Yuen Biao
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From left: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao
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| Chinese name | 元彪 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 元彪 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Yuán Biāo (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Jyun4 Biu1 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | 夏令震 (Traditional) Xià Lìngzhèn (Mandarin) Haa6 Ling6zan3 (Cantonese) |
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26 July 1957 Castle Peak Road, British Hong Kong |
| Other name(s) | Bill Yuen Jimmy Yuen |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, action choreographer |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouse(s) | Didi Pang (1984–present) |
| Children | 2 |
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Yuen Biao (born 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. Along with Peking Opera School "brothers" at the China Drama Academy, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, he was one of the Seven Little Fortunes.
Born Ha Lingchun (Chinese: 夏令震) in Hong Kong, he was the fifth child in a family of eight children. At the age of six he was enrolled at the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy. He was given the stage name Yuen Biao (Little Tiger) and trained alongside schoolmates Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah and several others, under master Yu Jim-yuen, who would later become famous in Hong Kong cinema. He quickly showed a talent for acrobatics. According to Jackie Chan's autobiography when Yuen was first asked by his master, upon his first day with him, to do a backflip, Yuen did a proper backflip on his very first try. He remained at the school until the age of 16. When he left, Yuen followed his classmate Sammo Hung into a career in the Hong Kong film industry.
Yuen Biao has appeared in over 130 films. He has played roles in eight television series for Hong Kong channel TVB.
In the early 1970s, Yuen began work as a stuntman and extra. After working on Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, Yuen became a stunt double for Bruce Lee on Enter the Dragon, in 1973. He was also one of the "fake" Bruce Lees in Game of Death (1978), performing the acrobatics and stunts that the Bruce Lee "body double" (Taekwondo expert, Kim Tai Chung) was unable to perform. Yuen continued working as a stuntman, doubling for actors in Hong Kong action films and taking on supporting actor roles.
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