Tony Liu
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| Tony Liu | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 劉永 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 刘永 (Simplified) |
| Pinyin | liú yóng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | lau4 wing2 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Liu Tian Jue 劉添爵 |
| Ancestry | Guangdong, China |
| Born | 7 February 1952 [1] Hong Kong |
| Other name(s) | Anthony Lau Lau Wing Tony Lau |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1971-present |
| Spouse(s) | Tai Liang Chun (1980-?) Wen Hsueh Erh (?-?) |
| Parents | Li Wen (mother) [2] |
Tony Liu Yung (born 7 February 1952 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He often appeared in martial arts films. He debuted in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and later appeared in Lee's next three films.
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[edit] Early life
Tony Liu was born in 1952 in Hong Kong to Hong Kong actress Li Wen. He was educated in Hong Kong's St. Paul College. He later went to Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and studied piano. In addition, he has also studied Judo and Karate and mastered them. Liu later studied Kung Fu from Bruce Lee.
[edit] Film career
Liu joined Golden Harvest in 1970 at the age of 18. His first role was in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss as the villainous "Hsiao Chiun". He then appeared in Fist of Fury as one of the brothers of Jing Wu Men and in Way of the Dragon as "Tony", a Karate practitioner who later studies Kung Fu under Bruce Lee's character, "Tang Lung". He also had a cameo appearance in Enter the Dragon as a tournament fighter who fights John Saxon.
He gained fame after he joined Shaw Brothers in 1975. His first breakthrough role was in Emperor Chien Lung as the emperor and later in the sequels.
Later on, he appeared in many TV series.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] as actor
- The Big Boss (1971)
- Fist of Fury (1972)
- Way of the Dragon (1972)
- Back Alley Princess (1973)
- Enter the Dragon (1973)
- The Devil's Treasure (1973)
- Manchu Boxer (1974)
- Dynamite Brothers (1974)
- Naughty! Naughty! (1974)
- Desire (1974)
- Seven Coffins (1975)
- Money Is Everything (1975)
- Bar Girl (1975)
- Black Alice (1975)
- Emperor Chien Lung (1976)
- The Dragon Missile (1976)
- Brotherhood (1976)
- Tiger of Northland (1976)
- Shaolin Temple (1976)
- Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung (1977)
- The Naval Commandos (1977)
- Deadly Angels (1977)
- To Kill a Jaguar (1977)
- Death Promise (1977)
- Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)
- Clan of Amazons (1978)
- The Psychopath (1978)
- Legend of the Bat (1978)
- Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)
- The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (1978)
- The Brothers (1979)
- Invincible Enforcer (1979)
- The Convict Killer (1980)
- Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty (1980)
- The Tiger and the Widow (1981)
- The Duel of the Century (1981)
- Return of the Sentimental Swordsman (1981)
- Notorious Eight (1981)
- Bloody Parrot (1981)
- The Bloody Mission (1982)
- Tiger Killer (1982)
- Passing Flickers (1982)
- Human Lanterns (1982)
- The Spirit of the Sword (1982)
- The Big Sting (1982)
- The Pure and the Evil (1982)
- The Emperor and the Minister (1982)
- The Enchantress (1983)
- Usurpers of Emperor's Power (1983)
- Bastard Swordsman (1983)
- Secret Service of the Imperial Court (1984)
- Return of Bastard Swordsman (1984)
- Sex Beyond the Grave (1984)
- Rise of the Great Wall (1986) (TV series)
- Poor Man's Orange (1987) (TV series)
- Bloodshed Over the Forbidden City (1990) (TV series)
- Dragon Killer (1995)
- Baroness (2000)
- Visible Secret (2001)
- My Ma Has Son Fever (2004)
- How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)
- The Valiant Ones New (2007)
- Wu Seng (2007)
- Jingwu Chen Zhen (2008)
- Taishan Kung Fu (2009)
[edit] as director
- Dragon Killer (1995)
- Baroness (2000)
