Waise Lee Chi-hung (李子雄, born 19 December 1959 in Hong Kong) is an actor best-known for his roles in Heroic Bloodshed films as villains, notably as Shing from the first A Better Tomorrow and Paul in Bullet in the Head.
An alumni from TVB's Artist Training Academy (Class of 1982), alongside Tony Leung Chiu-wai (which he co-stars in a few films, including the aforementioned Bullet and The Royal Scoundrel), Eddie Cheung and Francis Ng, Waise started his career in Tsui Hark's Film Workshop Co., Ltd., appearing in commercials and TV series, until showing up in A Better Tomorrow. His performance as Shing, the Big Bad, made him famous as a villain actor, and a favorite choice to appear in Heroic Bloodshed cinema. Most of his films are modern-day gangster or triad films, although he occasionally stars in some period pieces (such as the second A Chinese Ghost Story film).
Waise is married to mainland Chinese actress Wang Ya-qi, with whom he had two sons, born 24 years apart (in 1994 and 2018). He's also the adoptive father of an Ethiopian girl.
Oddly enough, Waise is regarded as the George W. Bush of Hong Kong, due to having an uncanny resemblance between the two.
Tropes Associated with this Actor:
- Bald of Evil: Some of his more villainous roles have him shaving his head.
- Heroic Bloodshed: A huge chunk of his filmography are movies of this genre, where he would star as the Big Bad.
- White Shirt of Death: So many of his roles: A Better Tomorrow, The Avenging Quartet, First Shot, the third Infernal Affairs movie, just to list some.
Selected Films:
- A Better Tomorrow - first movie
- Bullet in the Head
- The Big Heat (1988)
- Blood Stained Tradewinds
- A Chinese Ghost Story - second movie
- Powerful Four
- Angel The Kickboxer
- Angel on Fire
- Tricky Brains
- Forbidden Arsenal
- Fatal Chase
- Mountain Warriors
- Swordsman - shows up in the second and third movie, as different characters
- The 13 Cold-Blooded Eagles - remake of the Shaw Brothers classic, The Avenging Eagle
- Tough Beauty And The Sloppy Slop
- A Taste of Killing and Romance
- The Avenging Quartet
- Wing Chun
- A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!
- Infernal Affairs - third movie
- Running Out of Time (1999)
- League Of Gods
- The Bloody Blade of King Lanling
