ACTOR

Lau Kar-leung

1934 - 2013

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Lau Kar-leung (28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013) was a Hong Kong martial artist, filmmaker, actor, and fight choreographer. He is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lau Kar-leung has received more than 363,891 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lau Kar-leung is the 2,154th most popular actor (down from 2,109th in 2019), the 684th most popular biography from China (down from 646th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

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  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lau Kar-leung ranks 2,154 out of 13,578. Before him are Elga Andersen, Bonnie Aarons, Scott Bakula, Lesley Manville, Gig Young, and Sonny Landham. After him are Teresa Wright, Yūsaku Matsuda, Vijay, Robert Donat, Étienne Decroux, and Haluk Bilginer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Lau Kar-leung ranks 178. Before him are Frankie Valli, Boris Volynov, Anna Maria Ferrero, Harlan Ellison, Marc Rich, and Pierre Barouh. After him are Eddie Fenech Adami, Gino Paoli, Del Shannon, Frans Brüggen, Vasily Lanovoy, and Peter Berling. Among people deceased in 2013, Lau Kar-leung ranks 174. Before him are Marc Rich, Armando Trovajoli, Jeff Hanneman, Yury Yakovlev, Julie Harris, and Tony Musante. After him are Hjalmar Andersen, Wadih El Safi, Maria Tallchief, Angela Voigt, Jerry Buss, and Georges Lautner.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lau Kar-leung ranks 684 out of 1,610. Before him are Yi-Fu Tuan (1930), Tan Sitong (1865), Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei (510), Rabban Bar Sauma (1220), Zeng Qinghong (1939), and Hai Rui (1514). After him are Zhang Guotao (1897), Xin Qiji (1140), Xu Wei (1521), Lu Ji (261), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), and Guo Pu (276).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Lau Kar-leung ranks 23. Before him are Ruan Lingyu (1910), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Roy Chiao (1927), Li Bingbing (1973), Jimmy Wang Yu (1943), and Lee Hoi-chuen (1901). After him are James Tien (1942), Fan Bingbing (1981), Ng Man-tat (1952), David Chiang (1947), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), and Faye Wong (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Legend of Drunken Master
Master Fu Wen-Chi
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Feb 3o 19947.409 / 10
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Wimp Lo (archive footage)
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.
Jan 25o 20026.373 / 10
Seven Swords
Fu Qingzhu
In the 17th century, seven swordsmen join their forces to save the villagers from a manipulating General who bans martial arts.
Jul 25o 20056.282 / 10