The 6 actors who often play thugs in Hong Kong films are actually martial arts instructors
1. Leg gong villain: Li Dachao
Li Dachao, a well-known martial arts instructor in Hong Kong, often appears on the screen as a villain thug, the most impressive are the Qiu Xiao idiot in "God of Gamblers 2", Lei Tai's minions in "Little Gambler Saint", the bar man in "Wounded City", etc. In "The Young Detective of The New Za Master Brother", the thug he played also had a wonderful fight with Xie Tingfeng, showing his excellent leg skills. In fact, Li Dachao's behind-the-scenes achievements are not great, since the film has served as an action director and assistant director for more than 30 Chinese films, including many Hong Kong film classics such as "Stormtrooper's Fury Street", "Changeable Star Jun", "Infernal Affairs 2", "Black and White Forest", and in 2010, he also won the Academy Award for Best Action Design with "October Siege" with Dong Wei.
Li Dachao cooperated more with Lin Di'an in the 1990s, and later became one of the most relied martial arts instructors for director Liu Weiqiang, like 2017's "The Great Undertaking of Building an Army" and 2019's "Captain China" were all fully responsible for martial arts work, it is worth mentioning that when filming "The Matrix" in 1999, he also served as a martial arts instructor for the starring Keanu Reeves. However, Outside the play, Li Dachao has always been low-key, does not like to face the media and does not like "performance", so it also makes many people feel strange, in recent years, Li Dachao is mainly engaged in television directing, the latest work is the 2019 costume drama "Hao Lan Biography" starring Wu Jinyan, Mao Zijun, Nie Yuan and other people.
2. Babyface Killer: Chen Zhongtai
Chen Zhongtai is an old face in Hong Kong films, with a baby face, he originally had nothing to do with the role of what thugs and killers, but because he was a martial artist, he was often invited to make a cameo appearance in such a dragon set, playing the little minions around the big villain (and always being beaten or hung up at the first time), Chen Zhongtai's face appeared in "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Peter Pan", "Temple Street Story", "Young God of Gamblers" and other films, in addition to 97 he also starred in "Black Gold" with Andy Lau. Hua Shutang, a member of the investigation bureau mobile group who played Sven Ruya, was also him, and he was also the "Hongxing Atai" who fought with Fang Zhongxin in "Hongxing Thirteen Sisters" in 1998.
Outside the play, Chen Zhongtai is a veteran martial arts instructor who has served as an action director for more than 60 film and television works, such as "Made in Hong Kong", "Biochemical Shou Corpse", "Que Sheng", "Money Empire", "Eavesdropping 3" action scenes are all through his hands, personal resume is brilliant enough, in 2016, he was also nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Action Design for the first time with "Lady K". Chen Zhongtai also has many titles in the national art circle, such as the international Cai Li Fo Fist head coach, the honorary president of the American Wushu Federation, the honorary president of the American Cai Li Fo International Joint Honorary President, etc., are all positions that make people look at him, and his latest work is the online movie "Blue Moon" launched this year, I hope that Chen Zhongtai's directorial works can go to the big screen as soon as possible.
3. Biao-shaped big man: Deng Taihe
Deng Taihe, nicknamed "Elephant" because of his physical strength, played the subordinate of Liang Kun in "The Man of Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu", the Jiangyang thief who was shocked by the leopard's head with the roar of the lion in "Nine Pin Sesame Officers", and the hooligan who slashed at the turkey sister in "God of Food", etc., because there are many people on the Internet who confuse him and Pan Jianjun, so that when people see his face, they will call out misnomers such as "TVB Martial Arts Director" and "Star Master Royal Martial Finger".
Deng Taihe entered the industry in 1982 as a martial artist and licorice actor of Yongjia Film Company, and later specialized in urban jianghu films, known for portraying the evil underworld subordinates of the fierce gods, and in the 1990s began to turn to the role of action director, such as "Zhengpai Wei Xiaobao", "94 One-Armed Knife Love", "Seduction Monk", "Cheetah Action", etc., he has participated in action design work, in recent years, "Ip Man Prequel", "Jingxiong Girl Qiu Jin", "Legend of Hongmen Feast" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Green Sword", etc. Behind the scenes, he also has a share of the credit. Today, Deng Taihe is still active in the film industry, and last year's "Integrity Storm", he was responsible for the overall management of the martial arts team.
