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Dean Shek is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director, Theme Song Performance and Second Unit Chinois born on 17 june 1949

Dean Shek

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Birth name Lau Wai-sing
Nationality Chine
Birth 17 june 1949
Death 20 september 2021 (at 72 years)
Creator of Cinema City & Films Co.
Creator of Cinema City Enterprises

Dean Shek (sometimes written Shek Tien) aka Dean Shek Tin (born 17 October 1950) is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 films acting credits to his name. Shek is perhaps best known as Professor Kai-hsien in 1978 film Drunken Master and Snooker in 1990 film Dragon from Russia.

Biography

Né à Pékin en 1950 d'une famille originaire de Tianjin, Shek émigre à Hong Kong avec sa famille à l'âge de 3 ans. Il est scolarisé au collège anglais catholique Shung Tak avant d’étudier le cinéma, le théâtre et le doublage dans le programme de formation d'acteurs de la Shaw Brothers en 1968.

Il commence sa carrière d'acteur pour le studio la même année, apparaissant pour la première fois dans le film Killer Darts (1968). Il reçoit des rôles plus importants comme dans des comédies musicales telles que The Singing Killer, des films romantiques comme A Time For Love (1970), des comédies comme The Human Goddess (1972) et des films d'arts martiaux comme The Fists of Vengeance (1972).
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Usually with

Karl Maka
Karl Maka
(24 films)
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
(13 films)
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark
(14 films)
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
(16 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dean Shek (69 films)

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Actor

The Golden Lotus, 1h52
Directed by Li Han-hsiang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Sex comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Peter Yang Kwan, Jackie Chan, Dean Shek, Chin Tsi-ang
Roles Doctor Jiang
Rating59% 2.969892.969892.969892.969892.96989
Les aventures du pharmacien érotomane Ximen Qing, et ses amours adultères avec Pan Jinlian.
The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung, 1h20
Directed by Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jackie Chan, Dean Shek, Mars, Yuen Biao, Tien Feng, Chen Hung-lieh
Roles Landlord [new edit]
Rating51% 2.555252.555252.555252.555252.55525
The film has a similar theme to Drunken Master (1978). The young and undisciplined Jackie (Jackie Chan) undergoes the tutelage of a nomadic master who has a rigorous training style focusing upon the hardening of the fist.
The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung, 1h25
Directed by Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jackie Chan, Chen Hung-lieh, Dean Shek, Tien Feng, Mars, Yuen Biao
Roles Landlord [new edit]
Rating51% 2.555232.555232.555232.555232.55523
Hsiao Hu (Jackie Chan) has been secretly training in martial arts, as his father (Tien Feng) has forbidden him. Later, some local store owners ask Ah to help protect them from a greedy Chinese extortion ring. Ah discovers that the crime lord behind the extortion had killed his father years before and is determined for revenge.
The Heroine, 1h20
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Jackie Chan, Yuen Qiu, Charlie Chin, Dean Shek, Lau Kar Wing, Betty Pei Ti
Rating36% 1.821711.821711.821711.821711.82171
Incriminating evidence against a gang is left in a cab when a gang member dies in it. The gang chases the innocent cab driver, who receives help from the dead gangster's sister a tough police woman.
Iron Bodyguard, 1h34
Directed by Chang Cheh
Genres Action
Actors Chen Kuan-tai, Betty Pei Ti, Ricky Hui, Dean Shek
Roles Liang Qi-Chao
Rating60% 3.0408853.0408853.0408853.0408853.040885
M. Wang, un homme musclé mais passablement naïf, gérant d'une société travaillant dans le domaine de la sécurité et connu sous le nom de "Gros-Braquemart" , fait la connaissance de Tang Si-tong, un jeune homme arrogant en passe d'être nommé au gouvernement, avec lequel il noue une amitié virile.
The Pirate
The Pirate (1973)
, 1h36
Directed by Chang Cheh, Wu Ma
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Pirate films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Ti Lung, David Chiang, Dean Shek, Fan Mei-sheng
Roles Master Bai
Rating60% 3.003383.003383.003383.003383.00338
Pirate Cheung Po Tsai sales to a shoreline southern China disguised as a rich trader. There, the villagers live in poverty due to struggle against exploitation and corruption by the government. There he attracts the attention of merchant Xiang You-lin (Tin Ching) and his sister who are keen on killing him for bounty. Cheung then agrees to expedite funds to them in the form of cash and goods stolen from foreign invading colonists.
The Deadly Knives, 1h24
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Chan Shen, Dean Shek, Lam Ching Ying
Roles Doggie
Rating56% 2.8237752.8237752.8237752.8237752.823775
The Human Goddess
Directed by Ho Meng-hua
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Dean Shek, Chin Tsi-ang
Roles Playboy #1
Rating57% 2.8815052.8815052.8815052.8815052.881505
The Black Tavern, 1h23
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Ku Feng, Dean Shek, Wu Ma, Unicorn Chan, Yuen Wah, Mars
Roles Wandering Monk
Rating72% 3.6005253.6005253.6005253.6005253.600525
Plusieurs groupes de bandits rivaux hauts en couleur apprennent que le riche convoi d'un mandarin va passer dans les environs et doit notamment séjourner dans la taverne éponyme, tenue par de sympathiques aubergistes aux méthodes gastronomiques discutables. Le justicier Zha Xiaoyu (Kang Hua) intervient donc pour sauver le mandarin (Ku Feng) et ses deux filles, menacés par un premier groupe de bandits avant même d'arriver à l'auberge. Mais les apparences sont parfois trompeuses, comme l'apprendront à leurs dépens nombre de personnages au cours de l'action.
A Time for Love, 1h35
Origin Hong kong
Actors Dean Shek, Lily Ho, Lee Kwan
Roles Chau Ping/John
Rating56% 2.8307552.8307552.8307552.8307552.830755
Killer Darts, 1h24
Directed by Ho Meng-hua
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Ku Feng, Dean Shek
Roles Tung Kung-Long, Eerie Scholar
Rating65% 3.2688953.2688953.2688953.2688953.268895
Liu Wen-lung's home is attacked by bandits led by Chou Chao. Liu's wife was killed, but his son Yu-long was saved by a faithful servant by hiding in a well. While tracking down the bandit, his disciple Hu Chi-feng attempted to rape a villager. Liu Wen-lung discovers the attempt and Hu escaped, but not before killing his victim with a killer dart stolen from Liu. Liu Wen-lung adopted Yu-sien, the orphaned daughter of the victim, and raised her together with his son, settling down and giving up the pursuit of vengeance.

