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Jimmy Wang Yu Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1944-03-28

Birthplace:
Wuxi, China

Credits:
89 Total Roles

Jimmy Wang Yu

Acting

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Biography

Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2019 Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2013 Soul MOVIE Chuan's Father
2012 The Guillotines MOVIE Gonge
2011 Let's Go! MOVIE Mr Hon Yu
2011 Dragon MOVIE The Master
2005 A Century of Light and Shadow MOVIE Self
2003 The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary MOVIE Self
1994 Cinema of Vengeance MOVIE Self (uncredited)
1993 Dark Society in the East MOVIE Self
1992 Requital MOVIE Wai's hired assassin

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