Profile
Other Names: Bill Yuen/ Jimmy Yuen
Birthplace: Hongkong
Birthdate: July 26 1957
Spouse: DiDi Phang Sau-Ha
Achievements: He specializes in martial arts and has worked on over 100 films as actor, stuntman and action coreographer. Along with Peking Opera School "brothers" at the China Drama Academy, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, he was one of the Seven Little Fortunes .
Biography
Born 夏令正 Xià Lìng-Zhèng (Hsia Ling-Jun) in Hong Kong, Yuen was the fifth child in a family of eight children. He studied at the China Drama Academy between the ages of five to 16, after which he left to pursue a career in the Hong Kong film industry. In the early 1970s, Yuen began work as a stuntman and extra. After working on Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, Yuen became a stunt double for Bruce Lee on Enter the Dragon, in 1973. He was also one of the "fake" Bruce Lee's in Game of Death (1978), performing the acrobatics and stunts that the Bruce Lee "body double" (Taekwondo expert, Tai Chung Kim) was unable to perform. Yuen continued working as a stuntman, doubling for actors in Hong Kong action films and taking on supporting actor roles. In the late 1970s and early 80s, thanks to his good friends and former classmates, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, he began working more frequently as an actor. After his co-starring role in The Dragon, the Odds (1977) and his full lead role debut in Knockabout in 1978, he starred in several successful films in the early 80s, notably The Prodigal Son (directed by Sammo Hung) and Dreadnaught (directed by Yuen Woo-ping). He later co-starred alongside his Peking Opera "brothers", Chan and Hung, in Project A, Wheels on Meals and Dragons Forever, and also appeared in smaller roles in films such as Hung's original Lucky Stars trilogy.
In 2007 he finished filming the Wing Chun TV series (a remake of the 1994 series that had preceded the film Wing Chun) alongside Nicholas Tse, Sammo Hung and another of Hung's sons, Sammy Hung. 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. The series has since been re-edited for release as a film, entitled Shuang Long Ji (aka Legend of Twins Dragon). However, the film's release has been delayd as it has been banned in Mainland China for containing too much violence.
TV Series
Real Kung Fu (2005)
Wing Chun (2007)
Filmography (1972-1999 not listed)
Millennium Dragon (2000)
Shanghai Noon (2000) (stunts / action director)
The Avenging Fist (2000)
Black Rain (黑雨) (2000)
No Problem 2 (2002)
Enter The Phoenix (2004)
Hero Youngster (2004)
Rob-B-Hood (寶貝計劃) (2006)
Fight For Love (2007)
Legend of Twins Dragon (aka Shuang Long Ji) (film derived from Wing Chun TV series) (2007)
