Date of birth: 1950-09-02
Place of birth: Hong Kong, China
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Wah Yuen, Wong Yuen-Wah, Yu Wah, Yuan Hua, Sam Yung, Yung Gai-Chi, Yung Kai-Chi, W. Yuen, Sam Yuen, Yung Chi, 元華, 원화, 元华, Nguyên Hoa, یوان وا, یوئن وه

Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series. Was a member of the "Seven Little Fortunes" performance troupe in Yu Jim-Yuen's China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Was a member of the Sammo Hung Stuntmen's Association. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yuen Wah, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

1992-05-28
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One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy

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When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachmen

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Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainer

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1974-01-12
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1991-01-10
In a mountainous region in an Asian backwater banana republic, it is said that the descendents of al

1979-06-16
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1989-08-12
When 16th-century Ming guard Fong Sau-Ching sets out to capture vicious rapist Fung San, both men en

1995-12-15
Three high-octane cops--an unorthodox one from Hong Kong, a straitlaced one from the Mainland, and o

1986-01-30
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines

1987-07-09
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1988-12-22
A Taoist priest protests against the idea of a Buddhist priest being his neighbour. They often argue

1987-03-20
Austin Wai plays Sum, a secret agent posing as the security chief of a remote mining colony where se

1987-03-06
Alan and Halley are partners in a pest control company. Handsome Alan gets the girls and puffy Halle

1976-04-24
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1983-10-06
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1982-01-01
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2008-11-18
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1980-05-02
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1982-05-18
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1984-07-14
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1976-02-20
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1974-08-02
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1988-12-21
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1992-01-01
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2011-03-31
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2010-11-11
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2005-08-04
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2006-07-27
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1985-11-07
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1980-12-11
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1991-03-07
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1977-01-20
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1976-01-16
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1985-02-10
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1976-10-28
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1977-12-15
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1977-03-05
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1981-01-31
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1981-07-19
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1984-09-20
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1982-12-22
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1978-07-08
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1995-01-31
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1985-09-14
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2005-06-03
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2005-11-01
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2007-01-18
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2016-04-01
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1991-10-23
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1990-12-22
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1974-01-01
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2006-03-30
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2010-03-18
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2006-11-05
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2007-01-01
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2005-12-22
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2006-06-16
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1992-11-06
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1993-10-21
The result of a top secret project spearheaded by the Chinese government to create the ultimate sold

1988-10-19
Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by dro
2000-11-30
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1991-10-09
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1981-04-17
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1988-03-18
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1962-12-05
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1973-05-23
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1973-08-17
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1973-09-01
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1990-07-21
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1998-03-28
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1977-12-03
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2001-02-08
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1973-05-31
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1990-08-03
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1975-07-16
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1976-07-20
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1977-04-20
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1976-06-18
Two rivals, Sheng from the South and Shao from the North, have one common enemy, the Silver Fox. The

1977-04-06
When a terrible kung fu master seeks various martial arts manuals from around China to make himself

1977-12-26
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug mo

1978-07-12
My Kung Fu Master is a Hong Kong Martial Arts Comedy

1978-11-08
Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspir

1978-04-21
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2009-05-17
More than just a biography, this film explores Bruce Lee's global impact to see how he has influence

1980-07-24
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1976-07-10
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1979-08-09
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2018-02-16
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1977-07-06
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1978-03-30
Sun Chung had made a name for himself directing satirical comedies and modern day crime thrillers wh

1995-09-28
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1984-06-19
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1978-02-19
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1979-12-04
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2018-04-28
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1983-12-16
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1983-10-15
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1980-10-17
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2018-12-20
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1976-07-15
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1972-12-16
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1974-07-19
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2018-06-15
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1973-07-19
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2020-05-01
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2020-04-30
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1972-03-22
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1975-02-19
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1973-05-09
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1979-01-25
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1975-04-10
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1973-11-29
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1974-09-28
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1972-10-01
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1982-07-14
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2005-11-10
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2022-07-07
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