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		Bolo Yeung Tze

Other names :	楊斯 Yáng Sī Yang Sze Yang Szu Yang1 Si1 Bolo Yeung Yeung See Yeung Shut Yeung Tze

Birthdate :	3/7/1938
Nationality :	China
Workplace :	Hong Kong, USA
Activities :	Director (2), Action Director (1), Actor (80), Brief appearance (9)

	Biography
Even though Bolo Yeung’s career is intimately related to baddies characters, whose intelligence often equals one of an oyster, he is an actor that managed to create charismatic roles, being often able to wake up the spectator from its deep lethargy. Born in Guangzhou suburbia, Bolo Yeung studies martial arts since his youngest age from local great masters. But, contrarily to many others, he is also interested in developing his physical strength through intensive muscular training. During the 60s, he is forced to run away from communism, and leaves to take refuge in Hong Kong, where he first becomes a body-building teacher. In 1970, he is even consecrated as Mister Hong Kong. His strong corpulence, his brute face and his obvious martial skills quickly attracted the attention of the big studios, particularly the Shaw Brothers that offer him in 1969 to act in Chang Cheh’s The Heroic Ones as the brutal and robust general Meng Chieh Hui. Once his career is really started, Bolo Yeung does some more movies with Chang Cheh (Deadly Duo, Angry Guest) before leaving the Shaw studios in 1971. Concurrently to his cinematographic adventures, he acts in a few TV ads, including one for the Winston cigarettes brand. It is this occasion that will lead him to meet with Bruce Lee. Struck by the monstrous corpulence of Bolo, he offers him to hold a fighter role in his new film, Enter The Dragon. Unfortunately, Bolo Yeung is once more reduced to a brainless character, whose only goal seems to be the most brutal possible destruction of his opponent. Worse, the movie does not propose any direct confrontation between Bruce Lee and Bolo Yeung. Even if this would have been planned for Game Of Death, the death of the little dragon puts a definite end to the hopes of Bolo Yeung. During the 70s and 80s, Bolo Yeung is going to play in about a hundred of movies, most of the time in the role of a monstrous stranger, whose presence mainly serves to put the main character (usually a Bruce Lee clone) in a heroic position. He can be seen being put into pieces, but not without resistance, in such forgotten movies as Hong Kong Superman, The Fighting Dragon, Bruce's Deadly Fingers, Big Boss 2, The Clones Of Bruce Lee, Bruce Li In New Guinea (!), Bruce The Super Hero and many others. Even though he has played in countless movies, often of a doubtful quality, we have to wait until the end of the 80s to see Bolo Yeung making a name amongst action movies fans. It is in 1988 that he gets the Chong Li role, in Bloodsport, along with a beginner, Jean-Claude Van Damme. For many, the true attraction of the movie is Bolo Yeung. And we will see him crossing path with the Belgian again in Double Impact, in 1991. At last, in 1993, Bolo Yeung acts in Shootfighter: Fight To Death where he gets one of his rare good guy roles. He returns in 1996 in a sequel : Shootfighter 2 : Kill Or Be Killed Stéphane Jaunin (October 2003)
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Filmography

[ 1990 - 1980 - 1970 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Fist Of Legends 2	1996	Actor
	Life Of Bruce Lee, The	1993	Brief appearance
	Top Fighter	1993	Actor
	Bruce Lee And Kung Fu Mania	1992	Brief appearance
	Megaforce From Highland	1992	Actor
	Double Impact	1991	Actor
	Bloodfight	1989	Actor
	Bloodsport	1988	Actor
	One Husband Too Many	1988	Actor
	Killer's Nocturne	1987	Actor
	To Err Is Humane	1987	Actor
	Legacy Of Rage	1986	Actor
	Lucky Stars Go Places	1986	Brief appearance
	Millionaire's Express, The	1986	Actor
	Where's Officer Tuba ?	1986	Brief appearance
	Lucky Diamond	1985	Actor
	My Lucky Stars	1985	Actor
	Seven Angels, The	1985	Brief appearance
	Working Class	1985	Actor
	Silent Romance	1984	Actor
	Boxer's Omen, The	1983	Actor
	Fearless Hyena 3	1983	Actor
	Just For Fun	1983	Actor
	Play Catch	1983	Actor
	Bruce Strikes Back	1982	Actor
	Kung Fu Cook	1982	Actor
	All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution	1981	Brief appearance
	Cold Blooded Murder, The	1981	Actor
	Enter Three Dragons	1981	Actor
	Ninja Killer	1981	Actor
	Bolo	1980	Director, Action Director, Actor
	Bruce - King Of Kung Fu	1980	Brief appearance
	Challenge Of The Tiger	1980	Actor
	Master Killers	1980	Actor
	Snake Deadly Act	1980	Actor
	36 Deadly Styles, The	1979	Actor
	Big Boss 2	1979	Actor
	Bruce The Super Hero	1979	Actor
	Dragon, The Hero, The	1979	Brief appearance
	Fists, Kicks, And The Evils	1979	Actor
	Ruthless Revenge	1979	Actor
	Treasure Of Bruce Le	1979	Actor
	Writing Kung Fu	1979	Director, Actor
	Amsterdam Connection	1978	Actor
	Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu	1978	Actor
	Bruce Lee - The Invincible	1978	Actor
	Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge	1978	Actor
	Bruce Li In New Guinea	1978	Actor
	Enter The Game Of Death	1978	Actor
	Mr Big	1978	Actor
	Storming Attacks	1978	Actor
	Tattoo Connection, The	1978	Actor
	Clones Of Bruce Lee, The	1977	Actor
	Ten Magnificent Killers	1977	Actor
	Big Family	1976	Actor
	Bruce's Deadly Fingers	1976	Actor
	Queen's Ransom, A	1976	Actor
	All Men Are Brothers	1975	Actor
	Debt Of Crime, A	1975	Actor
	Fighting Dragon, The	1975	Actor
	Hong Kong Superman	1975	Actor
	Kung Fu on the Bosporus	1974	Actor
	Super Kung Fu Kid	1974	Actor
	Thunder Kick	1974	Actor
	Black Guide	1973	Actor
	Bodyguard, The	1973	Actor
	Call To Arms	1973	Actor
	Chinese Hercules	1973	Actor
	Enter The Dragon	1973	Actor
	Greatest Thai Boxing	1973	Actor
	Killer In The Dark	1973	Actor
	Kung Fu's Hero	1973	Actor
	Soul of Chiba, The	1973	Actor
	Tiger	1973	Actor
	Angry Guest, The	1972	Actor
	Fourteen Amazons, The	1972	Actor
	Fugitive, The	1972	Brief appearance
	Gourd Fairy, The	1972	Actor
	Intrigue In Nylons	1972	Actor
	King Boxer	1972	Actor
	Man Of Iron	1972	Actor
	Trilogy Of Swordsmanship	1972	Actor
	Young People	1972	Actor
	Deadly Duo, The	1971	Actor
	Lady Professional, The	1971	Actor
	Oath Of Death, The	1971	Actor
	Rescue, The	1971	Actor
	Heroic Ones, The	1970	Actor
	Wandering Swordsman, The	1970	Actor