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Yu Rong-Guang
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- actor - action director -
Yu Rong-Guang in Iron Monkey (1993) Yu Rong-Guang in The Storm Riders (1998) Yu Rong-Guang in Swordsman 3: The East is Red (1993) Yu Rong-Guang in My Father is a Hero (1995)
Biography:
 

Yu Rong-Guang has worked with some of the best performers in the Hong Kong film industry. Action superstars like Michelle Yeoh and Jackie Chan are just a sample of the talented costars that populate Yu's filmography. Perhaps thoughts of movie stardom crossed Yu's mind as a youth in Mainland China, as he trained diligently in the Peking Opera School. As Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao had done before him, Yu parlayed his opera training into an impressive martial arts film career.

Since his debut, Yu-Rong Guang has made several notable screen appearances. His most famous is perhaps the title role in Iron Monkey (1993), which saw Yu appear alongside popular action star Donnie Yen. Other noteworthy film appearances include Swordsman III: The East is Red (1993) with Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia and My Father is a Hero (1995), in which Yu played a villain to Jet Li's heroic protagonist. Though many U.S. audiences might be unfamiliar with Yu's Hong Kong work, his small appearance in Shanghai Noon (2000) may ring some bells. The actor made his American debut in this popular Jackie Chan-Owen Wilson comedy as an Imperial guard who briefly duels with Jackie Chan near the film's climax.

Yu's recent performance in the South Korean film Musa: The Warrior (2001) ranks among one of his best. In the sweeping epic, Yu plays a Mongol general battling a ragtag group of Korean soldiers in the hopes of capturing a haughty Ming princess (portrayed by current Chinese "It Girl" Zhang Ziyi). Based on the overall quality of the films he has associated himself with over the last decade and a half, it would not be a stretch to predict even more winning film performances from Yu Rong-Guang in the years to come. (Sanjuro 2003)

selected filmography
(actor unless otherwise noted)
Holy Robe of the Shaolin Temple (1985)
A Terracotta Warrior (1989)
Red Fists (1991)[also action]
Deadend Of Besiegers (1992)[also action]
Iron Monkey (1993)
Project S (1993)
Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993)
Taxi Hunter (1993)
From Beijing with Love (1994)[cameo]
A Gleam of Hope (1994)
The Green Hornet (1994)
Rock 'n Roll Cop (1994) 
The Third Full Moon (1994)
Fox Hunter (1995)
Heart of Killer (1995)
Lover of the Last Empress (1995) 
Man Wanted (1995)
My Father is a Hero (1995)
Red Zone (1995)
Wind Beneath My Wings (1995)
18 Shaolin Golden Boy (1996)
Big Bullet (1996)
Combo Cops (1996)
The Killer has No Return (1996)
Midnight Train of the Orient (1996)
Enjoy Yourself Tonight (1997)
Ballistic Kiss (1998)
Leopard Hunting (1998)
The Storm Riders (1998)
Shanghai Affairs (1998)
Wipe Out (1998)
Big Spender (1999)
Prince Charming (1999)
Never Compromise (2000)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
The Warning Time (2000)
Musa: The Warrior (2001)
Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (2002)
Internet Disaster (2003)
The Boxing King (2003)
New Police Story (2004)
Divergence (2005)
Brothers (2007)
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
Champions (2008)
The Underdog Knight (2008)
Little Big Soldier (2010)
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
East Wind Rain (2010)
The Karate Kid (2010)
My Kingdom (2011)
School Bus (2013)
Police Story 2013 (2013)
Who Am I 2015 (2015)
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