Frankie Chan
Frankie Chan Fan-kei (born 1951) is a Chinese martial arts actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer.
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| Born | 陳永煜 30 November 1951 | ||||||||||
| Occupation | actor, film director, film producer, composer | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1970 - present | ||||||||||
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Original Score 1996 Fallen Angels | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳勳奇 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈勋奇 | ||||||||||
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Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's The Prodigal Son where he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel. Chan has starred in a number of modern action films, most notably Burning Ambition, Outlaw Brothers and Carry On Pickpocket. He also directed and composed many films in the 1970s and 1980s, including The Young Master, Odd Couple and Armour of God II: Operation Condor. In 2011 Chan directed Legendary Amazons, a film about the female Generals of the Yang clan.
Filmography
- The Prodigal Son (1981)
- Outlaw Brothers (1990)
- The Wrath of Silence (1994)
- Live and Die in Chicago (2000)
- I.Q. Dudettes (2000)
- Legendary Amazons (2011)
- Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down (2014)
- Impetuous Love in Action (2014)
External links
- Frankie Chan at IMDb
- Frankie Chan Fan-kei at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- (in Chinese) Frankie Chan at the Chinese Movie Database
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