Gordon Liu Chia-hui was born on Sin Kam-hei, 22 August 1955 and is a retired Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and filmmaker, best known for his roles in martial arts films.
25 Facts About Gordon Liu
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Gordon Liu was of the biggest male stars of Shaw Brothers Studio's martial arts cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Gordon Liu entered the Hong Kong film industry as a stuntman.
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Gordon Liu's early acting credits include minor roles in several Hong Kong kung fu films, including the Shaw Brothers-produced 5 Shaolin Masters.
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Gordon Liu went on to appear in many Shaw Brothers films, such as Challenge of the Masters, in which he portrayed the folk hero Wong Fei Hung, Executioners from Shaolin, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in which he played the lead role as Shaolin hero San Te, Dirty Ho, Return to the 36th Chamber, Martial Club, The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, and Disciples of the 36th Chamber.
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Gordon Liu played two roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films: Johnny Mo, the leader of the Crazy 88 yakuza gang in Volume 1, and kung fu master Pai Mei in Volume 2.
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In 2020, Gordon Liu was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame.
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Gordon Liu was born Sin Kam-hei in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China on 22 August 1955, prior to his adoption into another family.
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Gordon Liu is often wrongly cited as being the adopted son of Lau Cham, and adoptive brother of directors and actors Lau Kar-leung and Lau Kar-wing.
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Gordon Liu was not adopted by the family, but is Lau Cham's godson, and adopted his surname as his professional name.
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Gordon Liu trained at Lau Cham's martial arts school of Hung Gar discipline, which descended from Wong Fei-hung's grand student.
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Lau Cham's wife assisted in his training and due to the friendship and respect Gordon Liu felt for Lau and his wife, he took on the name Lau Ka-fai.
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Gordon Liu's interests had always been towards martial arts and he was eventually offered a role by Lau Kar-leung.
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Gordon Liu starred in Challenge of the Masters, as the folk hero Wong Fei Hung, and was featured in Executioners From Shaolin before starring in his signature role as Shaolin hero San Te in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
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San Te, Gordon Liu's character, overcomes the temple's thirty-five chambers as he unwittingly undergoes the rigorous training regimen imposed by the temple's Head Abbott on the pretext of "earning" a right to study martial arts there.
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Gordon Liu has been active in television, and was contracted to Hong Kong's TVB company for many years, continuing playing roles as a martial arts master.
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Quentin Tarantino had long been a fan of Gordon Liu, and hoped to find him a role in one of his movies.
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Gordon Liu played the role of the villain, Hojo, a smuggler and a well-trained martial artist.
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Gordon Liu attended as special guest star at the premiere in Rome, meeting his Italian fans for the first time.
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Gordon Liu had partial right-sided paralysis and a speech impairment as a consequence of the stroke, needing a wheelchair to travel.
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Gordon Liu had cancelled all public engagements as of March 2012.
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In June 2012, Gordon Liu decided to divorce his second wife and focus on his recovery.
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Gordon Liu later took legal action to recover his assets, and on April 29,2014, a day before the court date, Fung agreed to return them with interest.
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In 2020, Gordon Liu was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame.
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Gordon Liu has two daughters, Angie and Bonnie, from his first marriage which ended in 1986, and a son Kris and daughter Sonia from his second marriage with Ma Fei-feng of Thai-descent which ended in 2009.