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Jimmy Wang Yu
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Chinese-Taiwanese actor and filmmaker (1943-2022)
Film & TV
Wuxi, China
Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action…
Known for
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks — Self (archive footage)2019
- Soul — Chuan's Father2013
- The Guillotines — Gonge2012
- Dragon — The Master2011
- Let's Go! — Mr Hon Yu2011
- A Century of Light and Shadow — Self2005
- The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary2003
- Cinema of Vengeance — Self (uncredited)1994
- Dark Society in the East1993
- Requital — Wai's hired assassin1992
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- Total plays
- 28
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Taiwan
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- Taipei
- Child
- Linda Wong
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- Standard Chinese
- Notable work
- The Man from Hong Kong
- Image
- Jimmy Wang Yu (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-03-28
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- date of death
- 2022-04-05
- name in native language
- Wong Yu
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
- Commons category
- Jimmy Wang Yu
- birth name
- Wang Zheng Quan
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