Lo Lieh | |
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Chinese name | 羅烈 (Traditional) |
Chinese name | 罗烈 (Simplified) |
Birth name | Wang Lap Tat 王立達 |
Born | June 29, 1939 Pematang Siantar, Indonesia |
Died | November 2, 2002 Shenzhen, China |
(aged 63)
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1965—1992 |
Lo Lieh (Chinese: 羅烈; 29 June 1939 in Pematang Siantar Indonesia – 2 November 2002) was a Hong Kong actor in martial arts films. His real name is Wang Lap Tat. After his parents sent him back to China he attended acting school in Hong Kong. He began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year [1] [2] and went on to become one of the most famous actors in Hong Kong kung fu films in the late 1960s and 1970s. He died of a heart attack in Shenzhen November 2nd, 2002. [3]
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