Carter Wong Explained

Birth Date:	March 22, 1947
Birth Place:	British Hong Kong
Birth Name:	Wong Chia-ta, Huang Jiada (黃家達)
Occupation:	Actor, martial arts instructor
Years Active:	1972–present
Spouse:	Fanny

Carter Wong (born March 22, 1947) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist, who is mainly known for roles in Kung Fu action movies. The biggest movies he was featured in are Big Trouble in Little China (1986), and Yong zheng ming zhang Shao Lin men (1977). As an actor, he contributed to more than seventy martial arts films. He also worked as a stuntman in films, and was the fighting instructor for the movie Rambo III. Wong is still active in martial arts.^[1]

Acting

Wong’s first substantial movie role was in 1972, for the movie He qi dao, in which he played Kao Chang. Using several pseudonyms, Wong appeared in multiple martial arts movies for many years. The majority of his movies are shot in Hong Kong and Taiwan and spoken in his mother tongue Mandarin. With the growing popularity of Chinese kung fu films in the rest of the world, a great number of movies Wong played in were overdubbed in English, among which is the 1978 kung fu Hall Of Fame Classic Tai ji yuan gong (translated as Born Invincible), in which he plays a shaolin fighter that is trained so heavily from childhood on, that he is now impervious to weapons. With the film Yong zheng ming zhang Shao Lin men (1982. translated and released Shaolin Invincibles) he drew attention from Hollywood and he was invited to make movies there too.

Director

Besides roles in front of the camera, Wong has directed fighting scenes for a number of movies.

Other

Wong was a martial arts instructor for the Royal Hong Kong Police Department.

Filmography

• Hap Ki Do (1972) as Kao Chung
• Deadly China Doll (1973) as Pai Chien
• When Taekwondo Strikes (1973) as Jin Zhengzhi
• Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend (1973) as Himself
• Back Alley Princess (1973) as Chiang's eldest student
• The Tournament (1974) as Lau Siu-fung's brother
• The Skyhawk (1974) as Leo
• Naughty! Naughty! (1974) as Boss Feng's thug
• Kung Fu on the Bosporus (1974) as Captain Wong (new edit)
• 18 Shaolin Disciples (1975)
• The Seven Coffins (1975)
• The Association (1975) as policeman
• Hong Kong Superman (1975)
• The Dragon Tamers (1975) as Fang
• Dragon Gate (1975) as Chang Mao
• All in the Family (1975) as Policeman
• Marco Polo (1975) as Zu Jianmin
• Mutiny on the High Sea (1975)
• Heroes in the Late Ming Dynasty (1975) as Emperor
• Eight Hundred Heroes (1975) as Mr Wang
• 18 Bronzemen (1976) as Brother Wan
• Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue (1976) as Fang Shao-ching
• The Good, the Bad and the Loser (1976) as The Bad
• The Ming Patriots (1976)
• The Story of the Dragon (1976) as Mr Liu
• Shaolin Traitorous (1976) as Shang Yung
• Return of the 18 Bronzemen (1976) as Yong Zhen
• The Blazing Temple (1976)
• The Best of Shaolin Kung Fu (1976)
• The Last Battle of Yang Chao (1976) as Chu Chin-yeung
• The Invisible Terrorist (1976)
• The Shaolin Invincibles (1977) as Kan Feng-chih
• Princess and the Toxicant (1977)
• The Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977) as Shen Ping
• Shaolin Death Squads (1977)
• The Shaolin Kids (1977) as Shang Kuan-tung
• The Eight Masters (1977) as Chu Shiao-chieh
• Chivalrous Inn (1977)
• Killer from Above (1977) as Hsueh Ko-shu
• Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1977) as Japanese pilot
• The Shaolin Brothers (1977) as General Ko Lung-ta
• The Mysterious Heroes (1977) as Chu Tien-lung
• Shaolin Iron Finger (1977)
• The Rebel of Shao-Lin (1977) as Lei Pang-fei
• Super Kung Fu Fighter (1978)
• Snaky Knight Fight Against Mantis (1978) as Chan Sing-kwan
• Raging Tiger Vs. Monkey King (1978)
• Funny Kung Fu (1978) as Hsu Shi-chun
• Filthy Guy (1978)
• Born Invincible (1978) as Tieh Wu-ching
• Way of the Black Dragon (1978)
• Killer of Snake, Fox of Shaolin (1978) as wandering hero
• Magnificent Fist (1978)
• The Legendary Strike (1978) as Lord Yun
• The Magnificent (1979)
• Rage of the Dragon (1980) as Master Kwan
• Mr. Kwong Tung and the Robber (1980)
• The Luckiest Trio (1980) as Superintendent Wong
• The Furious Killer (1981)
• Gold Constables (1981)
• The Cold Blooded Murder (1981)
• Emperor of Shaolin Kung Fu (1981) as Tu, the butcher
• Interpol (1982)
• Blow Up (1982) as Red Skivvy
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986) as Thunder
• Hardcase and Fist (1988) as Eddy Lee
• Kickboxer the Champion (1990) (archive footage from The Magnificent)
• The Transmigration Romance (1991) as Mo Tsai
• The Way of the Lady Boxers (1992) as Captain Chiu Chie
• Sex for Sale (1993) as Huang
• Hope (1995) as office clerk in Canada
• Asian Cop: High Voltage (1995) as Police Officer
• Naked Angel (1996)
• Tiger Claws III: The Final Conflict (2000) as Master Jin
• One Arm Hero (2005) as Wong Ho
• Hero the Great (2005)
• The Stop Hit (2016) as Chief Chan Sing
• Monk Into the City (2017) as Shaolin Dashi
• Gung Fu, JKD & MMA (2019)

As fight director

• Raging Tiger Vs. Monkey King (1978)
• Magnificent Fist (1978)
• Sex for Sale (1993)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview with Carter Wong. April 2, 2018 .