Sammo Hung

Sammo Hung is one of those figures whose genius is easy to underrate at a glance. The man defied physics, moving with impossible grace despite his size, and that contradiction is the heart of his appeal. But what truly impresses me is that he was also the brain behind the camera, choreographing fights for Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and others while directing and producing. He didn't just appear in Hong Kong's golden age of action cinema, he engineered much of it. The 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award felt less like an honor and more like an overdue acknowledgment of a foundation everyone else stood on.

Name (English)

Sammo Hung

Name (Japanese)

サモ・ハン・キンポー

Reading

さも・はん・きんぽー

Born

January 7, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Hong Kong

Occupation

film producer / film director / screenwriter / actor / stunt performer

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• 2009 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
• 2009 Golden Horse Award for Best Action Choreography
• 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammo%20Hung
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311219

Tags

• film producer
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.