Tiger Chen
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Tiger Chen (Template:Zh; born March 3, 1975) is a Chinese martial artist, stuntman and actor.[1][2][3] Tiger Chen is Yuen Woo Ping's protege and Keanu Reeves's teacher and friend. He was also Uma Thurman's stunt double.[4]
Life
Early life
Tiger Chen was born on March 3, 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 the United States. He lived in a small wooden shack behind a shopping plaza in Gloucester Township, New Jersey. There he taught tai chi and weapons classes to the students of the Tang Soo Karate Academy which was located in the plaza. 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 being 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 Wong, 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 years in minor and supporting roles, Tiger Chen played the titular character in Man of Tai Chi, opposite the film's director Keanu Reeves, Karen Joy Morris and Yam Tat-wah.[2][7][8][9]
In 2018, Tiger made a special appearance in the Malaysian military film PASKAL: The Movie as a Chinese UN Observer accompanying the Malaysian UN Observers during a mission in Angola.
In 2019, Tiger co-starred with Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais in the film Triple Threat. He also has an uncredited cameo as a Triad assassin in the film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
Works
Film
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Matrix | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Choreographer[1] | |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Choreographer | |
| Once in the Life | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Chino | ||
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Choreographer | |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ronin | ||
| 2005 | House of Fury | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Martial artist | |
| 2012 | Kung Fu Man | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Chen Ping | [10] |
| 2013 | Man of Tai Chi | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Chen Linhu | [11][12] |
| 2015 | Monk Comes Down the Mountain | Script error: No such module "Lang". | ||
| 2016 | Revenge of Gold | Script error: No such module "Lang". | ||
| 2017 | Kung Fu Traveler | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Chen Wu/General Chen | |
| Kung Fu Traveler 2 | Script error: No such module "Lang". | A Jie/General Chen | ||
| Romantic Assassin | ||||
| 2018 | PASKAL: The Movie | Sgt. Chen Han | Malaysian Produced with Royal Malaysian Navy and Special Appearance | |
| 2019 | Triple Threat | Long Fei | ||
| John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Triad | Uncredited Cameo | ||
| Special Forces King 3 | ||||
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections | M.O.T.C | ||
| 2024 | Agent 86 | Liu | ||
| 2025 | Wick Is Pain | Himself | Documentary Film |
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)
- World Stunt Awards nominations for Matrix 2[4]
See also
- Zoë Bell, Uma Thurman's other stunt double
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man". philstar.com. 2013-07-22.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man in Keanu Reeve's directorial debut". straitstimes.com. 2013-07-02. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tiger Chen: From Sichuan to Hollywood". wu-jing.org. 2004-06-06. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.功夫演员陈虎：我的“美漂”生活比王宝强惨. Chinanews (in 中文). 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。"
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lee, Tom (2 July 2013). "Crouching Tiger". That's Shanghai. Urbanatomy Media. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen are Men of Tai Chi". Nerdist. 2013-11-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fantastic Fest: Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI". Nerdist. 2013-09-09.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Keanu Reeves spent five years on his latest film: Why?". csmonitor.com. 2013-05-20.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.“武打新星”陈虎：功夫圈需更新换代 需要新血液. Chinanews (in 中文). 2013-07-15.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.陈虎登纽约时报 《太极侠》获赞好莱坞水平. 163.com (in 中文). 2013-11-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.基努里维斯导演作角逐金球奖 陈虎：期待有斩获. Tencent (in 中文). 2013-11-26.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."陈虎". movie.douban.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."⓿⓿ Tiger Chen - Actor - China - Filmography - TV Drama Series - Chinese Movies". chinesemov.com.
External links
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- Tiger Chen at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
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