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Derek Yee Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1957-12-28

Birthplace:
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Credits:
69 Total Roles

Derek Yee

Acting

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Biography

Derek Yee Tung-sing (Chinese: 爾冬陞, born 28 December 1957), is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity. He is the younger half-brother of famed Hong Kong actors Paul Chun and David Chiang, the latter also a former Shaw Brothers star. Yee has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong between 1975 and 1986, during the time when Shaw Brothers Studio were still producing movies. Since then Yee turned to screenwriting and directing and has made a career out of making films like C'est la vie, mon chéri, Viva Erotica and The Truth About Jane and Sam and also gritty dramas like One Night in Mongkok and Protégé. Derek Yee was a former boyfriend of Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The Top Racer TV Self
2022 The Good of China TV Self
2022 Memories Beyond Horizon TV Self
2020 Keep Rolling MOVIE Self
2019 Everybody Stand By TV Self
2016 鲁豫有约一日行 TV Self
2016 I Am Nobody MOVIE Himself
2015 I Am Somebody MOVIE Derek Yee
2007 Protégé MOVIE Miu Chi Wah
1996 Stooge, My Love MOVIE Self

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