Director

The Family Strikes Back, 1h25
Directed by Dean Shek
Origin Hong kong
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Dean Shek, Kwan Tak-hing, 黎姿 (en anglais : Gigi Lai, lychee, JJ. ), Roy Chiao, Lee Heung-kam

Professor Kiu (Roy Chiao) is a mad scientist who developed mental disorders from grieving the death of his son, who succumbed to AIDS. Kiu orders his assistants to kidnap homosexual men to his lab, located in a private container on a vessel, for experiments. Police inspector Uncle Wah (Cho Tat-wah) had sent his subordinates to gather evidence in the vessel, but failed to find any.
Kung Hei Fat Choy, 1h32
Directed by Dean Shek
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy
Actors Dean Shek, George Lam Chi Cheung, Alan Tam, Ann Bridgewater, Karl Maka, Tsui Hark
Rating60% 3.0058853.0058853.0058853.0058853.005885
Money God was being naughty in heaven and as a punishment, he was sent to Earth to do good deeds for humans. On Earth, he meets Fung, a restaurant owner and his son Ben. Money God guides Fung to success and his business begins to rise while also helping him fend off loan shark Mo. At the same time, Money God tries to woo Fung's younger sister Ellen. Later, Mo learns of the Money God and unsuccessfully tries to exploit him. As his popularity spreads across Hong Kong, cops, triads and ghost-busters start trailing the Money God.
The Perfect Wife?!, 1h35
Directed by Dean Shek
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Dean Shek, Eric Tsang, Paul Chun, Raymond Wong Pak-ming, Sheila Chan, May Lo
Rating57% 2.8724152.8724152.8724152.8724152.872415
Dean Shek is flirty lawyer and expert at dealing with divorce cases who also likes to fool around with married women. One day, he attends the wedding of his friend Bluffer Wong and suddenly thinks about starting a family. Because of his lack of confidence in Hong Kong women, he asks someone to find a woman for him in mainland China and then transform her into his ideal wife. One day, Shek's cousin James Dean comes crying to him saying his fiance left him for another man. Under Dean's encouragement, James seeks a new lover but finds interest in Dean's wife Chu.
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