Stephen Tung Wai
Born in 1954 in Ningbo, Mainland China, the young Tung Wen Wei (his original name) followed his family to Hong Kong at the age of four. Four years later, he began to learn the opera of Beijing under the direction of the famous Ms. Fan Fok Fa. It will also be under his tutelage that he will learn the martial arts of the north for more 10 years old. He appears on the big screen in his tenth year for the needs of the movie Squadron 77.
In 1978, Snake In The Eagle's Shadow hit the box office and Jackie Chan's successor race began. Everyone is trying their luck and Tung Wei is one of those! With his physical abilities that have nothing to envy to the star, one would have thought he was a good candidate for success but it will never concretize really in the eyes of the public. There was only one place and Jackie occupied it too well. The film that sought to sell it as the new prodigy of the Kung Fu movie, showing off these impressive talents: The Incredible Kung Fu Master. Other films allow him, in smaller roles, to show what he is capable of: The Mar's Villa, Golden Mask or Ten Brothers Of Shaolin.
At the beginning of the 1980s, Stephen Tung took a 4 year break away from the big screens to devote himself to television. He works on several TV series from Kung Fu or other Wu Xia, accumulating experience in his new business. Finally, in 1984, he returns to the screens in the first roles with films like Hocus Pocus and Journey Of The Doomed but the films, not very successful, will not allow him to impose himself as an actor of foreground.
In 1978, Snake In The Eagle's Shadow hit the box office and Jackie Chan's successor race began. Everyone is trying their luck and Tung Wei is one of those! With his physical abilities that have nothing to envy to the star, one would have thought he was a good candidate for success but it will never concretize really in the eyes of the public. There was only one place and Jackie occupied it too well. The film that sought to sell it as the new prodigy of the Kung Fu movie, showing off these impressive talents: The Incredible Kung Fu Master. Other films allow him, in smaller roles, to show what he is capable of: The Mar's Villa, Golden Mask or Ten Brothers Of Shaolin.
At the beginning of the 1980s, Stephen Tung took a 4 year break away from the big screens to devote himself to television. He works on several TV series from Kung Fu or other Wu Xia, accumulating experience in his new business. Finally, in 1984, he returns to the screens in the first roles with films like Hocus Pocus and Journey Of The Doomed but the films, not very successful, will not allow him to impose himself as an actor of foreground.
Known for
Kung Fu Stuntmen
Double World
In Your Dreams
A Tale of Three Cities
Saving General Yang
Reign of Assassins
The Sniper
Beast Stalker
Who's Next
Silk
My Name Is Fame
Seven Swords
Scooby-Doo
Time 4 Hope
Extreme Challenge
Purple Storm
Metade Fumaça
The Kid
Contract Killer
Task Force
Intimates
Downtown Torpedoes
The Blade
Fox Hunter
Once Upon a Time in China V
Love Among the Triad
Night Life Hero
Pom Pom And Hot Hot
Hard Boiled
Twin Dragons
Hong Kong Godfather
The Tigers
Magic Cop
Return Engagement
Crocodile Hunter
Life Goes On
The Peacock King
18 Times
As Tears Go By
Mr. Vampire III
Mr. Handsome
A Better Tomorrow
Oh! My God
Journey of the Doomed
The Sacred Commandment
The Other Side of Gentleman
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
Hocus Pocus
It Takes Three
The Old Miao Myth
The Bold Ones
The Wild Bunch
The Restless Trio
The Understudy
The Young Heroes Of Shaolin
Revenge in Hong Kong
The Hawk
The Incredible Kung Fu Master
Shaolin Devil and Shaolin Angel
18 Fatal Strikes
Wu Tang Magic Kick
Two Assassins of the Darkness
The Golden Mask
Along Comes a Tiger
The Lady Killer
The Fatal Flying Guillotines
Executioners from Shaolin
Warriors of the Sacred Temple
Elmo Takes a Bride
No End of Surprises
The Valiant Ones
All in the Family
Enter the Dragon
Kung Fu King
Freedom Strikes a Blow
The Thunderbolt Fist
The Warlord
Squadron 77