Yuen Wah
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The ThumbScore for Yuen Wah (83.8%) is the average audience approval rating across 4 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Yuen's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Yuen Wah (Chinese: 元華, born Yung Kai-chi [容繼志]; 2 September 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, stuntman, and action choreographer. A member of the Seven Little Fortunes, he has appeared in over 200 films and television series since his debut in 1962. He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography for The Iceman Cometh (1989), and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Kung Fu Hustle (2004).
Born Yung Kai-chi (容繼志) on 2 September 1950 in Hong Kong, Kai attended the China Drama Academy, a Peking opera school in Hong Kong in the late 1950s and 1960s. He was instructed by Master Yu Jim Yuen and became a member of the Seven Little Fortunes along with fellow students including Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen. Like the other students, he took his sifu's given name – "Yuen". In his biography, Jackie Chan stated that Yuen Wah's martial arts ability was well respected among his fellow students. After leaving the opera school, many of the students entered the Hong Kong film industry. Yuen Wah was given an anglicised stagename, Sam Yuen, but like Yuen Biao (Bill Yuen / Jimmy Yuen), the name was not used.
On ThumbScore, Yuen Wah appears in 4 films with an average audience score of 83.8%, most frequently in the Action genre.
