Jimmy Wang Yu

Acting · Born 1944-03-28 · Wuxi, China

Biography

Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.

Known for

• Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019)
• Soul (2013)
• The Guillotines (2012)
• Dragon (2011)
• Let's Go! (2011)
• A Century of Light and Shadow (2005)
• The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary (2003)
• The Dragon Man (1997)
• Cinema of Vengeance (1994)
• Dark Society in the East (1993)
• Requital (1992)
• Shogun and Little Kitchen (1992)
• The Beheaded 1000 (1991)
• Island of Fire (1990)
• The Thundering Ninja (1987)
• Millionaires' Express (1986)
• Clash of the Professionals (1985)
• Shanghai 13 (1984)
• Fantasy Mission Force (1983)
• The Battle of Ku-Ning-Tou (1980)
• Big Leap Forward (1978)
• Boxer, Lover, Lawyer (1978)
• The Lantern Street (1977)
• Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977)