Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Date of Birth:
7 January 1952, Hong Kong, China
Birth Name:
Hong Jin Bao
Nickname:
Yuen Chu
Height:
5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Born in Hong Kong, Sammo Hung's acting career began while he was training in acrobatics, martial arts and dance as a child at the China Drama Academy, and he received acclaim for his performance with a troupe called "The Seven Little Fortunes." He made his feature film debut as an actor at the age of 12, and has worked in numerous martial arts films as an actor, director, producer and/or choreographer, collaborating with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, two superstars of the genre.
He is now internationally renowned as a pioneer and trend-setter in Hong Kong action films. Hung's big break as a film actor came with a role as a villain in the Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon (1973). He established his reputation as a skilled physical comedian in several kung-fu comedies, beginning with "Enter the Fat Dragon" (Fei Lung gwoh gong (1978)). He also produced and starred in numerous successful films throughout the 1970s and 1980s for Hong Kong's leading film studio, Golden Harvest.
Hung collaborated in the 1980s with long-time friend Jackie Chan in a highly successful series of action comedies that cemented Hung's reputation as a consummate actor/director and launched Chan's career as an international star. For a while, Hung also starred in an American TV series, "Martial Law" (1998).
He directed "Once Upon a Time in China and America" (Wong Fei Hung: Chi sai wik hung see (1997)), his first film shot in the US. He and his wife, Mina, now divide their time between homes in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
Spouse:
Joyce Godenzi (1995 - present)
Jo Yun Ok (1973 - 1994) (divorced) 4 children
Choy Lee Fut Cai Li Fo 
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Two best friends head from Europe to China to learn Choy Lee Fut and get more than they bargained for. Bewildered graduate, Wei Yip (played by Sammo Hung’s son in real life, Timmy Hung) and his best friend Takeda (Kane Kosugi) head from Europe to China to learn a particular Southern China style of kung fu, Choy Lee Fut. They enroll in a martial arts school run by Wei Yips uncle, Master Chen. It’s not long before they find trouble which comes in the form of a rival martial arts school, backed by a powerful financial company that has forced Master Chen into a fight tournament. The financial company will take over Master Chens’ martial arts school if they can’t prove themselves at the tournament and so the task to save the school falls on Wei Yip and Takeda, complicated by the romantic link between Wei Yip and a beautiful female fighter from the rival school.
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Critically acclaimed Hong Kong 'New Wave' director Ann Hui tackles the challenge of growing old in a moving and contemplative film. The story follows the relationship between a 40-something man and his family's amah, who has been in their employ for 60 years. After she suffers a stroke, they reverse roles and he looks after her.
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