Yuen Biao

Yuen Biao is genuinely one of the most underrated action stars to ever come out of Hong Kong cinema, and I will die on that hill. Trained alongside Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung at the Peking Opera School as part of the legendary Seven Little Fortunes, he had the kind of physical genius that made your jaw drop — acrobatic flips, lightning-fast kicks, a combo of martial arts and gymnastics that felt almost inhuman. His work in films like Prodigal Son and Wheels on Meals showed he could carry a movie on pure athletic charisma. The fact that Jackie and Sammo became bigger household names internationally always felt like a quirk of timing and marketing more than talent, because frame for frame, Yuen Biao could match either of them and then some.

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Name (English)

Yuen Biao

Name (Japanese)

ユン・ピョウ

Reading

ゆん・ぴょう

Born

July 26, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Origin

Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / stunt coordinator / stunt performer / film director / film producer

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen%20Biao
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319364

Tags

• actor
• stunt coordinator
• stunt performer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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