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Robin Shou

Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman

Summary

Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman

FieldValue
nameRobin Shou
imageRobin Shou pic.jpg
captionShou in 2004
birthnameShou Wan-por (仇雲波)
birth_date
birth_placeBritish Hong Kong
occupationMartial artist, actor
alma materCalifornia State University, Los Angeles
othernameWai Lung (威龍, his Cantonese screen name during his Hong Kong acting career. His screen name means "mighty/powerful dragon".)
yearsactive1987–present
styleKenpo, Wu Shu, Karate

Shou Wan-por (, born July 17, 1960), known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman. He is known for roles such as Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat film series (1995 and 1997), Gobei in Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), Gen in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), and 14K in the Death Race films (2008-2013). Shou was also a Hong Kong action star in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He had appeared in about 40 movies during his Hong Kong career, before he entered Hollywood in 1994. Prior to his acting career, Shou won several championships as a martial artist.

Biography

Shou's interest in martial arts developed during his years as a University student. He began practising wushu after watching Jet Li's film Shaolin Temple. He soon became a Hong Kong stuntman.

As a martial artist, Shou was an International Forms Champion in 1982 and 1983 and he won several gold and silver medals at prestigious competitions in China. He was also a traditional forms Grand Champion in California.

Shou's first dramatic role was in Forbidden Nights in 1990, with Melissa Gilbert. Though only a TV film, this was his American debut. However, Shou went back to Hong Kong and continued making movies there such as Tiger Cage 2 and Fatal Termination. In 1994, Shou returned to Los Angeles when he landed his first American leading role as Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat (1995), based on the popular video game of the same name. He reprised the role in the 1997 sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation. That same year, he appeared opposite Chris Farley in the action comedy Beverly Hills Ninja.

Shou also appeared in a minor role in another fighting video game adaptation, DOA: Dead or Alive, based on Tecmo's video game series of the same name, produced by Mortal Kombat director Paul W. S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. He played 14K in the Death Race series, and also appeared as Gen in 2009's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Shou trained Milla Jovovich for her role in Resident Evil.

He is fluent in English in addition to his native Chinese.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987The Big BrotherRobin
1988City WarKiller
1989Death CageLan-si Han
1990Tiger Cage 2Waise Chowas Robin Chou
Fatal TerminationWai Loong
1991Eastern HeroesHawk
1992Interpol Connection
Magdaleno Orbos: Sa Kuko ng Mga Lawin
Black Cat IIRobin
1993Bloody Mary Killer
1993Honor and GloryDragon Lee
1994The Most WantedGang leader
1995Mortal KombatLiu KangShou's Hollywood big screen debut and his second American movie
1997Mortal Kombat AnnihilationLiu Kang
Beverly Hills NinjaGobei
2003Red Trousers - The Life of the Hong Kong StuntmenEvan
Narrator
HimselfDirector
200618 Fingers of Death!Jackie Chong
DOA: Dead or AlivePirate Senior
2008Death Race14K
2009Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-LiGen
2010Death Race 214K
2011Mortal EnemiesSunny
2013Death Race 3: Inferno14K
2014Black Tiger: Hunter HuntedPacific "Pac" Fong / Black TigerShort film
2015EarthboundShort film, director

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990Yellowthread StreetTony SiuEpisode: "The Red Pole"
Forbidden NightsLiang HengTelevision film
1992Soldier SoldierJournalist FengEpisode: "Lost and Found"
1998The Outer LimitsMajor Ronald NeguchiEpisode: "Nightmare"
2009Cold CaseBo-Lin Chen (1983)Episode: "Chinatown"
2015Way of the Empty HandBossTelevision film,

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Sleeping DogsConroy Wu / Roland HoVoice

References

References

  1. "Robin Shou: Biography".
  2. (19 April 2014). "Profile of Robin Shou".
  3. (30 January 2015). "Robin Shou".
  4. "Street Fighter Series | CAPCOM".
  5. "0516 好萊塢資深演員仇雲波1".
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