Leung Siu-Lung

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Leung Siu-Lung, born in 1948 in Hong Kong, is an actor who has appeared in many Hong Kong martial arts movies. He often appeared billed as "Bruce Leung," "Bruce Liang," "Bruce Leong," or "Bruce Leung Siu-Lung," and is thus generally grouped among the Bruce Lee clones that sprang up after Lee's death in the odd subgenre known as Bruceploitation. He is a skilled martial artist - he learned martial arts from his father at the Cantonese Opera.[1]

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he appeared in a large number of martial arts films. Most familiar to Western audiences may be Jim Kelley's The Tattoo Connection (in which he only appeared briefly, but choreographed the action sequences) and Jackie Chan's Magnificent Bodyguards, which was the first Hong Kong film shot in 3D. He is also known for playing Bruce Lee in the notorious Bruceploitation classic, The Dragon Lives Again.

In addition, Leung appeared in his own star vehicles, including My Kung-Fu 12 Kicks, Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist, and Black Belt Karate.

Leung retired from acting after 1978's Ghost Hospital. However, in 2004, he made a triumphant return to the screen as The Beast in Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (which, incidentally, was his first villainous role).

Supposedly, Leung defeated 13 armed attackers all by himself[2], although the validity of this statement is questionable.

[edit] Filmgraphy as actor includes

• Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

• Ghost Hospital (1988)

• Rich and Famous 2 (1987)

• Vampires Live Again (1987)

• Eight-Diagram Cudgel (1985)

• Showdown at the Equator (1984)

• Gang Master (1982)

• Legend of a Fighter (1982)

• Ruthless Revenge (1982)

• Return of the Deadly Blade (1981)

• The Fighter Dragon vs. Deadly Tiger (1980)

• Shaolin Kid (1980)

• Be the First (1980)

• The Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)

• Enter Three Dragons (1979)

• Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1979)

• The Fists, the Kicks and the Evil (1979)

• Black Belt Karate (1979)

• My Kung-Fu 12 Kicks (1979)

• Magnificent Bodyguards (1978)

• The Tattoo Connection (1978)

• The Dragon Lives Again (1977)

• The Four Shaolin Challengers (1977)

• Broken Oath (1977)

• Million Dollar Snatch (1976)

• Bruce Against Iron Hand (1976)

• Bruce Lee, D-Day at Macao (1975)

• Hong Kong Superman (1975)

• Call Me Dragon (1974)

• Hong Kong Godfather (1974)

• Rage of Wind (1973)

• Kung Fu Powerhouse (1973)

• Blade of Fury (1973)

• The Yellow Killer (1972)

• Lady Kung Fu (1972)

• Kung Fu, the Invincible Fist (1972)

• Deep Thrust (1972)

• The Invincible Eight (1971)