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Sammo Hung

1952 - Today

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Samuel "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo (Chinese: 洪金寶; Jyutping: Hung4 Gam1-bou2; born 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and film director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a fight choreographer for other actors such as Kim Tai-chung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Yuen Wah. Throughout the 1980s, he was part of the "Three Dragons" along with Chan and Biao; the three starred in six Hong Kong films together. Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and popularized the zombie-like jiangshi genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sammo Hung has received more than 3,215,251 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Sammo Hung is the 323rd most popular actor (up from 364th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Hong Kong and the 2nd most popular Chinese Actor.

Sammo Hung is most famous for his martial arts films such as "Enter the Dragon" and "Drunken Master."

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sammo Hung ranks 323 out of 13,578. Before him are Julianne Moore, Carrie Fisher, Bob Hoskins, Gene Kelly, Cate Blanchett, and John Belushi. After him are Ellen Burstyn, Goldie Hawn, Sam Neill, Jada Pinkett Smith, Julie Christie, and Telly Savalas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Sammo Hung ranks 21. Before him are Francis Fukuyama, Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Reeve, Salome Zourabichvili, Jostein Gaarder, and Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. After him are Hun Sen, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jeff Goldblum, Cyril Ramaphosa, Oleg Blokhin, and Zoran Đinđić.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Sammo Hung ranks 2 out of 115. Before him are Jackie Chan (1954). After him are Chow Yun-fat (1955), Leslie Cheung (1956), Ma Ying-jeou (1950), Katrina Kaif (1983), Stephen Chow (1962), Andy Lau (1961), Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (1964), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962), Stanley Ho (1921), and John Lone (1952).

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Among ACTORS In Hong Kong

Among actors born in Hong Kong, Sammo Hung ranks 2. Before him are Jackie Chan (1954). After him are Chow Yun-fat (1955), Katrina Kaif (1983), Stephen Chow (1962), Andy Lau (1961), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962), John Lone (1952), Nora Miao (1952), Maggie Cheung (1964), Jacky Cheung (1961), and Eric Tsang (1953).

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