Biography

Sihung Lung was born on January 1, 1930 in Suqian, China. He was an actor, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) and The Wedding Banquet (1993). He was married to Pao Chia. He died on May 2, 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Mr. Lung enlisted in Chiang Kai-shek's army as a teenager to fight the Communists. After they seized control of the mainland, he escaped to Taiwan, where he was chosen to join an army-sponsored acting troupe. Acting became his permanent career. His experience playing an array of roles for the troupe helped him in roughly 100 Chinese-language films and in Taiwanese soap operas.

He was retired by the time Ang Lee began casting for his first full-length film, "Pushing Hands," but the director, who recalled watching Mr. Lung as a child, asked him to play the father. Although Mr. Lung had played a long string of toughs for television, he turned in a sensitive portrayal of a father faced with change.

Was frequently cast in films by Ang Lee.

Things are so different now than even 10 or 15 years ago. I always find I have a lot to learn.