Wong Yat-fei

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Wong Yat-fei
Born (1946-08-19) 19 August 1946 (age 77) [1]
OccupationActor
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actor
for Shaolin Soccer [2]

Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Supporting Actor
for Shaolin Soccer [2]

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 黃一飛
Simplified Chinese 黄一飞

Wong Yat-fei (born 19 August 1946) is a Hong Kong cinema actor who has acted in numerous Cantonese films. Wong is best known for his role as Iron Head in Shaolin Soccer for which he won popular awards. He has appeared in more than 139 films in his career thus far. [1]

Contents

Selected filmography

Films

TV

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References

  1. 1 2 Yat-fei Wong - HKMDB. Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved, 20 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 Yat Fei Wong - Awards. IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

Wong Yat-fei at IMDb