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Bolo Yeung
Birth at
3 July 1946
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Yang Jie (Bolo Yeng) was born in Canton, China, to a businessman. Like many other young people, Bolo began learning kung fu from local masters. In addition, he was fond of acrobatics and weight lifting. Over time, he even became China’s heavy lifting champion. In the mid-60s, fleeing a communist future or simply looking for new opportunities, Bolo swam across the strait separating Hong Kong from China. In Hong Kong, he opened a bodybuilding school, came to the attention of one of the agents of the
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Yang Jie (Bolo Yeng) was born in Canton, China, to a businessman. Like many other young people, Bolo began learning kung fu from local masters. In addition, he was fond of acrobatics and weight lifting. Over time, he even became China’s heavy lifting champion.
In the mid-60s, fleeing a communist future or simply looking for new opportunities, Bolo swam across the strait separating Hong Kong from China. In Hong Kong, he opened a bodybuilding school, came to the attention of one of the agents of the Shau brothers’ studio, who offered him to star in films. As a rule, they had to play muscular, bullying villains. And usually foreigners. The more Bolo pumped, the more roles became. In 1970, Bolo won the title of Mr. Hong Kong. A year later, he said goodbye to Shaw Studio.
In 1973, Bruce Lee cast him in his movie The Dragon's Coming Out as a villain, of course. Bruce Bolo had already met while filming a cigarette commercial and was happy to work with him again. Moreover, they became friends and did not miss an opportunity to train together and discuss one or two aspects of kung fu.
During the 70s and 80s, Bolo tirelessly starred in action films, in which he worked out the “rough” style that became his trademark and repeatedly “dyed” from the legs, hands and heads of the main characters. In some cases, such as with Van Damme, the scenes were more comical than the script. For "Legacy of Rage," Bolo had to personally train Brandon Lee to make the aspiring actor look a worthy opponent for him. About working with the son of his friend Bolo recalls reluctantly – only that in the gym Brandon, as a rule, appeared at twelve hours instead of the agreed nine.
Shootfighter: Fight to Death and Shootfighter2: Kill or Be Killed Bolo got a rare chance to play on the side of good uncles. In real life, Bolo is more likely to play on the same side. He dedicated his life to his son David. The day of Bolo begins with a two-hour training with weights, then does tai ji. Whether as a joke, or seriously, he claims that he dreams of filming a sequel to “Escape the Dragon” ... and playing the main character there!