Yuen Woo-Ping

Personal Info

Birthday

January 1, 1945

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Also Known As

Yuen Wo-Ping

Yuen Ho-Ping

Peace Yuen

Yuan Ta-Yean

Yuan Ta-Yen

Yuen Dai-Aan

Yuen Woo-Pang

Yuan Ho-Ping

Yuan Her-Ping

Yuan He-Ping

Ba Ye

Yuen Ta-Yen

원화평

Peace Yuen Woo-Ping

Yuen Woo-ping

袁大眼

Yuen Woo-Ping

Biography

Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor.

Known For

Drunken Master

The Grandmaster

Man of Tai Chi

Eastern Condors

The Boxer from Shantung

Golden Swallow

The Duel

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

Filmography

2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Man of Tai Chi
as VIP audience (uncredited)
The Grandmaster
as Chan Wah-shun
2004
Double Dare
as Self
2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
as Self
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
as Self
2001
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Kung Fu Choreographer
1999
Making 'The Matrix'
as Self
1994
Cinema of Vengeance
as Self (uncredited)
1993
Bogus Cops
as Sleeping Cop
1992
Wicked City
as Sergeant Kayama
Gameboy Kids
as Master Dragon
1991
The Banquet
as Man at Dinner
1990
My Hero
as Yi
1988
Three Against the World
as Chia Yi Chen in Disguise
Heart to Hearts
as Headmaster Lau
Tiger Cage
as Master Eight
1987
Eastern Condors
as Yam Yan-Hei
1985
Mismatched Couples
as Mini
1984
Merry Christmas
as Paula's Cousin
1983
Shaolin Drunkard
as Night watchman [cameo]
1978
Drunken Master
as Man with Bucket of Greens (uncredited)
My Darling Gals
as Thug
1976
The Web of Death
as Extra (uncredited)
The Oily Maniac
as Tin Choi's Thug / Road Worker / Policeman
Farewell to a Warrior
as Soldier (Extra)
1975
The Super Inframan
as Science Research Center's Staff
1973
The Villains
as Feng's Comrade
Blood Brothers
as Mountain Bandit (uncredited)
The Bastard
as Gu's Thug
1972
Four Riders
as Thug in Nightclub
Trilogy of Swordsmanship
as Soldier
The Lizard
as Casino Thug
Man of Iron
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug
The Killer
as Thug
The Angry Guest
as Jin Long Student (uncredited)
The Boxer from Shantung
as Yang's Thug (uncredited)
1971
Duel of Fists
as Chiang Ren's Man (uncredited)
The Anonymous Heroes
as Drunk Officer (uncredited)
The Duel
as Gan's Man Turns on Lights (uncredited)
The New One-Armed Swordsman
as (extra) (uncredited)
King Eagle
as Lo Brothers' Thug
1970
The Heroic Ones
as King Jin's Soldier / Bandit
The Twelve Gold Medallions
as Mountain Slicing Squad
Vengeance!
as Feng's Door Guard / Jin's Thug (uncredited)
1969
Redress
as Extra
The Invincible Fist
as (extra) (uncredited)
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
as (extra)
1968
The Sword of Swords
as Shang's thug [extra]
That Fiery Girl
as Hulu Valley's bandit
Golden Swallow
as Golden Dragon Five Heroes
1967
The Assassin
as (extra) (uncredited)
The One-Armed Swordsman
as Feng's Disciple
The Trail of the Broken Blade
as (extra) (uncredited)
1966
Twin Sisters
as Thug
The Magnificent Trio
as Soldier
The Knight of Knights
as Chaoching monk
1965
The Twin Swords
as Red Lotus member
The Lotus Lamp
as God of Thunder's Fellow
Temple of the Red Lotus
as Red Lotus member
1962
Madam White Snake
as Celestial spirit