Robin
Shou 
(Shou Wan Bo, Wai Lung)
Born: July 17, 1960, Hong Kong
Height: 6' Weight: 165 lbs.
Actor, Martial Artist
Former Wushu champion Robin Shou is one of the very few Hong Kong action stars
to successfully break into Hollywood. After spending his early childhood in Hong Kong,
Robin and his family moved to California, where he spent his formative years in a
traditional Asian household with his four other siblings. In the mid 1980's, he chose
to forego a career in civil engineering and ventured back to Hong Kong to became a
movie stuntman, also appearing in minor villain and fighting roles. His parts were
generally with little or no lines, usually as assassin or bodyguard type characters.
The first lead role Robin Shou undertook was in Robert Tai's rough fight flick
Death Cage (1988). Around this time he signed a contract with low budget director
Philip Ko Fei, and soon had starring roles as both good and bad guys in movies
with Simon Yam, Cynthia Khan, Jade Leung, Phillip Kwok, Yukari Oshima
and many others. Most of these films were moderately successful action pictures.
In 1995 Robin secured the lead role in Mortal Kombat, a special effects laden
Hollywood film based on the popular violent video game. He also starred with the late
Chris Farley in the comedy Beverly Hills Ninja, and resumed his role as Liu Kang
in the Mortal Kombat sequel.
Referring back to his stuntman beginnings, Robin recently directed and hosted a 2003
documentary on the subject, The Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen.
Robin Shou Filmography
| 1987 | The Big Brother |
| 1988 | The Big Heat |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty III |
| 1988 | City War |
| 1988 | Death Cage |
| 1989 | Long Arm of the Law III |
| 1989 | Burning Ambition |
| 1989 | Triads- the Inside Story |
| 1990 | Fatal Termination |
| 1990 | Tiger Cage 2 |
| 1990 | The Cyprus Tigers |
| 1991 | Fury in Red (aka Eastern Heroes) |
| 1991 | Forbidden Arsenal |
| 1992 | Angel the Kickboxer |
| 1992 | Black Cat 2: Assassination of President Yeltsin |
| 1992 | Fatal Chase |
| 1992 | Hard to Kill (aka Interpol Connection) |
| 1993 | Guns & Roses |
| 1994 | Bloody Mary Killer |
| 1994 | The Most Wanted |
| 1995 | Home Again |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat (also partial action choreographer) (USA) |
| 1997 | Beverly Hills Ninja (USA) |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (also action choreographer) (USA) |
| 2003 | The Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen (also director) |
| 2004 | 18 Fingers of Death! (USA) |
Robin Shou -American TV Credits
| Forbidden Nights 1 |
| The Outer Limits 2 |
1 telefilm with Melissa Gilbert
2 guest appearance
American Television Appearances
| Entertainment Tonight (interviewed) |
The Robin Shou biography you just read was ripped
off in the pages of Inside Kung Fu magazine!
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