My Take
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.
Overview
Ha Lingchun (born 26 July 1957), known professionally as Yuen Biao, is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has also worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. He was one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School along with his "brothers" Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yuen Biao
- Name (Japanese)
- ユン・ピョウ
- Reading
- ゆん・ぴょう
- Born
- July 26, 1957 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stunt coordinator / stunt performer / film director / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.