Line #24 Creator/ChenKuanTai


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3	Chen Kuan-tai, also known as Gary Chen (born 陳觀泰 in 24 September 1945 in Guangdong) is an actor, stuntman, director and one of the leading star players of Hong Kong's Creator/ShawBrothers studios in their early days, having being active in the martial arts film industry since the 1960s.
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5	A trained athlete since a child, Chen is highly active in sports and martial arts, graduating from Hong Kong's Pui Kiu Middle School with multiple sports-related awards, notably in soccer and javelin-throwing and a Championship in Kung Fu in 1969. Desiring to make a change in society, and thinking that furthering his studies in university would be a waste of time, Chen instead joins the local fire brigade after leaving middle school.
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7	By chance, Chen would get to know various important directors and key players of Shaw Brothers, among them the award-winning director Chang Cheh who managed to convince Chen, then aged 21, to show up in movies as stuntmen or extras. Chen notably shows up in the background several award-winning movies from Shaw Brothers that is making a splash in the film industry at that time, including ''Film/Vengeance1970'' and ''Film/TheChineseBoxer'', but it wasn't until ''Film/TheBoxerFromShantung'' - which Cheh's other key player, Creator/DavidChiang co-stars - where Chen gets a leading role. ''The Boxer From Shantung'' was a box-office hit, making Chen one of the studio's star players that earns him roles in later movies like ''Film/TheIronBodyguard'', ''Film/HeroesTwo'', ''Film/BloodBrothers1973'' and 80-odd other films with the studios.
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9	Chen's more recent appearances are as bit players - American audiences might recall seeing him in ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists'' as Gold Lion - or cameo roles. Still, as of 2020, he's going strong and isn't ready to retire anytime soon.
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12	!! Chen Kuan-tai's notable films:
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14	* ''Film/Vengeance1970''
15	* ''Film/TheDeadlyDuo''
16	* ''Film/TheChineseBoxer''
17	* ''Film/TheBoxerFromShantung''
18	* ''Film/ManOfIron1972''
19	* ''Film/BloodBrothers1973''
20	* ''Film/TheBloodyFists''
21	* ''Film/TheIronBodyguard''
22	* ''Film/FlyingGuillotine''
23	* ''Film/HeroesTwo''
24	* ''Film/FourRiders''
25	* ''Film/TheBloodyEscape''
26	* ''Film/BigBadSis''
27	* ''Film/LongRoadToGallantry''
28	* ''Film/TheSavageFive''
29	* ''Film/SevenManArmy''
30	* ''Film/TheWaterMargin'' - in the sequel, ''All Men Are Brothers''
31	* ''Film/BigBrotherCheng''
32	* ''Film/CrippledAvengers''
33	* ''Film/TheHeroTattooWithNineDragons'' - in this film and both installments of the ''Water Margin'' series, Chen plays the warrior Jiu Wen-long, known for having '''nine''' dragons tattooed all over his abs.
34	* ''Film/KingGambler''
35	* ''Film/ALifeOfNinja''
36	* ''Film/ChallengeOfTheLadyNinja''
37	* ''Film/ChallengeOfTheMasters''
38	* ''Film/ExecutionersFromShaolin''
39	* ''Film/TheImposter''
40	* ''Film/TheMaster1980''
41	* ''Film/MenFromTheMonastery''
42	* ''Film/TheInvincibleIronPalm''
43	* ''Film/KillerConstable''
44	* ''Film/HumanLanterns''
45	* ''Film/TheSpiritualBoxer'' - TheCameo
46	* ''Film/JustHeroes''
47	* ''Film/BloodStainedTradewinds''
48	* ''Film/DragonTigerGate''
49	* ''Film/FourteenBlades''
50	* ''Film/HiddenAssassins''
51	* ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists''

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