Martial artist and action star, Darren Shahlavi, passed away in his sleep on January 14th. A family member posted the announcement earlier today on Darren's Facebook page and tributes from action stars and action film sites started pouring in. Shahlavi's agent confirmed with Variety later in the day that the announcement was true. No cause of death has been released officially. As any of the tributes share Shahlavi began practicing martial arts at an early age in the U.K. and began working in film in the early 90s. His big break came when he was cast as the villain across from Jing Wu in his debut film, Tai Chi Boxer, directed by the legendary Yuen Wo Ping in 1996. He would continue to work in Hong Kong...
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- 1/20/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Other names: 吳京
Jacky Wu
Jing Wu
Birth date: 03/4/1974
Nationality: China
Workplace: China, Hong Kong
Selected Filmography:
1996:Tai Chi Boxer
2005:Sha Po Lang
2006:Fatal Contact
2007:Invisible Target
2010:Shaolin
2012:Special Identity
Wu Jing started off training in Martial Arts at the age of 6, where he attended the Beijing Sports Institute at Shichahai. Both his father and grandfather were also martial artists. Like Jet Li before him, he competed as a member of the Beijing Wushu Team. He won first place in several national level wushu competitions at the junior level and continued to compete as an adult, despite his increasing height.
In April 1995, Wu was spotted by action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, Wu played Hawkman / Jackie in 1996 film Tai Chi Boxer,who had come to the institute to look for a martial artist for the film, his first Hong Kong film debut. Yuen Woo Ping was also the guy who brought us Donnie yen,...
Jacky Wu
Jing Wu
Birth date: 03/4/1974
Nationality: China
Workplace: China, Hong Kong
Selected Filmography:
1996:Tai Chi Boxer
2005:Sha Po Lang
2006:Fatal Contact
2007:Invisible Target
2010:Shaolin
2012:Special Identity
Wu Jing started off training in Martial Arts at the age of 6, where he attended the Beijing Sports Institute at Shichahai. Both his father and grandfather were also martial artists. Like Jet Li before him, he competed as a member of the Beijing Wushu Team. He won first place in several national level wushu competitions at the junior level and continued to compete as an adult, despite his increasing height.
In April 1995, Wu was spotted by action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, Wu played Hawkman / Jackie in 1996 film Tai Chi Boxer,who had come to the institute to look for a martial artist for the film, his first Hong Kong film debut. Yuen Woo Ping was also the guy who brought us Donnie yen,...
- 7/2/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
It's been nearly 15 years since Yuen Woo-ping's last directorial effort, the martial arts film Tai Chi Boxer. Woo-ping helped spearhead Jackie Chan's prolific career, with his first two directing gigs being Jackie Chan's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. Both? Awesome. But since 1996 he's focused mainly on fight choreography, assisting in such films as The Matrix, The Forbidden...
- 3/30/2011
- by Travis Hopson
- Punch Drunk Critics
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