Biography
Acrobatic, fast (well, not that fast), a pretty good fight choreographer, with his best work being Mission Kiss & Kill (with Li I-Min) and The Master Killers. He's played thugs (Japanese, Thai-Boxers), scenery (extras running around waiting on their turn to get punched or kicked), and just about everything in between. It wasn't long before someone recognized he had talent and started using him in better roles. He was definitely a busy stuntman; I've even seen him play up to (4) different parts in (1) movie. Not only is he a well-rounded martial artist, but a gifted acrobat as well.
He was a Professional stuntman (and one of the highest paid) in the kung-fu industry. His stunt group's specialty was Motorcycles. They did all stunts that had to do with motorcycles in most films that featured them. Insurance companies were turning him and his crew down long before Jackie Chan and his stunt-team were being refused insurance because of dangerous stunts. Remember the motorcycle stunt in the Aces Go Places series? Yep, that would be him. He was from that "One-Hit Wonder Club" - where after having paid their dues for so many years, someone will take a chance with them, hoping (praying) that they will land a hit movie and have people wanting to see more of them and their work.
He was a Professional stuntman (and one of the highest paid) in the kung-fu industry. His stunt group's specialty was Motorcycles. They did all stunts that had to do with motorcycles in most films that featured them. Insurance companies were turning him and his crew down long before Jackie Chan and his stunt-team were being refused insurance because of dangerous stunts. Remember the motorcycle stunt in the Aces Go Places series? Yep, that would be him. He was from that "One-Hit Wonder Club" - where after having paid their dues for so many years, someone will take a chance with them, hoping (praying) that they will land a hit movie and have people wanting to see more of them and their work.
His one-hit was The Master Killers, but Kao Fei practically stole the show right from under him and his co-star, Casanova Wong. Though he has very good movement and timing, it appears that as a kung-fu star, his timing was slightly off. Since then, he's chose to work mostly behind the camera, than in front of it. He would continue his winning way, choreographing movies and eventually directing them as well. He would occasionally take movie roles as in My Father Is A Hero, playing opposite Jet Li. A heavy drinker, he died of an Asthma-attack in December (2003).