Ken Lo

Ken Lo Wai Kwong
Chinese name	盧惠光 (Traditional)
Chinese name	卢惠光 (Simplified)
Born	March 17, 1959 (1959-03-17) Laos nationality : Hongkong ,China
Years active	1987-present

Ken Low Wai-kwong (born March 17, 1959;Chinese: 盧惠光, also known as Kenneth Low or Low Houi Kang, nickname Kwong Chai) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and a ex-member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.

Career

Early life

Lo was born in Laos on March 17, 1959. But in 1975, he moved from Cambodia when he was 15 years old, and then to Udon Thani, Thailand. Then 5 years later, in 1980 he fled to Hong Kong in where he took a job as a tour guide. His idol was Bruce Lee which led him to practice Muay Thai and Taekwondo in Thailand. He won the freestyle fighting championships seven times so his chance finally came with his first movie Working Class (1985) starring Samuel Hui directed by Tsui Hark.

Acting

In 1986, Lo met Jackie Chan in a popular disco in Hong Kong, where he was head of security and Jackie hired him as his own bodyguard. He not only became Jackie Chan's bodyguard but also acted in many martial arts movies. One of his famous roles is John, the main villain and right-hand man of the British ambassador in Legend of Drunken Master (1994) in which he and Jackie Chan engage in a protracted final fight; Lo stepped in when another actor was injured. That climactic ten-minute fight sequence has become legendary: Roger Ebert called it "one of the most remarkably sustained examples of martial arts choreography ever filmed."

In 2005, Ken Lo made his first American movie Into the Sun with Steven Seagal, with who he is involved in a fight scene but the movie failed in the American market. However, Lo is still very active in Hong Kong.

Ken Lo has also promoted/organised Muay Thai events in Hong Kong. Lo is father of 2 sons : Jacky and Jovan.

Other films include

Movies

• Working Class (1985)
• Naughty Boys (1986)
• Legacy of Rage (1986)
• The Law Enforcer (1986)
• Project A Part II (1987)
• Royal Warriors (1987)
• Final Justice (1988)
• Police Story 2 (1988)
• Bed Companions (1988)
• The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
• City Warriors (1989)
• Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
• The Inspector Wears Skirts 2 (1989)
• Miracles (1989)
• No Compromise (1989)
• Devil Hunters (1989)
• The Fortune Code (1989)
• Island of Fire (1990)
• Lethal Parther (1990)
• Crystal Hunt (1991)
• Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1991)
• The Tantana (1991)
• Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)
• Naked Killer (1992)
• City Hunter' (1993)
• Crime Story (1993)
• Drunken Master II (1994)
• Circus Kid (1994)
• Thunderbolt (1995)
• My Father is a Hero (1995)
• Red Zone (1995)
• Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
• Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)
• Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)
• Portland Street Blues (1998)
• Rush Hour (1998)
• Who Am I? (1998)
• Goregous (1999)
• Gen-X-Cops (1999)
• China Strike Force (2000)
• 2000 AD (2000)
• Runaway (2001)
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• Skarbuster (2002)
• Star Runner (2003)
• Shanghai Knights (2003)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
• Dragon Reloaded (2005)
• The Myth (2005)
• New Police Story (2005)
• Rob-B-Hood (2006)
• Fatal Contact (2006)
• Invisible Target (2007)
• The Drummer (2007)
• Whispers and Moans (2007)
• Fatal Move (2008)
• Run Papa Run (2008)
• Legendary Assassin (2008)
• Shinjuku Incident (2009)
• Little Big Soldier (2010)
• Bad Blood (2010)
• Bruce Lee, My Brother (2010)
• Life Without Principle (2011)
• Zodiac (film of Jackie Chan) (2012)

References

• magazine Jackie Chan: Screen Power
• magazine Jade Screen

External links

• Ken Lo at the Internet Movie Database