Sammo Hung
Gender: Male
Born: 7th January 1952 (currently 60 years old)
Nationality: China
TV programs: Martial Law, Wing Chun, The Shaolin Warriors
Movies: Game of Death, Island of Fire, Pedicab Driver, Kill Zone: Sha Po Lang, The Legend of Zu, Wheels on Meals, Twins Mission, The Victim, Broken Oath, Warriors Two, Enter the Fat Dragon, Eastern Condors, Lucky Stars Go Places, Odd Couple, Dragons Forever, Winners and Sinners, Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars, The Fortune Code, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar, Project A, My Lucky Stars, Knockabout, Heart of Dragon, The Banquet, Millionaire's Express, Prodigal Son, The Iron-Fisted Monk, Magnificent Butcher, Dragon Squad, Hand Of Death, Hua Fei Man Cheng Chun, Encounters of the Spooky Kind, Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon, Shaolin Plot, Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog, The Gambling Ghost, Osaka Wrestling Restaurant, Bandits from Shantung, Fatal Move, Painted Skin, The Owl vs Bombo, By Hook or by Crook, When Taekwondo Strikes, Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey, Qi xiao fu, She Shoots Straight, Kung Fu Master, Shaolin Traitorous, Hapkido, Cold War, Stunt Woman, Ip Man 2, Police Assassins, 14 Blades, The Fast Sword, Enter the Dragon, The Man from Hong Kong, The End of the Wicked Tiger, Wushu, The Bells of Death, Point of No Return, Lightning Kung Fu, Shanghai, Shanghai, Mr. Vampire III, Carry On Pickpocket, The Dead and the Deadly, Filthy Guy, The Avenging Fist, Brothers Five, Around the World in 80 Days, Kung Fu Chefs, Mr. Nice Guy, Legend of the Dragon, The Legend Is Born – Ip Man, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, The Valiant Ones, Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, Choy Lee Fut, Paper Marriage, How to Meet the Lucky Stars, Ghost Punting, Kung Fu Cult Master, Cinema of Vengeance: Martial Arts in the Movies, The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies, Modern Warriors: The Martial Way, Encounters of the Spooky Kind II, A Simple Life
Sammo Hung (born Hung Kam Po, 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has been a fight choreographer for, amongst others, Jackie Chan, King Hu, and John Woo.
Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like Jiang Shi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew.
In East Asia, it is common for people to address their elders or influential people with familial nouns as a sign of familiarity and respect. Jackie Chan, for example, is often addressed as "Dai Goh" (Chinese: 大哥; pinyin: dà gē), meaning Big Brother. Hung was also known as "Dai Goh", until the filming of Project A, which featured both actors. As Hung was the eldest of the kung fu "brothers", and the first to make a mark on the industry, he was given the nickname "Dai Goh Dai" (Chinese: 大哥大; Mandarin Pinyin: dà gē dà; Jyutping:
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