Roy Chiao
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| Chinese name | 喬宏 | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 喬宏 (traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 乔宏 (simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Qiáo hóng (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Jyutping | Kiu4 wang4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
| Born |
16 March 1927 Shanghai, China |
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| Died | 8 January 1999 (aged 71) Seattle, Washington |
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| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||
| Years active | 1960–1990 | ||||||||
| Ancestry | Linfen, Shanxi | ||||||||
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Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 8 January 1999) was a Chinese actor most famous for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Other English speaking film appearances included roles in the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport, the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and the 1978 version of Lee's Game of Death. He performed in many Hong Kong films with a career total of 90 films.
He is the founder of "Artists' Home," a Christian Fellowship for actors in Hong Kong. He suffered three heart attacks before his heart disease-related death. He worked as an English language overdubber for Hong Kong produced films.
Outside of acting Chiao was a United States Army interpreter during the Korean War.
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