Leung Kar Yan 
(Leung Ka Yan, Liang Chia Ren, Bryan Leung)
Actor, Director
Leung Kar Yan's entry into movies was unorthodox to say the least- he merely
hung around film sets and was offered a part. Even more unusual was his rise to
leading man in kung fu films despite never having trained in martial arts. He worked with
many of the best martial arts directors of his day, including Chang Cheh, Sammo Hung,
and Yuen Woo Ping, before merging into comedy and modern action films in the
80's and 90's with the likes of Stephen Chow and Danny Lee.
Forming his own production company, Leung Kar Yan became a filmmaker himself.
Though his few directorial efforts have made little impact, his performances in classic
kung fu movies easily qualify him as one of the most important actors of the genre.
Leung Kar Yan Filmography
| 1989 | Avenging Trio |
| 1991 | The Banquet (cameo) |
| 1993 | Bogus Cops (also wr, dir) |
| 1976 | Boxer Rebellion |
| 2004 | Bust Family |
| 1979 | Cantonen Iron Kung Fu |
| 2000 | Cold War (cameo, s, dir) |
| 1993 | Crystal Hunt (cameo) |
| 1985 | Danger Has Two Faces |
| 2001 | Dark War |
| 1997 | The Death Games |
| 2000 | Death Net |
| 1981 | Dreadnaught |
| 1978 | Enter the Fat Dragon |
| 1980 | Fearless Dragons |
| 1993 | Fight Back To School III |
| 1974 | Five Masters of Death |
| 1993 | Flirting Scholar |
| 1991 | The Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues |
| 1979 | His Name is Nobody |
| 1985 | Hong Kong Godfather |
| 1977 | The Iron Monkey |
| 1992 | Justice, My Foot! |
| 1989 | Killer Angels |
| 1979 | Knockabout |
| 1993 | Kung Fu Cult Master |
| 1994 | The Kung Fu Scholar |
| 1991 | The Last Blood |
| 1993 | Last Hero in China |
| 1982 | Legend of a Fighter |
| 1977 | The Legend of All Men Are Brothers |
| 1991 | Legend of the Dragon |
| 2005 | Legend of the Dragon |
| 1975 | Marco Polo |
| 1982 | The Miracle Fighters |
| 1990 | My Hero (also dir) |
| 1978 | My Life's on the Line |
| 1984 | New Tales of the Flying Fox |
| 1979 | Odd Couple |
| 1983 | The Pier |
| 1982 | The Postman Fights Back |
| 1983 | Profile in Anger (also co-ac, co-wr and dir) 1 |
| 1991 | Red Shield |
| 1984 | Secret Service of the Imperial Court |
| 1976 | Shaolin Avengers |
| 1974 | Shaolin Martial Arts |
| 1992 | The Shootout |
| 1980 | The Sleeping Fist |
| 2003 | The Story of Long |
| 1985 | This Man is Dangerous |
| 1980 | The Thundering Mantis |
| 1988 | Tiger Cage |
| 2003 | A Tragic Room |
| 1985 | Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (cameo) |
| 1993 | Vampire Family |
| 1980 | The Victim |
| 1978 | Warriors Two |
| 1978 | The Ways of Kung Fu |
s = supervisor wr = writer
ac = action choreographer dir = director
1 = aka Fight Spirit of Hero
Leung Kar Yan -Television Credits
| All Men Are Brothers |
| Asian Heroes |
| Food of Love |
| Innocently Guilty |
| It Runs in the Family |
| Love in Shanghai |
| The Return of the Condor Heroes |
| Taming of the Princess |
| Thunder Cops |
| War of the Dragon |
| Wong Fei Hung |
Leung Kar Yan -Documentaries
| Bruce Lee: The Legend 1 |
| Top Fighter 2 |
1 appears in documentary working out
2 interviewed in documentary
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