Yuen Cheung-yan

Yuen Cheung-yan
Born	1957 (1957) Guangzhou, China
Died	1 January 2026 (aged 68) Hong Kong
Occupations	Actor, director, stuntman, fight choreographer
Years active	1965–2025
Parent	Yuen Siu-tien (1912–1979)
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Action Choreography 1992 Once Upon a Time in China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	袁祥仁
Simplified Chinese	袁祥仁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuán Xiángrén Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jyun4 Coeng4 Jan4

Yuen Cheung-yan (Chinese: 袁祥仁; pinyin: Yuán Xiángrén; 1957 – 1 January 2026) was a Hong Kong actor, director, stuntman and fight choreographer who worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with his elder brother, Yuen Woo-ping, and other members of the Yuen family on several films, some of them kung fu comedies such as Shaolin Drunkard (1983) and The Miracle Fighters (1983). He also worked as a fight choreographer for American films like Charlie's Angels (2000).^[1]

On 1 January 2026, Yuen died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, at the age of 68.^[2][3]

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1967	The One-Armed Swordsman	獨臂刀	Chi student
1968	Golden Swallow	金燕子
1973	Police Woman	女警察
1980	The Buddhist Fist	佛掌羅漢拳	Leader of Thugs
1982	The Miracle Fighters	奇門遁甲	Tun Kap / Old Woman
1983	Shaolin Drunkard	天師撞邪
1984	Drunken Tai Chi	笑太極	Puppeteer
1991	Once Upon a Time in China	黃飛鴻
1992	King of Beggars	武狀元蘇乞兒	Hung Yat-San
1993	Flying Dagger	神經刀與飛天貓	Never Die
1993	Tai Chi Master	太極張三豐	Reverend Ling
1994	Fist of Legend	精武英雄	Inspector Jie Yun-kui
2004	Kung Fu Hustle	功夫	The Beggar
2014	Once Upon a Time in Shanghai	惡戰	Laughing Buddha
2017	Vampire Cleanup Department

As director

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1984	Taoism Drunkard	鬼馬天師
1985	Lucky Diamond	祝您好運
1989	Dark Side of Chinatown	西雅圖大屠殺
1989	Funny Ghost	猛鬼撞鬼
1989	Live Hard	鐵膽雄風
1990	Coup de Grace	起尾注
1990	Here Comes a Vampire	猛鬼霸王花
1992	Wizard's Curse	妖怪都市
1993	Kung Fu Vampire	湘西屍王

As fight choreographer

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1982	The Miracle Fighters	奇門遁甲	Nominated for second Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
1988	In the Line of Duty III - Force of the Dragon	皇家師姐III：雌雄大盜
1990	Pedicab Driver	群龍戲鳳	Nominated for ninth Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
1991	Once Upon a Time in China	黃飛鴻	Winner of the eleventh Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
1993	Iron Monkey	少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮	Nominated for the thirteenth Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
2000	Charlie's Angels	n/a
2003	Daredevil	n/a
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	n/a
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	n/a
2003	The Matrix Revolutions	n/a

References

1. Short, Stephen. "Giving the Angels Wings". Time Asia. Archived from the original on 2001-02-05. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
2. "《功夫》港星病逝！享壽69歲 妻證實噩耗" [Hong Kong star of Kung Fu Hustle dies from illness! Aged 69 – wife confirms the tragic news]. Mirror Media (in Chinese). 2026-01-01. Archived from the original on 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
3. Wu, Willa (2026-01-02). "Yuen Cheung-yan, veteran Hong Kong actor and action choreographer, dies at 69". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2026-01-02. Retrieved 2026-01-02.

External links

• Yuen Cheung-yan at IMDb
• Yuen Cheung-yan at the Hong Kong Movie Database