Tiger Chen

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.
Tiger Chen

Tiger Hu Chen at the premiere of Man of Tai Chi, Toronto Film Festival 2013
Native name 陈虎
Born (1975-03-03) March 3, 1975
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Residence Los Angeles
Nationality Chinese
Occupation Actor, martial artist
Years active 2005 - present
Notable work Man of Tai Chi
Kung Fu Man
Religion Taoist
Awards Champion of National Youth Martial Arts Competition

All Around Champion of San Francisco International Martial Arts Tournament

Champion of National Karate (Men's -60 kg)

Tiger Chen (simplified Chinese: 陈虎; traditional Chinese: 陳虎; pinyin: Chén Hǔ; born 3 March 1975) is a Chinese martial artist and actor.[1][2][3] Tiger Chen is Yuen Wo Ping's protege and Keanu Reeves' teacher. He was also Uma Thurman's stunt double.[4]

Life

Early life

Tiger Chen was born on 3 March 1975 in Chengdu, Sichuan, where he studied the Chinese martial arts. By age 18, he enrolled into Sichuan Wushu Team. He won the National Youth Martial Arts Competition in China.

At the age of 19, Tiger Chen went to United States,[4] where he lived in a small wooden shack. He said: "In China, at least you can practice Kung Fu and attend Martial Arts competitions, but in the United States, you will find that most of your time in washing the dishes and do a porter."[5] Tiger Chen became a student of Hong Kong martial artist Yuen Woo-ping in 2000s.[1]

Film career

In 1998, Tiger Chen began his film career by holding a post on the fight choreography team as an assistant under Yuen[6] in The Matrix, a science fiction action film starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. At the same time, he became best friends with Keanu Reeves. Chen also held the post of choreographer in Charlie's Angels (2000), Once in the Life (2000) and Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003).

Tiger Chen had a minor role as a ronin in The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the second film of the Matrix trilogy. In 2005, he appeared as a martial artist in House of Fury with Anthony Perry, Gillian Chung, Stephen Fung and Charlene Choi.

In 2012, Tiger Chen played the lead role in Kung Fu Man, alongside Vanessa Branch and Jiang Mengjie.

After playing minor roles in various films, Tiger Chen received the role in the film called Man of Tai Chi, opposite Keanu Reeves, Karen Joy Morris and Yam Tat-wah.[2][7][8][9]

Works

Film

Year Title Chinese Title Role Notes
1999 The Matrix 《黑客帝国》 Choreographer[1]
2000 Charlie's Angels 《霹雳娇娃》 Choreographer
Once in the Life 《一生一次》 Loe
2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1 《杀死比尔》 Choreographer
The Matrix Reloaded 《黑客帝国2：重装上阵》 Ronin
2005 House of Fury 《精武家庭》 Martial artist
2012 Kung Fu Man 《功夫侠》 Chen Ping [10]
2013 Man of Tai Chi 《太极侠》 Chen Linhu [11][12]
2015 Monk Comes Down the Mountain 《道士下山》
2017 MAKESHIFT SQUAD

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man". 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man in Keanu Reeve's directorial debut". 2013.
  3. ↑ 陈虎否认整容：功夫片随时可能一拳打在脸上 (in Chinese). Tencent. 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tiger Chen: From Sichuan to Hollywood". 2004.
  5. ↑ 功夫演员陈虎：我的“美漂”生活比王宝强惨 (in Chinese). Chinanews. 2013. 他住在木棚里，他自己叙述自己在美国的漂泊生活说：“在中国，你起码可以练功夫，比赛，到了美国之后你会发现，大部分时间都在洗盘子、做搬运工。”
  6. ↑ Lee, Tom (2 July 2013). "Crouching Tiger". That's Shanghai. Urbanatomy Media. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen are Men of Tai Chi". Nerdist. 2013.
  8. ↑ "Fantastic Fest: Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI". Nerdist. 2013.
  9. ↑ "Keanu Reeves spent five years on his latest film: Why?". 2013.
  10. ↑ “武打新星”陈虎：功夫圈需更新换代 需要新血液 (in Chinese). Chinanews. 2013.
  11. ↑ 陈虎登纽约时报 《太极侠》获赞好莱坞水平 (in Chinese). 163.com. 2013.
  12. ↑ 基努里维斯导演作角逐金球奖 陈虎：期待有斩获 (in Chinese). Tencent. 2013.
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