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Biography

Ridley Tsui

Overview

  • Born
    January 1, 1970 · Hong Kong, China
  • Birth name
    Ridley Tsui Po-Wah
  • Height
    5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Biography

  • Ridley Tsui, a prodigal individual, since childhood, his father sent him to Beijing opera school, where he taught Chinese dance and choreography. His trainings were hard and he performed with his fellow disciples very frequently. But, the knowledge of Chinese opera gave him a chance to use it in film industry. His idols were Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, and at the age of 19, he entered in film work. After a few stunt work, he gained attention of Laurence Kasanoff, who brought Ridley in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) cast and cyborg Smoke and he also did a fight choreography. Rarely, he appeared as an actor on films, his last was in King of the Wrestlers (2005).

    Today, Ridley is a very respectable stuntman and martial arts choreographer, also director of few film, most important, his first one "Final Target". As a coreographer, he worked on A Fu (2000), The Lost Empire (2001), Lost Time: The Movie (2003) and Johnny (2003). Skillfull, hardworking and determinate, Ridley Tsui has more work to come and to give a world wide audience a fine entertainment.
    - IMDb mini biography by: svedzin

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  • Spouse
      Annie Lee(? - present) (1 child)

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  • A well-known Chinese stuntman, martial artist and martial arts film choreographer.
  • Has a son.

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  • I started doing little stunts at twelve years old. When I was nine years old, I started my Peking Opera studies. My father found me a Peking opera master to teach me the Peking opera skills. Because my father was a Peking opera performer. He thought that I should follow in his footsteps, that's why he found me that opera master to teach me those skills.

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