Michael Jai White
Michael Jai ( pronounced Jye )White was born in Brooklyn NY and as a pre-teen moved to Bridgeport, CT.(a some what impoverished city that at time boasted some of the highest crime rates per-capita, in the country.) The fact that Bridgeport is so close to Westport, CT. ( which has one of the highest per-capita [...]
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Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung (Traditional Chinese: 洪金寶; Simplified Chinese: 洪金宝; pinyin: Hóng Jīnbǎo; Cantonese: Hung4 Gam1 Bou2) (born January 7, 1952) is a Chinese actor, producer and director known for his work in many Kung fu films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has choreographed fight scenes for Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, King Hu, Stephen Chow, John [...]
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Jet Li
Li Lian Jie (born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist, actor, film producer, wushu champion, and international film star who was born in Beijing, and has taken up Singaporean citizenship in 2009. After three years of intensive training with Wu Bin, Li won his first [...]
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Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock (born 8 March 1957) is an actress specializing in Martial arts films. Only 5’3″ tall, she was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and was brought up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Martial arts achievements She is five-time (and undefeated) World Karate Champion in Forms and Weapons between 1981 and 1985. These categories are not segregated into [...]
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Sho Kosugi
Sho Kosugi (小杉 正一, Kosugi Shōichi, born June 17, 1948 in Minato, Tokyo) is a Japanese martial artist with training in ninjutsu who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. Once there was a man who created a huge Ninja sensation [...]
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Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, Hollywood actor, and recently, an internet phenomenon. A native of Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris has two younger brothers, Wieland and Aaron Norris, the latter of whom is a Hollywood producer. Norris was born to an alcoholic father, half Irish and half [...]
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Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (章子怡; pinyin: Zhāng Zǐyí) (born February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China) is one of the most well-known Chinese film actresses working today, with a string of Chinese and international hits to her name. She has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Seijun Suzuki and Rob Marshall. Born [...]
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Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (born 6 August 1962) is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian actress and dancer, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s. Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is based in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the [...]
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Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal (pronounced /sɨˈɡɑːl/; born April 10, 1952) is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and a reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido. Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan. [He became the first foreigner to operate an Aikido Dojo in Japan. He [...]
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Robin Shou
Shou Wan Por (Chinese: 仇雲波, born July 17, 1960), known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist working in the American movie industry. Usually appearing in martial arts films, Shou is best known for playing Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat series of action films. Shou was born in Hong [...]
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Phillip Rhee
Phillip Rhee was raised in San Francisco. He is a martial artist, actor, director and producer who has created, produced and starred in six films, including the Best of the Best film series. Film has become a cult classic around the world and has spawned three sequels, Best of the best II, Best of the [...]
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Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong-sang, 陳港生; 7 April 1954) is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts. Jackie Chan has been acting [...]
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Billy Blanks
Billy Blanks (born September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo. Born the fourth of fifteen children to a hard-working but poor African-American couple, Isaac and Mabeline Blanks, Billy had few opportunities on the mean streets of Erie, Pennsylvania. Complicating his young life, he was afflicted with [...]
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Brandon Lee
Brandon Bruce Lee (李國豪 Cantonese: Léi Gwokhòu Pinyin: Lǐ Guóháo; February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor of Chinese, English and Swedish descent. He was the son of the late legendary martial arts film star Bruce Lee and his wife Linda Lee Emery. Blackbelt Magazine’s 1993 Man of the Year Brandon [...]
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Bolo Yeung Pictures
Bolo Yeung Incoming search terms:bolo yeung 2011bruce lee vs bolobruce lee vs bolo yeungbolo yeung vs bruce leeBOLObolo yeung biographybruce lee picturebolo vs bruce leeBOLO YENGbolo yong
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