Eddy Ko

Eddy Ko Hung (; born Ho Yiu-sum ; born 26 December 1944) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He has appeared in over 150 film and television roles since his debut in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Chan Chung in the 1984 Hong Kong action war film Heroes Shed No Tears, and Hong in the 1998 American buddy cop action film Lethal Weapon 4. Most recently, he has made appearances in several international films including 2015's The Martian.

Early life Ko was born Ho Yiu-sim in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province on 26 December 1944 , and moved to British Hong Kong with his family as a child. He trained in kung fu and judo, and was a lion dancer.

Career Ko joined Shaw Brothers Studio in the late 1960s as a stuntman, and made his film acting debut in 1969, adopting the name Ko Hung as a stage name. He is also sometimes also credited as Ko Hung, Gao Xiong, Eddie Ko, Edward Ko, and Lin Sheng .

Throughout the 1970s and '80s, he appeared in numerous martial arts films. Some of his best known films of this time include The Avenging Eagle (1978, dir. Sun Chung), The Butterfly Murders (1979, Tsui Hark's directorial debut), The Postman Strikes Back (1982, dir. Ronny Yu), and The Miracle Fighters (1982, dir. Yuen Woo-ping).

Ko played the leading role in John Woo's 1984 film Heroes Shed No Tears.

Ko joined TVB later and has since acted in many TV drama series. In 1990, Ko joined TVB's rival ATV and worked there until 1995. In 2000, Ko rejoined TVB and continued acting in many TVB-produced drama series.

Within the Chinese community, Ko's most remembered performance was in the 1995 version of the television drama Fist of Fury as Huo Yuanjia, the mentor of Chen Zhen. This role led to similar martial arts mentor roles, subsequently.

In 1998, he migrated his family to Canada, and co-starred in a role of an illegal immigrant in Lethal Weapon 4, in his first international role. Since then, he has appeared in American, Hong Kong, and Mainland Chinese productions.

Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotes 1971 The Blade Spares None The Invincible Iron Palm The Comet Strikes Thirty Six Killers aka Story of the Thirty Six Killers 1972 The Roaring Lion The Invasion aka The Bold BrothersThe Notorious Ones Life and Death aka Bloody Duel: Life and Death, The Bloody FightThe Peeper, the Model and the Hypnotist 1973 Thunderbolt A Gathering of Heroes Knight Errant The Smugglers 1974 Chinese Kung Fu Against Godfather aka Fist of Fury in ChinaThe Virgin Mart aka Fan Mai Ren Kou 1975 The Young Rebel The Monk Female Fugitive 1976 The Private Eyes Nine Uncle's underling End of the Wicked Tigers The Big Family 1977 Battle Wizard 1979 The Butterfly Murders Guo, The Magic Fire The Deadly Breaking Sword The Avenging Eagle Wan Da 13-minute interview with Eddy Ko on French version DVDSleeping Fist Law Don 1980 The Sword Ching Ti-yi The Chief The Chief The Jade Fox The Thundering Mantis aka Mantis Fist FighterThe Master Pupil of Shi (Ko Han) aka 3 Evil MastersSan Mao Liu Lang Ji Mr. Chu 1981 Hitman in the Hand of Buddha Uncle 33 The Phantom Killer Captain Chao Art of War by Sun Tzu 1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Kau Mo-chit Health Warning The Master aka Digital Master, Flash Future Kung FuDuel to the Death Kenji The Postman Strikes Back Hu aka The Postman Fights BackThe Miracle Fighters Royal Guardsman Kao 1983 The Champions Tong's Uncle Little Dragon Maiden Da'erba Mad Mad 83 Shaolin Drunkard Master Lee Lone Ninja Warrior aka Faster Blade, Poisonous Darts, The Demon Fighter1984 Heroes Shed No Tears Chan Chung 1985 It's a Drink, It's a Bomb Bearded Killer Hong Yun Dang Tou Professor 1987 Flaming Brothers Brother Hung 1988 Peacock King Jigume Ruthless Law 1989 Iron Butterfly, Part 2: See No Daylight Kurada Ghost Fever Johnny Fan Burning Ambition Kau Chen Fatal Bet Gold Teeth Casino Raiders Live Hard Ironman A Punch to Revenge Life Goes On Dark Side of Chinatown Hung 1990 Vampire Settle on the Police Camp Chan 1991 Spiritually a Cop Lee Rock Police Instructor Mission Kill Ngon aka Angel Force & Mission of CondorDreaming the Reality Fok 1992 Evil Black Magic La Pin Justice, My Foot! Yang Ching Cheetah on Fire Fok Chi-Kien Mountain Warriors 1993 The East is Red Chin aka Swordsman IIIThe Bride with White Hair Wu San-kuei Executioners President's Deputy The Bride with White Hair 2 Wu San-kuei 1994 Master of Zen Bodhidharma's father 1995 Rumble in the Bronx Prospective Market Buyer 1996 Evening Liaison Edward Ko The Hero of Swallow 1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Hong A Killer's Expiry Date 1999 The Mission Lung 2003 PTU Eye Ball Night Corridor Father Chan 2004 Explosive City Cop Unbowed Mr. Dick To My Dearest Father Uncle Gun 2006 Lethal Ninja Ba-jiu 2007 Mad Detective Retired officer CameoWonder Woman Chairman Chan The Counting House Andrew 2008 Kung Fu Dunk Fang's Master 2009 Largo Winch Tattooer 2015 The Martian Guo Ming 2016 Window Horses Stephen (voice) 2022 Warriors of Future

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