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The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (元彪, born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) in 26 July 1957 in Hong Kong) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.

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The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (元彪, born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) (''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'', "Hsia Ling-Jun") in 26 July 1957 in Hong Kong) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.
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* ''Film/TheChampions''''Film/TheChampions1983''
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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Third member of the PowerTrio after Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Bronze ain't bad though.

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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Third member of the PowerTrio Three Dragons trio after Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Bronze ain't bad though.

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The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (Born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) in 26 July 1957 in Hong Kong) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.

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The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (Born (元彪, born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) in 26 July 1957 in Hong Kong) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name, Yuen Biao, means "Little Tiger". Most people, even hardcore fans of 80s kung fu cinema, is totally unaware of his real name Hsia Ling-Jun.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name, Yuen Biao, means "Little Tiger". Most people, even hardcore fans of 80s kung fu cinema, is totally unaware of his real name Hsia Ling-Jun. [[note]]His artistic surname "Yuen" is common to his fellow classmates under the Peking opera master Yu Jim-yuen. For the record, Sammo's and Jackie's "Yuen" names are Yuen Lung and Yuen Lo respectively.[[/note]]
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The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (Born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) in 26 July 1957) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.

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The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (Born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) in 26 July 1957) 1957 in Hong Kong) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.
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* BeautyMark: A rare male example, his mole on his cheek sticks out and can be seen a mile away.
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* BadassAdorable: In his earlier roles, but most notably ''The Prodigal Son''.
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* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'' - only appears in the first film of the installment

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* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'' - only appears in the first film of the installmentseries
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According to Jackie Chan's autobiography, when Yuen was first asked by his teacher to perform a backflip, Yuen (then roungly 10 years of age) did a proper backflip on his very first try.

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According to Jackie Chan's autobiography, when Yuen was first asked by his teacher to perform a backflip, Yuen (then roungly barely 10 years of age) did a proper backflip on his very first try.


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According to Jackie Chan's autobiography, when Yuen was first asked by his teacher to perform a backflip, Yuen (then roungly 10 years of age) did a proper backflip on his very first try.



!!Yuen Biao's films with their own trope pages:

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!!Yuen Biao's films with their own trope pages:
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[[caption-width-right:240:"I may not be as famous as Jackie Chan or Sammo Hung, but I can be sexier than either of them!"]]



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* ''Film/DragonsForever''
* ''Film/EnterTheDragon''



* ''Film/HeartOfDragon''



* ''Film/KungFuMaster''

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* ''Film/KungFuMaster''''Film/KungFuMaster''
* ''Film/MyLuckyStars'' - appears alongside Jackie Chan in the trilogy, but absent in all spinoffs
* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'' - only appears in the first film of the installment
* ''Film/ProjectA''
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If Creator/JackieChan is the JackOfAllStats and Creator/SammoHung is the MightyGlacier, Yuen Biao is the FragileSpeedster.

The third and often overlooked member of the three dragons of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, Yuen Biao (Born 夏令震 ''Xià Lìng-Zhèn'' (Hsia Ling-Jun) in 26 July 1957) is the sixth child of his family. Trained in the Peking Opera School The China Drama Academy since age six, Yuen Biao would later become a cinematic legend in martial arts films, his acrobatic talents makes him a favorite choice in Hong Kong action cinema.

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!!Tropes relating to this performer:

* FragileSpeedster
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name, Yuen Biao, means "Little Tiger". Most people, even hardcore fans of 80s kung fu cinema, is totally unaware of his real name Hsia Ling-Jun.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Third member of the PowerTrio after Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Bronze ain't bad though.

!!Yuen Biao's films with their own trope pages:

* ''Film/EasternCondors''
* ''Film/GameOfDeath'' (stunts)
* ''Film/Hero1997''
* ''Film/KungFuMaster''

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