1. Dick Liu Kai-chi was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his everyman supporting roles.
16 Facts About Liu Kai-chi
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Liu Kai-chi's career spanned over 40 years, with appearances in over 90 television series and 70 films.
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Liu Kai-chi earned eight nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, two of which he won; one for his role in the 1992 comedy Cageman, and the other for the action thriller Beast Stalker in 2009.
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Liu Kai-chi took on various film crew positions to accumulate industry experience, and was initially rejected from acting school because of his height and "ordinary" appearance.
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Liu Kai-chi was eventually accepted into the TVB artist training programme in 1979.
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Liu Kai-chi was first known for his appearance in the hit 1980 TV series The Bund.
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Liu Kai-chi won his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for his role as Prince Sam in the comedy Cageman.
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Liu Kai-chi was nominated for the award in 2004 and 2006 for his performance in Infernal Affairs II and SPL: Sha Po Lang respectively, before winning the award a second time in 2009 for the Dante Lam film Beast Stalker, in which Liu plays the role of a policeman.
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Liu Kai-chi continued to work with Lam on a number of films including The Sniper and The Stool Pigeon, the latter of which earned him another nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2011.
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In 2014, Liu Kai-chi was cast in a leading role for two Hong Kong Television Network drama productions, The Election and The Borderline.
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On 11 November 1987, Liu Kai-chi married actress Barbara Chan Man-yee, known as Money Chan, after meeting her in the TVB artist training programme.
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On 5 April 2006, Liu Kai-chi lost his youngest son, six-year-old Liu Kai-chi Man-lok to leukemia, after a three-year struggle with the terminal illness.
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In March 2021, it was reported that Liu Kai-chi was suffering from gastric cancer; Chan replied to a media interview to confirm the diagnosis.
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Liu Kai-chi had discovered the condition in December 2020, and had to suspend work for treatment.
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Liu Kai-chi died of gastric cancer on 28 March 2021 at 8:32 pm in Prince of Wales Hospital, surrounded by his family.
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Liu Kai-chi was involved in 74 films, and over 90 television shows throughout his acting career.