4. Long-haired bandits: Wu Yushu
Wu Yushu, the actor's representative works include Bodardo in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er" and Zero Zero Xi in "The Great Inner Secret Agent", but if you pay close attention, in fact, many Hong Kong films have him playing a thug and a gangster, especially in "The Last Lamb", the outlaw he played has a very prominent performance, its main feature is a long hair shawl, sharp expression, and looks more fierce.
Wu Yushu is also an action director who has achieved greater achievements behind the scenes than before the curtain, he has studied Shaolin Long Boxing, Wing Chun, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, etc. before entering the industry, and has been promoted to deputy action stunt director since 1980, and has served as an action design work for several TV series, and later Wu Yushu not only became the referee of the Hong Kong Chinese National Art Dragon and Lion Association, but also the honorary president of the fifth session of the Hong Kong North and South Chinese Arts Association, the secretary general of the Hong Kong Action Stunt Performers Association and the honorary vice president of the Bruce Lee Society of Hong Kong. Today, he is still committed to promoting the inheritance and continuation of traditional kung fu films, and announced the start of filming "The Dragon of Kung Fu Foshan" last year, but it is still unknown in which form the film will be broadcast.
5. "Minions" supporting role: Qin Guibao
Qin Guibao's drama path is similar to Chen Zhongtai, and he is also often arranged by the director to play some killers or thugs who sneak up on the protagonist, I believe that friends who have watched "God Eater" must remember such a scene: in the film, stephen Zhou was looking for the Chinese Culinary Training Institute, and the turkey that followed him blocked the killer's bullets for him, and the hated killer who shot was Qin Guibao. Qin Guibao once worked as a dragon and tiger martial artist and action assistant in the Hongjia class, and in the 1980s and 1990s, he participated in many works such as "Owl and Dumbo", "Dragon Heart", "Law Enforcement Pioneer", "Thunderbolt Loudspeaker", "Dragon Drama Phoenix" and many other works, personally I think that his appearance is quite similar to the mixture of "Curry" Liu Qiusheng and "Little Demon" Xie Weijie, which is not very characteristic, and in fact, because of various factors, he has not been able to stand out in the Hongjia class that year.
Since the mid-1990s, Qin Guibao began to develop independently, but almost all of the actors are small minions who are not easy to be noticed by the audience, but even so, he is still very marketable, and he has starred in more than 100 movies in total, and finally he is familiar with a face. With his resume in Hongjiaban, Qin Guibao also successfully stepped into the martial arts industry in the 1990s, and what many people may not know is that "Yafei and Yaji", "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", "New Blue Blood Sword", "Black Man", etc., he is an assistant action director, in 2001, after filming Du Qifeng's movie "Zhong Wuyan", Qin Guibao disappeared.
6. The Evil Man of the Imperial Household: Zheng Jiasheng
Zheng Jiasheng's appearance you must not be unfamiliar, the deepest impression is the "King of Destruction", he played the referee "Ben ThunderMan" Wen Tailai just shattered the clothes with internal force, the next second was punched KO, his "evil mouth evil face", but also let him receive a lot of killer thug roles, such as "The King of a Thousand Faces", "The New Hero", "Rogue SWAT" and so on. In fact, Zheng Jiasheng is also a practicing family son, in his early years he studied Northern Kung Fu from Yuan Heping's father Yuan Xiaotian, and in 1979 he entered TVB to become a Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist, and then gradually became a martial arts instructor and actor.
Zheng Jiasheng's most prominent martial arts achievements are the TV station period, but as early as the 1980s, he worked as an action director for several films such as "Crystal Man", "Gentleman on Liang", "Wangzi Adult Worm", and "Teaching Hair Wei", and it is worth mentioning that in 1999, Du Qifeng's famous work "Gunfire" and the following year's "Hot Hand Rejuvenation" were fully responsible for action design by Zheng Jiasheng, and the former made him shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Action Design, although he lost in the end. In the years when Hong Kong films were sluggish, Cheng Jiasheng poured his energy back into the field of television, and now he has become one of the most indispensable "royal villains" of wireless.
I wonder which of the above is the most impressive?