Jeffrey Falcon

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Jeffrey Falcon
Born1962 (age 61–62)
United States
Occupation(s)Martial artist, actor
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 傑夫
Simplified Chinese 杰夫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Jié fū
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Git6 Fu1

Jeffrey Falcon (born 1962 [1] ) is an American martial artist, actor and filmmaker. A member of the US Wushu team, [2] Falcon began his career in Hong Kong action cinema, before returning to the United States to write and star in the cult classic film Six-String Samurai .

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Biography

Falcon initially studied taekwondo, and but in the 1980s began practicing wushu. He won several state and national championships in California, between 1982 and 1983. [3] In 1984, he studied with the Beijing Wushu Team under coach Wu Bin. [3] He was a member of the US National Wushu Team from 1985 to 1988. [2] He represented the United States at the 1st International Invitational Wushu Championships in Xi'an in August 1985. [2] He later became a wushu coach, and graduated from Beijing Sport University.

Falcon began his film career in Chinese-language martial arts films. [4] While living in Taiwan, teaching English and martial arts, he was noticed by Jackie Chan after a television performance. Falcon was then invited to appear in a film in Hong Kong, which led to subsequent film work. [5]

In total, he appeared in seventeen action films, [6] including Outlaw Brothers [7] and The Inspector Wears Skirts . [8] He adopted the Chinese stage name Git Foo (Chinese :傑夫; pinyin :Jié fū; Jyutping :Git6 Fu1; lit.'Jeff'). [9] Although Falcon sought to continue his studies in Buddhism and Chinese, he was dissatisfied with being typecast as a villain and in smaller roles. He returned to the United States to pursue larger acting roles. [5]

In California, Falcon began working with Lance Mungia in 1996 to develop the script for a samurai movie, which eventually became Six-String Samurai . After Mungia observed one night that Falcon looked like Buddy Holly, the two developed the idea of incorporating rock and roll into the film. [5] In addition to starring as Buddy in the film, Falcon did fight choreography, production design, and costume design. [10]

According to a 2003 interview with fellow Hong Kong martial artist and actor, John Ladalski, Falcon retired from films and returned to China, where he married and pursued other work. [11]

Filmography

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  10. ↑ Pincus, Adam (1998-06-01). "Lance Mungia's Six-String Samurai". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
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