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Date of Birth
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07-January-1952
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Place of Birth
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Hong Kong
(China, Asia, Eurasia)
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Nationality
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Hong Kong, United States of America
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Also know as
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Jinbao Hong, Sanno Hung, Kam-po Hung, Chu Yuen-lung, Yuan Lung Chu, Samo Hung, Chin-pao Hong, Kam-bo Hung, Hung Ching-Pao, James Hung, Samo Hung Kam Po, Chu Yuan Lung, Yuanlong Zhu, Yuen Chu, Big Brother, Hong Jin Bao, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Chin Tai-Cheng, Hong Kam-Po, Sammu Hung, Hun Ching-Pao, Hung Chin-Pao, Chen Yuan-Lung, Chu Yuan-Lung, Hung4 Gam1bou2, Yuen Lung, Chu Yuen Lung, Dai Goh Dai, Big, Big Brother, サモ・ãƒãƒ³ãƒ»ã‚ンãƒãƒ¼, Hung Kam Bo, Hung4 Gam1-bou2, Hung Kam Po, Hung Kim Po, Kam Bo Hung
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Profession
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Film Director, Actor, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Stunt Coordinator, Martial Artist
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Sammo Hung, also known as Hung Kam-bo, is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has been a fight choreographer for, amongst others, Jackie Chan, King Hu, and John Woo.
Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like jiangshi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew.
In East Asia, it is common for people to address their elders or influential people with familial nouns as a sign of familiarity and respect. Jackie Chan, for example, is often addressed as "Dai Goh", meaning Big Brother. Hung was also known as "Dai Goh", until the filming of Project A, which featured both actors. As Hung was the eldest of the kung fu "brothers", and the first to make a mark on the industry, he was given the nickname "Dai Goh Dai", meaning, Big, Big Brother, or Biggest Big Brother.
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