Wah Yuen was born on September 2, 1950 in Hong Kong, China as Kai Chi Yung. He is known for his work on Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and Australia (2008).
In his autobiography "I am Jackie Chan" Chan related a story from his youth where he and his fellow Peking Opera Students (including Yuen Wah) were forced to do hand stands for hours on end. One time they were doing them and then the master yelled "Stop!" and all the boys dropped to the ground, except Yuen Wah. The teacher and students went over to see why and found he had fallen asleep, while maintaining a perfect hand stand.
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Yuen Wah (Yuen Hua) was born and bred in colonial Hong Kong with family roots from the Tianjin ('Tietsin') region of Mainland China.
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For the young stunt player Yueh Wah, art imitated life on the set of the Shaw Brothers production martial arts period piece 'Ren pi deng long (1982)' when Yuen was seriously injured while doubling for lead actor Tony Liu costumed in white on a wire stunt designed for Yuen to be vertically elevated through a roof hatch while harnessed on a wire to meet an authentic flying bamboo lance. The stunt was mistimed with the sharp flying projectile aimed at Yuen right between the eyes. Yuen reacted with a quick-reflex protective spin-turn away with back facing the spear but it impaled him entering through his right shoulder blade and exiting his under-arm. The costumed Yuen was taken to the hospital with the bamboo pole still in his body and Yuen's costume stained with real blood doubling for theatrical gelatin blood.
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Alongside Lam Ching-Ying and Tung Wai, Yuen Wah is one of the few HK Stuntman to have been initiated to Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee.
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Was acknowledged to be one of the most talented acrobat in HK stunt scene.
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Was killed three times in Enter the Dragon - each time, he was portraying a different character.
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Grew up as a student of Peking Opera master Sifu Yu Jim-Yuen.
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Besides Jeet Kune Do, Yuen Wah is well versed in Wu Shu, Hung Gar, Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do.
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He was Bruce Lee's stand in for The Chinese Connection (1972) because they had a similar body type and he was able to copy Bruce Lee's style.
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According to Jackie Chan's autobiography Yuen Wa is an accomplished martial artist who possessed a skill to mimic and emulate any technique of Martial Arts he was presented with.
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Yuen Wah is another member of the Chinese Opera School from which Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and 'Yuen Biao' graduated.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gwai aan ying ging
2006
Bing
Da jeuk ying hung chun
2006
Wah Saam-Yuen
Ye man mi ji
2006
Phoenix' father
Qing dian da sheng
2005
Lord Chancellor Tortoise
Mang lung
2005
Stall owner
Jeuk sing 2 gi ji mor tin hau
2005
Chi Mo Sai
Fat shan chaan sin sang
2005
TV Series
Wong Wah-bo
Ah sou
2005
Jeuk sing
2005
Chi Mo Sai / West / Robert
Sau choi yu dze bing
2005
TV Series
Luk Gin
Kung Fu Hustle
2004
Landlord
Zhui ji 8 yue 15
2004
Chui hau tung dip
2001
Ola
Zui hou tong die
2001
Ola
Guen see sin sang
2001
Ha La Chak
Fung sun bong
2000
TV Series
Lei Ching
Jau si goo heung shun
2000
Yung wong jik chin
2000
TV Series
Father Gam
Moh ying
2000
Sifu Lone
Cha si goo heung lung
1999
Tse Fu Biu
Dragon Love
1999
Yip Man
Aiming High
1998
Lo Ban
Ching nung dai dei 3
1998
Hoi sum chook ga yun
1998
TV Series
Tan Shi
Lie pao xing dong
1998
Fang Kuo Ho
Ma Yong Zhen
1997
Ma Tai Cheung
A Place of One's Own
1997
Nam yan 40 da kung fu
1996
TV Series
Night Journey
1996
TV Series
Tin
Qi du xian feng
1995
Lin Chia-Teng
No hoi wai lung
1995
Mainland Drug Seller
Dai lo bai sau
1995
Dee's Father
Shao Lin xiao zi II: Xin wu long yuan
1994
Hei bao tian xia
1993
Bloody Wolf (as Yuen Wah)
Kuang feng mi ming
1993
Rogue Supercop Coach
Huang Fei-Hong zhi gui jiao qi
1993
Chairman Wah
Te yi gong neng xing qiu ren
1992
Villain
Tou shen gu zu
1992
Tee Tung-Feng / The Saint Hero
Police Story 3: Supercop
1992
Panther
Long hang tian xia
1992
Uncle Tak
Xi Zang xiao zi
1992
Black Section Sorcerer
Man hua wei long
1992
Cheng Wan-To
Du ba
1991
Master Wu Lung Lo
Lei ting sao xue
1991
Panther
Ching sing
1991
Brother Wah
Long de chuan ren
1991
Master Chow Fei-Hung
Wei Si Li zhi ba wang xie jia
1991
General Nguen
Ye mo sin sang
1990
Leader of Robbers
Gong chang fei long
1990
Master of the Dead (Lui Chat Lung) (in train scene)
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