Star Profiles

He’s big, he’s brutal and his name is Bolo Yeung. Real name Yang Sze, was born on July 3, 1938 in Guangzhou, China. A former chinese power lifting champion, he decided to leave China and head to Hong Kong, where he began teaching at a local gym and also ended up winning the title of “Mr. Hong Kong” in the weight-lifting championships.

Yip Gei-Man “Ye Jiwen” and sometimes known as “Ip Man”, was born into a wealthy family in Foshan in 1893 and died on December 2, 1972. When staying in Foshan, Guangdong, he began to learn the art of Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun, who at the time is believed to have teached out of the Yip Man’s Ancestral Temple.

It was not until the phenomenal “Shaolin Soccer” (Siu lam juk kau) movie raked over 60 million Hong Kong dollars in revenues that Stephen Chow was finally able to etch his name among Asia’s best.

Stephen Chow was born…

Yuen Siu Tien (1912–1979), also known as Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or “Ol’ Dirty”) was a kung fu movie star ranging from the 1940′s till 1979. He starred in films with actors like Jackie Chan and was also directed by his own son Yuen Woo-ping.

He struggled during the early years of his career because of his inability to speak and read Cantonese. Hi first movie was the gay themed Bishonen and this was followed-up with City of Glass for which he was nominated as best actor during the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards