Yuen Cheung-yan

Hong Kong actor and film director

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Yuen.

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Yuen Cheung-yan

Born|

Guangzhou

Occupation(s)| actor, director, stuntman, fight choreographer
Years active| 1966-present
Parent| Yuen Siu-tien (1912-1979)
Awards|
Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Action Choreography
1992 Once Upon a Time in China

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 袁祥仁
Simplified Chinese| 袁祥仁
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Yuán Xiángrén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Jyun4 Coeng4 Jan4

Yuen Cheung-yan is a Hong Kong actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with his elder brother, Yuen Woo-ping, and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them kung fu comedies such as Shaolin Drunkard (1983) and The Miracle Fighters (1983).

## Filmography

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### As actor

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Year  | Title  | Chinese Title  | Role  | Notes

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1967  | The One-Armed Swordsman | 獨臂刀 | Chi student  |
1968  | Golden Swallow | 金燕子 |  |
1973  | Police Woman | 女警察 |  |
1980  | The Buddhist Fist | 佛掌羅漢拳 | Leader of Thugs  |
1982  | The Miracle Fighters | 奇門遁甲 | Tun Kap / Old Woman  |
1983  | Shaolin Drunkard | 天師撞邪 |
1984  | Drunken Tai Chi | 笑太極 | Puppeteer  |
1991  | Once Upon a Time in China | 黃飛鴻 |  |
1992  | King of Beggars | 武狀元蘇乞兒 | Hung Yat-San  |
1993  | Flying Dagger | 神經刀與飛天貓 | Never Die  |
1993  | Tai Chi Master | 太極張三豐 | Reverend Ling  |
2004  | Kung Fu Hustle | 功夫 | The Beggar  |
2014  | Once Upon a Time in Shanghai | 惡戰 | Laughing Buddha  |
2017  | Vampire Cleanup Department |  |  |

### As director

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Year  | Title  | Chinese Title  | Notes

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1984  | Taoism Drunkard | 鬼馬天師 |
1985  | Lucky Diamond | 祝您好運 |
1989  | Dark Side of Chinatown | 西雅圖大屠殺 |
1989  | Funny Ghost | 猛鬼撞鬼 |
1989  | Live Hard | 鐵膽雄風 |
1990  | Coup de Grace | 起尾注 |
1990  | Here Comes a Vampire | 猛鬼霸王花 |
1992  | Wizard's Curse | 妖怪都市 |
1993  | Kung Fu Vampire | 湘西屍王 |

### As fight choreographer

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Year  | Title  | Chinese Title  | Notes

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1982  | The Miracle Fighters | 奇門遁甲 | Nominated for second Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
1988  | In the Line of Duty III - Force of the Dragon | 皇家師姐III：雌雄大盜 |
1990  | Pedicab Driver | 群龍戲鳳 | Nominated for ninth Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
1991  | Once Upon a Time in China | 黃飛鴻 | Winner of the eleventh Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
1993  | Iron Monkey | 少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮 | Nominated for the thirteenth Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
2000  | Charlie's Angels | n/a  |
2003  | Daredevil | n/a  |
2003  | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | n/a  |
2003  | The Matrix Reloaded | n/a  |
2003  | The Matrix Revolutions | n/a  |

## External links

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* Yuen Cheung-yan at IMDb
* Yuen Cheung-yan at the Hong Kong Movie Database

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Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography

1980s|

* Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Chan Wui-ngai for The Prodigal Son (1982)
* Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying & Chan Wui-ngai for Winners and Sinners (1983)
* Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Project A (1984)
* Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Police Story (1985)
* Ching Siu-tung for Witch from Nepal (1986)
* Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Project A Part II (1987)
* Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Police Story 2 (1988)
* Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Miracles (1989)

1990s|

* Ching Siu-tung for The Swordsman (1990)
* Yuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yi & Lau Kar-wing for Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
* Yuen Woo-ping for Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
* Corey Yuen & Yuen Tak for Fong Sai-yuk (1993)
* Lau Kar-leung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team for Drunken Master II (1994)
* Stanley Tong & Jackie Chan for Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
* Stanley Tong for Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
* Stephen Tung for Downtown Torpedoes (1997)
* Jackie Chan for Who Am I? (1998)
* Stephen Tung for Purple Storm (1999)

2000s|

* Yuen Woo-ping for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
* Stephen Tung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team for The Accidental Spy (2001)
* Ching Siu-tung for Hero (2002)
* Donnie Yen for The Twins Effect (2003)
* Yuen Woo-ping for Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
* Donnie Yen for SPL: Sha Po Lang (2005)
* Yuen Woo-ping for Fearless (2006)
* Donnie Yen for Flash Point (2007)
* Sammo Hung & Tony Leung Siu-Hung for Ip Man (2008)
* Stephen Tung & Lee Tat Chiu for Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

2010s|

* Sammo Hung for Ip Man 2 (2010)
* Yuen Bun, Lan Hai Han & Sun Jiankui for Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
* Jackie Chan & He Jun for CZ12 (2012)
* Yuen Woo-ping for The Grandmaster (2013)
* Donnie Yen, Stephen Tung, Yuen Bun & Yan Hua for Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
* Li Chung Chi for SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015)
* Stephen Tung for Operation Mekong (2016)
* Sammo Hung for Paradox (2017)
* Dante Lam for Operation Red Sea (2018)
* Yuen Woo-ping for Ip Man 4 (2019)

2020s|

* Donnie Yen, Ku Huen Chiu, Kenji Tanigaki & Nicky Li Chung Chi for Raging Fire (2020/2021)
* Jack Wong Wai Leung for Warriors of Future (2022)
* Stephen Tung for Bursting Point (2023)
* Kenji Tanigaki for Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

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