Biography
Chiu Chi-ling (Chinese: 趙志淩; Jyutping: ziu6 zi3 ling4; born 1943) is a martial artist and actor who appears mostly in Kung Fu style movies produced in Hong Kong. He also teaches Hung Gar Kung Fu at Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a San Francisco-based martial arts school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong Kong rooted under the lineage of Lam Sai-wing. Every year he visits his students and grand students around the world and organizes worldwide Kung Fu tournaments. The Kung Fu style he is part of was passed down directly from southern shaolin temple and carries names like Hung Hei-gun and Wong Fei-hung.
He has appeared in over 70 movies, both as an actor and stunt man. His abilities as an actor and martial arts practitioner has allowed him to work with most of the top Hong Kong film makers including Bruce Li, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow.
He started practising Hung Gar Kung Fu when he was six years old under the tutelage of his father Chiu Kau (who won with the famous tiger-crane set over the whole of China in his sixties) and mother Chiu Shiu-ying, who were renowned for their solid Hung Gar. They were also both well-known doctors and Chiu learned from his father, beside the art of Kung Fu, the art of bone setting (Dit-Da).
In the early 1970s, he opened a school which attracted many celebrities, athletes and performers. This exposure to the entertainment industry gave him his start in acting. He has appeared in such well-known Kung Fu style movies as Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Duel of the Seven Tigers, the comic smash-hit Kung Fu Hustle, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. Adventures of Power and The Mermaid. Chiu Chu-ling has also appeared in Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu demonstrating the techniques from shaolin tiger and crane.He currently resides in Alameda, California.
Filmography
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Movies 35
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The City of Kungfu (2020)
Fire Cloud Evil God 2: Eighteen Dragon Palms (2020)
The Legend of Pig Warrior (2019)
Soccer Killer (2017)
The Mermaid (2016)
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
The Adventure Of The King (2010)
Adventures of Power (2008)
Dragonland - L'urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente (2008)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Three Against the World (1988)
A Hearty Response (1986)
Where's Officer Tuba? (1986)
The Isle of Fantasy (1985)
Heart of Dragon (1985)
For Your Heart Only (1985)
Winners & Sinners (1983)
Bruce Strikes Back (1982)
Twins of Kung Fu (1981)
Laughing Times (1980)
Lackey and the Lady Tiger (1980)
Crazy Crooks (1980)
The Kung Fu Warrior (1980)
His Name is Nobody (1979)
The Dragon, The Odds (1979)
Duel of the 7 Tigers (1979)
The Gold Connection (1979)
Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu (1979)
Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat (1978)
Enter the Game of Death (1978)
Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
Bruce Lee in New Guinea (1978)
The Dragon, the Lizard and the Boxer (1977)
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976)
Bruce's Deadly Fingers (1976)
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GenderMale
Birthday1943-01-20 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceHong Kong, China
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsChi Ling Chiu, 趙志凌, Chu Chi-Ling, Chau Chi-Ling, 赵志凌, Chiu Chi-Ling, Triệu Chí Lăng
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