動物也兇猛 Zhuo Peng [30]

Discography

Studio albums

Release date Title Track listing Label
26 November 2009 Starting from Today
Track listing
  1. 今天開始
  2. 獨行俠
  3. Fly Away
  4. 想我吧
  5. Best I'll Ever Be
  6. 不堪設想
  7. 光速
  8. Another Day
  9. 歲月輕狂
  10. Echoes of the Rainbow
 Amusic
5 February 2010 Starting from Today 2nd Version
Track listing
  1. Best I'll Ever Be (英)
  2. Echoes of the Rainbow (英)
  3. Way back into love (feat. Janice Vidal)
16 August 2011 Everything
Track listing
  1. 尼古拉
  2. You Are My Everything
  3. 鵝毛
  4. 誰能代替 (國)
  5. 奇蹟等不到
  6. 一片痴
  7. Craziness
  8. 速度對比
  9. Still (英)
  10. Just the Way You Are (英)
  11. 不是不愛才分開 (國)
14 March 2014 Aarif's Love
Track listing
  1. 飞
  2. 不可思议
  3. 一夜惊喜 (feat. Fan Bingbing)
  4. 以苦为乐
  5. 睡蔷薇
  6. Porcelain Princess’ Palace (陶瓷公主的宝殿)

Singles

Year English title Chinese title Album Notes
2010 "Never Know" 回家路上 — with Janice Vidal
"Growing Love For You" 為你鍾情 Frozen OST with Janice Vidal
2011 "I love Hong Kong" — I Love Hong Kong OST with Mag Lam
2012 "Our Starting Line" 我們的起跑線 —
"Happy Together" — — with Angelababy
2013 "One Night Surprise" 一夜驚喜 One Night Surprise OST with Fan Bingbing
2014 "Eagles Fly in September" 九月鷹飛 South of the Clouds OST with Isabelle Huang
2015 "GODAGODA" — — Theme song of Sisters Over Flowers
"Fighting For Dreams" 為夢而戰 — Theme song of Yes！Coach
2016 "Gentlemanly" 紳士作風 —
2017 "Coming Home" 回家路上 —
"Who is the Biggest" 誰是老大 The Thousand Faces of Dunjia OST with Da Peng and Wu Bai
"Director Xu Ke I Have A Problem" 徐克導演我有問題
2019 "Xiao Zhi" 小至 Princess Silver OST with Yisa Yu
"If Snow" 若雪
"I Know You Know" — My True Friend OST
2020 "Won't You Be Mine" N/A N/A
"Loser"" N/A N/A
2021 "One and Only" N/A N/A

Awards

Music

Year Award Category Nominated work Ref.
2009 Metro Radio Hits Awards New Singer Award Starting From Today [31]
Best Singer Songwriter Album Award
Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation Best Male Newcomer – Gold Award [32]
2010 IFPI Music Sales Awards Best Selling Male Newcomer [33]
10th Chinese Music Media Awards Best Cantopop Male Newcomer [34]
29th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Original Film Song Sui Yue Qing Kuang [4]
Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Presentation Most Popular Winning Song Award [35]
Mandarin Hit Songs
7th CNTV's Music King Hit Global Chinese Music Award Film Golden Song Award [36]
2011 8th CNTV's Music King Hit Global Chinese Music Award All-Rounded Artist Award (Hong Kong/Taiwan) — [37]
Singer-Song Writer Award —
Golden Song Award "Ni Gu La"
2013 9th CNTV's Music King Hit Global Chinese Music Award All-Rounded Artist Award — [38]
Singer-Song Writer Award —
1st China International Film Festival London Best Original Film Song "One Night Surprise" [39]
9+2 Music Pioneer Awards Most Popular Duet Song [40]
Best Film Singer —
2014 2nd V Chart Awards Best Collaboration "One Night Surprise" [41]
Top Social Singer —
Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Presentation Hit Singer-Songwriter Award — [42]
Mandarin Hit Songs "Shui Qi Wei"
9+2 Music Pioneer Awards Best Trendy Singer-Songwriter — [43]
Best Global Premiere Song "Bu Ke Si Yi"
2015 V Chart Awards Hot Trend Artist of the Year (Hong Kong/Taiwan) — [44]
19th China Music Awards Best Singer-Songwriter — [45]
Best Golden Song (Hong Kong/Taiwan) "Fly"
KU Music Asian Music Awards Most Popular Crossover Artist — [46]

Film and television

Year Award Category Nominated work Ref.
2010 29th Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Performer Echoes of the Rainbow Won[4]
Best Original Film Song (with: Lowell Lo (composer), Alex Law (lyricist)) Won[4]
Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award Best Newcomer – Silver Award Won[47]
31st Hundred Flowers Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2011 11th Chinese Film Media Awards Best New Performer Nominated
5th Asian Film Awards Best Newcomer Nominated
2013 1st China International Film Festival London Best New Actor One Night Surprise Won[39]
2014 14th Chinese Film Media Awards Outstanding Performance Won[10]
2015 17th Huading Awards Best Actor – Ancient Drama The Empress of China Won[12]

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