Martial Artist #1 樊少皇 / Louis Fan Siu-Wong
(17 May 2010/6:48 PM)
(i) Influential Chinese Martial Arts Stars
(ii) International Martial Arts Stars
(iii) Comedy & Action Films Stars
(iv) Martial Arts Stars - Stuntman to screen film star to choreography directors
(v) Martial Arts Stars - Stuntman to screen film star to television actors
(vi) Rising Young Martial Arts Stars
Biography
Name : 樊梅生 / Fan Mei Sheng
Born : 13/09/1942
Place of birth : Hong Kong, China
Introduction : Veteran martial arts actor in the Shaw Brothers Studio (邵氏片場) in the 70s.
Due to his appearance, he is often featured as some brute-villains/heroes.
He and 小麒麟 (Little Unicorn) are the very few close friends of Famous International Martial Arts Star, Bruce Lee.
Filmography
樊梅生 in 水浒传 The Water Margin (1972)
樊梅生 in 刺马 Blood Brother (1973)
樊梅生 in 林世荣 The Magnificent Butcher (1980)
樊梅生 in 达摩祖师传 (1993)
You must be curious why is this old 'uncle' featured in this entry, when the theme is supposed to be 'Rising Young Martial Arts Stars'
Well, the main lead of this theme is none other than his son; 樊少皇.
Biography
Name : 樊少皇 / Louis Fan Siu-Wong
Born : 19/06/1973
Place of birth : Hong Kong, China
Introduction : Due to his father's occupation, Fan started off as a Child Star in his early years, as young as only 9 years old. At the age of 14, on the request of his father, he traveled to Xuzhou to take up martial arts. In Xuzhou, Fan studied gymnastics, kung fu and taekwondo. Fan began his career as an action star in the mid 1980's.
In between 1995-1997, Fan acted in several TVB drama series. Most well-known for his role of 虚竹/Xu Zhu in 天龙八部/The Demi-gods & Semi-devils (1996) .
After a few more participation in TV dramas in Taiwan & China, Fan left the TV industry and strictly focused on movies; although at then, he has already took part in 14 movie films, he is still not internationally known yet.
Fan is best known for his role of Riki in 力王/Riki-oh: The Story of Ricky (1991), at the age of 18. This film was notorious for its amount of violence, and became famous on the internet as soon as it's posted up.
Fan is most recognised as 金山找/Jin Shanzhao in 叶问/Ip Man (2008), as the tough Northern-stylist; he reprises his role in the sequel, 叶问2/Ip Man II (2010)
After being sent to Xuzhou to take up martial arts, Fan mastered the '十八般武艺'
Known to be '18 martial arts' but in fact, I'm not really sure what it is.
Some says it's a combination of martial arts, skills & weapon-plays.
Whatever it is, Fan is really skilled.
Fan's dad said in an interview : '樊少皇是如今全香港惟一能够一口气做十八个后空单提的人'
Translation : 'Fan is one of the very few in Hong Kong that can do 18 somersaults single-handled at one go.'
成龙/Jackie Chan is the idol of Fan since young, and there's quite some connection between Jackie Chan and his dad. After the retiring-soon Jackie Chan met Fan, he felt considerable emotion. On an exception, he accepted Fan as his disciple. For the first time being master, Jackie Chan brought joy to the Movie Industry and felt glad & rather relieved for finding a successor.
Besides being good in martial arts, Fan is also considerable good in singing.
In an interview, Fan said with humour that it's a pity that he didn't go through any special vocal trainings, or he would be outstanding. He also mentioned that his dad is once the Hong Kong Mandarin Song Award winner after all.
Filmography
樊少皇 in 日劫 Descendant of the Sun (1982)
樊少皇 in 力王 Riko-oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
樊少皇 as 虚竹 in 天龙八部 The Demi-gods & Semi-devils (1996) [TVB]
樊少皇 as 洪星 in 状王宋世杰 Justice Sung (1997) [TVB]
樊少皇 in 少林僵尸 (2006)
樊少皇 in 少林僵尸2 - 天极 (2006)
樊少皇 as 杨武 in 武僧 Monk (2007)
樊少皇 as 石三郎 in 功夫无敌 Kung Fu Fighter (2007)
樊少皇 as 黄继祖 in 功夫厨神 Kung Fu Chefs (2009)
樊少皇 as 金山找 in 叶问 Ip Man (2008)
樊少皇 as 公公曹仁超 in 大内密探零零狗 On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009)
樊少皇 as 卡龙 in 未来警察 Future X-Cops (2010)
樊少皇 as 张飞 in 越光宝盒 Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
樊少皇 as 金山找 in 叶问2 Ip Man II (2010)
樊少皇 as 叶天赐 / 田中英杰 in 叶问前传 The Legend is Born : Ip Man (2010)
Achievements
2009年以 《叶问》 入围第28届香港电影金像奖最佳男配角.
Nominated for 28th Hong Kong Film Awards - Best Supporter Actor (Ip Man)
Labels: Martial Arts
Yet another entry by WEN SHENG.
