Yuen Cheung-Yan is an actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with Yuen Woo-Ping

Yuen Woo-ping

Yuen Woo-ping is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong...

 (Yuen Cheung-Yan's brother) and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them bizarre kung fu comedies such as Shaolin Drunkard

Shaolin Drunkard

Shaolin Drunkard is a 1983 Kung Fu comedy directed by Yuen Woo-ping, written by Yuen Woo-ping and Chung Hing Chiu, and starring Cheung-Yan Yuen, Eddy Ko, and Shun-Yee Yuen....

(1982) and Miracle Fighters (1983).

Yuen's acting credits include The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), Golden Swallow

Golden Swallow

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(1968), The Buddhist Fist (1980), Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China is a Hong Kong martial arts action/adventure film franchise directed, written, and produced by Tsui Hark. The stories are based on the life of the legendary kung fu master, Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung...

(1991), and Kung Fu Hustle

Kung Fu Hustle

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(2004). His directing credits include Shaolin Drunkard

Shaolin Drunkard

Shaolin Drunkard is a 1983 Kung Fu comedy directed by Yuen Woo-ping, written by Yuen Woo-ping and Chung Hing Chiu, and starring Cheung-Yan Yuen, Eddy Ko, and Shun-Yee Yuen....

(1982) and Wizard's Curse (1992).

More recently, Yuen Cheung-Yan has worked as a fight choreographer on Hollywood films such as Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels (film)

Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as three women working for a private investigation agency...

(2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a 2003 American action comedy film. It is the sequel to 2000's Charlie's Angels. It opened in the United States on June 27, 2003, and was number one at the box office for that weekend and made a worldwide total of $259.2 million.The cast again includes Cameron...

(2003), The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

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(2003), and The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

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(2003).

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