Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1944-03-28
Day of Death
2022-04-05
Place of Birth
Wuxi, China
Jimmy Wang Yu
Biography
Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.
Filmography (88)
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Chuan's Father
Soul
2013
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Gonge
The Guillotines
2012
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Mr Hon Yu
Let's Go!
2011
⭐ 6.9
Role:
The Master
Dragon
2011
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
A Century of Light and Shadow
2005
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Self (uncredited)
Cinema of Vengeance
1994
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Unknown
Dark Society in the East
1993
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Wai's hired assassin
Requital
1992
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Mr Lin Chong Yun
Shogun and Little Kitchen
1992
⭐ 7.6
Role:
Executioner Ren De-Tie
The Beheaded 1000
1991
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Kui / Lucas
Island of Fire
1990
⭐ 5.5
Role:
David Wong (archive footage)
The Thundering Ninja
1987
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Master Wong
