Gordon Liu (Lau Kar-fai simplified Chinese: 刘家辉; traditional Chinese: 劉家輝); born Sin Kam-hei (simplified Chinese: 冼锦熙; traditional Chinese: 冼錦熙) is a Chinese actor and martial artist.
Born in Guangdong, Liu studied hung ga kung fu at the school founded by Lau Kar-leung’s father, Lau Cham. He entered the Hong Kong film industry as a stuntman. His early acting credits include minor roles in several Hong Kong kung fu films, including the Shaw Brothers-produced 5 Shaolin Masters (1974). He went on to appear in many Shaw Brothers films, such as Challenge of the Masters (1976), in which he portrayed the folk hero Wong Fei Hung, Executioners From Shaolin (1977), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), in which he played the lead role as Shaolin hero San Te, Dirty Ho (1979), Return to the 36th Chamber (1980), Martial Club (1981), The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984), and Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985). By the late-1980’s, he had begun accepting smaller roles, such as Lau Kar-leung's Tiger on the Beat (1988).
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MoreGordon Liu (Lau Kar-fai simplified Chinese: 刘家辉; traditional Chinese: 劉家輝); born Sin Kam-hei (simplified Chinese: 冼锦熙; traditional Chinese: 冼錦熙) is a Chinese actor and martial artist.
Born in Guangdong, Liu studied hung ga kung fu at the school founded by Lau Kar-leung’s father, Lau Cham. He entered the Hong Kong film industry as a stuntman. His early acting credits include minor roles in several Hong Kong kung fu films, including the Shaw Brothers-produced 5 Shaolin Masters (1974). He went on to appear in many Shaw Brothers films, such as Challenge of the Masters (1976), in which he portrayed the folk hero Wong Fei Hung, Executioners From Shaolin (1977), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), in which he played the lead role as Shaolin hero San Te, Dirty Ho (1979), Return to the 36th Chamber (1980), Martial Club (1981), The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984), and Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985). By the late-1980’s, he had begun accepting smaller roles, such as Lau Kar-leung's Tiger on the Beat (1988).
Liu made his American debut in 2003. He played two roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films: Johnny Mo, the leader of the Crazy 88 yakuza gang in Volume 1 (2003); and kung fu master Pai Mei in Volume 2 (2004).
Subject ID: 183553
Subject ID: 183553