BIO

Name:  Philip Kwok aka Kwok Choi aka Kuo Chui or Kuo Chue (and more)

Birth Name:  陳舉陸 (Chan Kui-Luk)

Chinese Name:  郭追

Born:  21 October 1951 (Year of the Rabbit) in Taipei, Taiwan

Height:  5'9"*

*based on info if Chiang Sheng is 5'8" and Lu Feng is 5'10"

Occupation:  Action Director, Actor, Director, Stuntman

Personal life:  Wife and Son (?)

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1951 - Born on 21 October

1964 - lost part of two fingers on his left hand while operating heavy machinery

1965 - at age 14, was sent to the Lu Kwan Opera School by his parents; learned the Northern style ("light" skills)

1973 - in Taiwan performing as an acrobat but began trying out for stuntman jobs

1975 - "discovered" by action director Lau Kar Leung during SB's Shaolin Avengers who made Chang Cheh take notice

1976 - given first major role on SB's Marco Polo by Chang Cheh

1978 - SB's The Five Venoms 

1982 - SB's Ode to Gallantry (without Lu Feng to make up for Kwok missing 2 Champions of Shaolin)

1985 - Ninja in the Deadly Trap (KC's first and only directed film)

1992 - John Woo's Hard Boiled as "Mad Dog"

1994 - Treasure Hunt (on-screen fight with Gordon Liu)

1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies

2001 - Brotherhood of the Wolf 

2007 - Blood Brothers

Currently - unknown ...**

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**if anyone would like to share updated, it'd be greatly appreciated!


(info from Wikipedia, Eastern Heroes interview, and/or Ric Meyers audio commentary on TREASURE HUNT DVD)


(?) Bey Logan audio commentary on Dragon Dynasty's 5 Deadly Venoms says he was married with a son