Chia-Hui Liu
Biography
Gordon Liu Chia-hui is a Hong Kong martial artist and filmmaker who became one of Shaw Brothers Studio's biggest male stars through the martial arts movies he made in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Foshan, Guangdong, in 1951, he learned Hung Ga kung fu at the school run by Lau Kar-leung's father and started out as a stuntman, working his way up from minor parts to his signature role, the Shaolin hero San Te in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978). Later credits include Return to the 36th Chamber (1980), Tiger on the Beat (1988) and Last Hero in China (1993), opposite Jet Li. He spent many years under contract to Hong Kong's TVB, and Quentin Tarantino cast him as Johnny Mo in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and as the kung fu master Pai Mei in the second Kill Bill film. The Martial Arts History Museum inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2020.
75years old
Turns 76 on August 22in 285 days
- Born Foshan
- Star sign: LeoLast day of the sign, on the Virgo cusp
- Also credited as Gordon Liu, Xian Jinxi, Liu Chia Hui and Lau Kar Fai
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 38 years1974 to 2012
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First role
Liu started out in the Hong Kong film industry working as a stuntman. He later took minor parts in Hong Kong kung fu movies, among them the Shaw Brothers production 5 Shaolin Masters from 1974.
Big break
Quentin Tarantino was a longtime fan of Liu and wanted to cast him, which led to Liu playing Johnny Mo and Master Pai Mei in the Kill Bill films.
A first
In 2009, Liu took on his first Bollywood part, appearing in Chandni Chowk to China as Hojo, a smuggler who is also a well-trained martial artist.
Chia-Hui Liu movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Chia-Liang Liu directed six of these films, Quentin Tarantino three and Woo-Ping Yuen two. Ka-Yan Leung appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ka-Yan Leung5 films together, 1974 to 2010
Ka-Yan Leung's page
David Carradine's page
Bryan Leung's page
Kara Wai Ying-Hung's page
Hsiao Ho's page
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei's page
All films by Quentin Tarantino
All films by Woo-Ping Yuen
Also four films together2 more actors
- Lau Kar-leungDisciples of the 36th Chamber (1985), The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984), My Young Auntie (1981) and Heroes of the East (1978)
- King Lee King-ChuDisciples of the 36th Chamber (1985), The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984), My Young Auntie (1981) and Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Chia-Hui Liu's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$497 million
9 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 9 worldwide figure; 14 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 14Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$181M36.4% of the total
- 2$152M30.6% of the total
- 3$103M20.8% of the total
- 4$21M4.1% of the total
- 5$17M3.4% of the total
- 6$12M2.5% of the total
- 7$6.8M1.4% of the total
- 8$3.6M0.7% of the total
$127,709from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.