Frankie Chan

Actor, Film director

1955 –

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Who is Frankie Chan?

Frankie Chan Fan-kei is a Chinese martial arts actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer.

Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's The Prodigal Son where he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel. Chan has starred in a number of modern action films, most notably Burning Ambition, Outlaw Brothers and Carry On Pickpocket. He also directed and composed many films in the 1970s and 1980s, including The Young Master, Odd Couple and Armour of God II: Operation Condor. In 2011 Chan directed Legendary Amazons, a film about the female Generals of the Yang clan.

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Born
Nov 30, 1955
Hong Kong
Also known as
  • Frankie Chi Leung Chan
  • Fan-Kei Chan
  • Chan Wing Yuk
  • Franky Chan
  • Mandingo
  • Yung-yu Chen
  • Yung Ya Chen
  • Cheng Yung Yu
  • Chen Yu-yung
  • Chen Yung Yu
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • Hong Kong
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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