Ti Lung

Ti Lung
Chinese name	狄龍 (Traditional)
Chinese name	狄龙 (Simplified)
Birth name	譚富榮 Taam4 Fu3 Wing4 (Cantonese)
Born	(1946-08-03) 3 August 1946 Xinhui, Guangdong, China
Spouse(s)	Tao Man-ming
Children	Tam Chun-yin, born on (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor 1999 The Kid Golden Bauhinia Awards Life Achievement Award 2007 Lifetime Achievement Golden Horse Awards Best Actor 1986 A Better Tomorrow

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ti.

Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung (simplified Chinese: 狄龙; traditional Chinese: 狄龍; Mandarin Pinyin: Dí Lóng; Jyutping: Dik6 Lung4), or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor, known for his numerous starring roles in a string of Shaw Brothers Studio's films, particularly The Sentimental Swordsman and its sequel, and in the classic A Better Tomorrow.

Background

He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Jiu Wan. In 1968 Ti Lung responded to an advertisement placed by the Shaw Brothers and applied at Shaw Acting Course, and upon completion was awarded a minor role in Chang Cheh's Return of the One-Armed Swordsman starring Jimmy Wang Yu. Chang Cheh immediately recognized his potential and offered him the lead in his next production Dead End opposite Golden Chen Hung-Lieh, a role which would launch his career as one of the best known faces in classic Wuxia film. He became a common face associated with David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, Chen Kuan-Tai, the Venom Mob, and other Shaw Bros. stars at the time, often cast as a dashing, noble hero as well as a capable martial artist.

Career

Although he left Shaw Brothers Studios in the 1980s, Ti Lung's career took a turn for the worse until 1986, when John Woo's A Better Tomorrow cast him opposite Chow Yun-fat in the role of a Triad member. The movie was a box office success and placed Ti Lung back in the public consciousness, although it changed his image from the handsome martial youth to the tortured, would-be hero gangster. After that role, Ti Lung's next most recognisable appearance would be with Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II, in which he co-starred as Wong Kei-Ying, father of Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung He also worked with Andy Lau in Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon as the legendary Guan Yu. From there, he has continued to work in television in a variety of roles. He is the uncle of Jerry Lamb and Jan Lamb.

Filmography

• Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1968)
• Dead End (1969)
• Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
• The Heroic Ones (1970)
• King Eagle (1970)
• Vengeance! (1970)
• The Duel (1971)
• The Anonymous Heroes (1971)
• Deadly Duo (1971)
• Duel of Fists (1971)
• Duel of the Iron Fist (1971)
• The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
• The Angry Guest (1972)
• Trilogy Of Swordsmanship (1972)
• The Delightful Forest (1972)
• The Water Margin (1972)
• Young People (1972)
• Four Riders (1972)
• All Men are Brothers (1973)
• The Blood Brothers (1973)
• The Drug Addicts (1973)
• The Generation Gap (1973)
• The Young Rebel (1973)
• The Pirate (1973)
• Shatter (1974)
• Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
• The Little Boy and the Dog (1974)
• The Savage Five (1974)
• Young Lovers on Flying Wheels (1974)
• Black Magic (1975)
• The Empress Dowager (1975)
• The Last Tempest (1976)
• Seven Man Army (1976)
• Shaolin Temple (1976)
• The Snake Prince (1976)
• Black Magic Part 2 (1976)
• The Magic Blade (1976)
• Clans of Intrigue (1977)
• Pursuit Of Vengeance (1977)
• Death Duel (1977)
• The Flying Guillotine 2 (1977)
• Inheritor of Kung Fu (1977)
• The Jade Tiger (1977)
• The Naval Commandos (1977)
• The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
• Avenging Eagle (1978)
• Legend of the Bat (1978)
• Soul of the Sword (1978)
• Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)
• The Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)
• The Kung Fu Instructor (1979)
• Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1979)
• The Convict Killer (1980)
• The Heroes (1980)
• Return of the Sentimental Swordsman (1980)
• Roving Swordsman (1980)
• The Brave Archer 3 (1981)
• Emperor and His Brother (1981)
• Clan Feuds (1982)
• Shaolin Prince (1982)
• Tiger Killer (1982)
• Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman (1982)
• The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre (1983)
• Mercenaries from Hong Kong (1983)
• A Friend from Inner Space (1984)
• The Master Strikes Back (1984)
• Ninja in the Deadly Trap (1984)
• Death Ring (1984)
• Shanghai 13 (1985)
• A Better Tomorrow (1986)
• A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987)
• Legend of the Golden Pearl (1987)
• City War (1988)
• Tiger on Beat (1988)
• Just Heroes (1989)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Blade Of Fury (1993)
• First Shot (1993)
• Drunken Master II (1994)
• The Kid (1999)
• Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! (2000)
• High K (2000)
• Paramount Motel (2000)
• Mist in Judge (2001)
• Frugal Game (2002)
• Star Runner (2003)
• New Born (2005)
• One Last Dance (Singapore 2005)
• Xiaying Xianzong (2005)
• Heavenly Mission (2006)
• My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
• Run Papa Run (2008)
• Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
• The Butterfly Lovers (2008)
• The Jade and the Pearl (2010)
• The Fugitive: Plan B (KBS, 2010)
• The Warrior's Way (2010)
• Glory Days (2012)

External links

• IMDb entry
• Ti Lung Appreciation thread at Wuxia Society.org
• HK cinemagic entry