Andy On

Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor Andy On (Chinese: 安志杰; pinyin: Ān Zhìjié; Cantonese Yale: On Chi Kit) (born 11 May 1976) is a Taiwanese American actor and martial artist.

Life and career

On was born on 11 May 1976, in Providence, Rhode Island. As a native of the USA, Andy On can speak English, Mandarin and a bit of Cantonese. Andy On was approached by China Star founder Charles Heung and filmmaker Tsui Hark to take over the role of one of Jet Li's film characters, Black Mask, in Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002). Despite the poor reviews and the bad box office, Andy continued to act and, in fact, improve in not only martial arts but acting as well. Like fellow Hong Kong film star Nicholas Tse, Andy trained in martial arts under Chung Chi Li, the leader of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. He began training with him in 2001 for the film Looking for Mister Perfect / Kei fung dik sau (2003), which was released 2 years later. Andy On trained in wushu at the Shaolin Temple and studied film fighting under former Jackie Chan Stunt Team leader Nicky Li for his first film, Looking for Mister Perfect, which was shot before Black Mask 2: City of Masks but released in 2003. Andy On continued his acting career with his fair share of injuries, sustaining a hamstring injury on the set of New Police Story (2004) in one of the two fights against Jackie Chan.

Andy On was nominated and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Actor Award for his role in Star Runner / Siu nin a Fu (2003). He shared the screen with the man who influenced him, Jackie Chan, in New Police Story. Andy On has also won the Best New Artist Award in 2004 at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role as Tank Wong in Siu nin a Fu, beating favorite Vanness Wu by only one-tenth of the votes.

Aside from his filmmaking career, On is also a singer. He has released some tracks, including a duet with Jolin Tsai called "Angel of Mine" and others. His hobbies are martial arts and video games. He continues to train in Wing Chun Kung Fu with good friend, actor and martial artist Philip Ng, and has studied Thai boxing under former world kickboxing champion and actor Billy Chau in preparing for Star Runner.

During production of The Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008), Andy was hit in the face by a stuntman during an action sequence. Andy cut his lip and after seven surgeries, sports a small scar on his lip. He considers the scar a "trophy" for his hard work in the film.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Black Mask 2: City of Masks	Black Mask
2003	Looking for Mister Perfect	Alex	aka Looking for Mr. Perfect
	Star Runner	Tank Wong	Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer aka The Kumite
2004	Itchy Heart	Wil
	New Police Story	Law Tin-tin
	The White Dragon	Second Prince Tian Yang
2005	Dragon Squad	Suet's undercover target	U.S. DVD title: Dragon Heat
2006	Lethal Angels	Jet	aka Devil Angel aka Naked Avengers
	Election 2	Lik	aka Election 2: Harmony Is a Virtue aka Triad Election
	Dating a Vampire	Kit
	Fatal Contact	Silver Dragon
	Nothing Is Impossible	Jason
2007	Invisible Target	Tien Yeng-yee
	Mad Detective	Inspector Ho Ka-on
2008	Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon	Deng Zhi
	Forgive and Forget	Andy
	La Lingerie	Eugene
2010	Black Ransom	Gundam
	Bad Blood	Calf
	True Legend	Yuan Lie
	Shanghai	Yum
	Crossing Hennessy	Xu
2011	The Lost Bladesman
	Mural
	White Vengeance	Han Xin
2012	The Viral Factor	Agent Sean Wong
	Naked Soldier	Sam Wong
	Cold War	SDU Commander Michael Shek
2013	Unbeatable	Li Zitian
	Special ID	Sunny
	Angel Warriors
2014	As the Light Goes Out
	Once Upon a Time in Shanghai	Long Qi
	That Demon Within	Ben Chan
	Outcast	Shing
	Zombie Fight Club
	For Love or Money
2015	Blackhat	Hong Kong Police Inspector Alex Trang
	One Night Only

Music videos

• 2002 - Coco Lee 有你就够了
• 2004 - Miriam Yeung 处处吻
• 2004 - Miriam Yeung 柳媚花娇

External links

• Official blog of Andy On
• Andy On at IMDb
• Andy On Chi-Kit at the Hong Kong Movie Database
• Andy On at the Hong Kong Cinemagic