Aarif rahman actor biography

Hong Kong actor, singer, and songwriter

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]

He is a Christian.

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 awar