Yuen Biao was born on Ha Lingchun; 26 July 1957 and is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman.
21 Facts About Yuen Biao
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Yuen Biao was one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School along with his "brothers" Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.
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Yuen Biao has played roles in eight television series for the Hong Kong channel TVB.
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Yuen Biao was given the stage name Yuen Biao and trained alongside schoolmates Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah and several others, under master Yu Jim-yuen, who would later become famous in Hong Kong cinema.
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Yuen Biao remained at the school until the age of 16.
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When he left, Yuen Biao followed his classmate Sammo Hung into a career in the Hong Kong film industry.
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Yuen Biao was one of the "fake" Bruce Lees in Game of Death, performing the acrobatics and stunts that the Bruce Lee "body double" was unable to perform.
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Yuen Biao continued working as a stuntman, doubling for actors in Hong Kong action films and taking on supporting actor roles.
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Yuen Biao later co-starred alongside his Peking Opera "brothers", Chan and Hung, in Project A, Wheels on Meals and Dragons Forever, and appeared in smaller roles in films such as Hung's original Lucky Stars trilogy.
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Yuen Biao co-starred with Sammo in films such as Eastern Condors and Millionaires Express.
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Yuen Biao played the lead with Cynthia Rothrock in Righting Wrongs and alongside Maggie Cheung in The Iceman Cometh.
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Yuen Biao's acting roles waned somewhat in the early 1990s, although he notably played a supporting role alongside Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China.
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Yuen Biao did not appear in the sequel as he was replaced by Max Mok.
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In 2000, Yuen Biao went to the United States to work with Jackie Chan as the action choreographer on Shanghai Noon.
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Yuen Biao starred in a more comedic role in the 2002 Japan HK film No Problem 2.
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In 2005, Yuen Biao starred in a TVB series called Real Kung Fu with Yuen Biao Wah, Maggie Siu, Leung Kar Yan, Jack Wu and one of Sammo Hung's real life sons, Timmy Hung.
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In 2006, Yuen Biao played Inspector Steve Mok in Robin B Hood along with his long-time friend Jackie Chan.
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Yuen Biao plays an elder version of the character Leung Jan, the role he played 25 years earlier in The Prodigal Son, and father to Tse's character.
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Yuen Biao appeared as a guest judge on the China Beijing TV Station reality television series The Disciple, which aired in mainland China, and was produced by and featured Jackie Chan.
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Yuen Biao starred alongside Bryan Leung and Ji Chunhua in Legend of Shaolin Kung-fu II: Thirteen Cudgel Monks, a series directed by Yuen Biao Bun.
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Yuen Biao has a second home in Canada, where he enjoys golf.