Roy Chiao
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| Roy Chiao | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | 喬宏 | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 喬宏 (Traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 乔宏 (Simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Qiáo hóng (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Jyutping | Kiu4 wang4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
| Ancestry | Linfen, Shanxi | ||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1927 Shanghai, China |
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| Died | 14 April 1999 (aged 72) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||
| Years active | 1960–1990 | ||||||||
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Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 14 April 1999) was a Chinese actor most famous in the Western world for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Bloodsport (film
Biography[edit]
Other English speaking film appearances included roles in the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport, the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and the 1978 version of Lee's Game of Death. He performed in many Hong Kong films with a career total of 90 films.
He is the founder of "Artists' Home," a Christian Fellowship for actors in Hong Kong. He suffered three heart attacks before his heart disease-related death. He worked as an English language overdubber for Hong Kong produced films.
Selected filmography[edit]
- Bloodsport – Senzo Tanaka
- Dragons Forever – Judge Lo Chung-Wai
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Lao Che
- Game of Death 2 – Abbot
- Game of Death – Henry Lo
- Enter the Dragon – Shaolin Abbott (uncredited)
External links[edit]
- Roy Chiao at the Internet Movie Database
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| Preceded by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai for Chungking Express |
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor 1996 for Summer Snow |
Succeeded by Kent Cheng for The Log |
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