Norman Chui
Norman Chui | |||||||||||
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徐少強 | |||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1950 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1 September 2024 (aged 73) Beijing, China | ||||||||||
| Other names | Norman Tsui | ||||||||||
| Occupation | actor | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1973–2024 | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||
| Spouses | Zhang Xiaofeng
(m. 1975; div. 1979)Ho Suk Foon
(m. 1980; div. 1982)Meng Yuxuan
(m. 2005; died 2024) | ||||||||||
| Partner | Sidney Yim (1982-1988) | ||||||||||
| Children |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 徐少強 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 徐少强 | ||||||||||
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Norman Chui Siu-keung (16 October 1950 – 1 September 2024) was a Hong Kong actor. He was best known for portraying heroic protagonists in many martial arts films from the 1970s to 1980s and later portraying villainous roles in the 1990s. Chui was contracted with Asia Television during the 1990s and mostly acted in mainland China thereafter.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Chui married his first wife Zhang Xiaofeng (張小鳳) in 1975. They separated shortly in 1976 after noticing incompatibility between the two and divorced in 1979.[2]
In 1980, Chui married his second wife Ho Suk Foon (何淑寬) and they have a son, Keian Chui (徐梓耀), who would later work as a content creator in the advertising and entertainment industries of Hong Kong.
In 1982, Chui had an affair with actress Sidney Yim, the younger sister of actress Michelle Yim,[3] and they have a son Edward Chui and a daughter Erica Chui. Chui and Yim broke off their relationship in 1988.[4]
In 2005 Chui married a Chinese dancer Meng Yuxuan (孟雨軒), who was about 30 years his junior, and they have a daughter and a son.[5]
Chui died from esophageal cancer in Beijing, on 1 September 2024, at the age of 73.[6][7] Chui's wife, Meng Yuxuan, while handling his funeral arrangements, suffered a heart attack and died on 5 September 2024. The funeral of Chui and Meng was held at the Universal Funeral Parlour in Hung Hom, Hong Kong on 5 October 2024.[8][9]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Films
[edit | edit source]This is a partial list of films.
- 1974 The Savage Five – Da Niu
- 1977 The Battle Wizard – Gu Ducheng
- 1977 Clans of Intrigue – Song Gang
- 1978 Clan of Amazons – Jiang Chongwei
- 1978 Legend of the Bat – Xiang Feitian
- 1978 Vengeful Beauty – Ma Seng
- 1978 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre – Wei Yixiao
- 1978 The Brave Archer 2 – Qiu Chuji
- 1979 Abbot of Shaolin – Li Jin Lun
- 1978 Heroes of the East – Chang
- 1980 The Sword – Lin Wan
- 1982 Bastard Swordsman – Yun Fei Yang
- 1982 Phet Tud Yok – Thai film
- 1983 The Denouncement of Chu Liu Hsiang – Murong Qingcheng
- 1983 Duel to the Death – Hashimoto
- 1983 Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain – Heaven's Blade
- 1984 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils – Qiao/Xiao Feng
- 1985 Hong Kong Godfather – Playboy Lung
- 1987 Flaming Brothers – Chiu
- 1988 The Dragon Family – Keung
- 1988 City War – Ted Yiu[10]
- 1991 Au Revoir, Mon Amour – Tit Chak Man
- 1992 King of Beggars – Chiu Mo-kei[8]
- 1993 Legend of the Liquid Sword – Dugu Qiubai
- 2000 The Duel
- 2016 Sword Master – Cult Leader
TV Series
[edit | edit source]- 1979 Reincarnated – Yun Fei Yang[8]
- 1980 On the Water Front – Yun Fei Yang
- 1993 Reincarnated II – Yun Fei Yang
- 1994 Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family – Yang Zongbao
- 1994 The Great General – Yang Zongbao
- 1996 The Snow is Red – Wan Tien Xing
- 1998 The Return of the Condor Heroes – Lu Zhanyuan / Gongsun Zhi
- 1998 Master Ma – Xue Changchun
- 2000 State of Divinity – Xiang Wentian
- 2001 The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heung – Xue Xiaoren
- 2008 Legend of the Fist: Chen Zhen – Satō Kashirakawa (Zuoteng Bachuan)
- 2010 The Patriotic Knights – Meng Shen Tong
- 2021 Word of Honor – Bi Cangfeng
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Norman Chui at IMDb
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- 1950 births
- Cantonese people
- 2024 deaths
- Hong Kong male film actors
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Hong Kong male television actors
- People from Xinhui District
- Hong Kong kung fu practitioners
- Sportspeople from Guangdong
- Male actors from Guangdong
- 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
- 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
- Chinese male film actors
- Chinese male television actors
- 20th-century Chinese male actors
- 21st-century Chinese male actors
- Deaths from esophageal cancer
- Deaths from cancer in China