Louis Fan (actor)

Louis Fan Siu-wong (born 19 June 1973), also known as Fan, is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He is best known for his role as Ricky in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) and as Jin Shanzhao in Ip Man (2008) and Ip Man 2 (2010), as well as his roles in some television series produced by TVB.

Louis Fan
樊少皇
Louis Fan at a press conference in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, on 22 May 2010 to promote The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.
Born
Fan Siu-wong

(1973-06-19) 19 June 1973
British Hong Kong
Other namesTerry Fan
Occupationactor
Years active1985–present
Spouse(s)
JJ Jia (m. 2016)
Children
  • 1 daughter
  • Alan Fan (son)
  • 1 daughter, with JJ Jia
Parent(s)
Chinese name
Chinese樊少皇
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fan.

Biography[1]

Fan is the son of Fan Mei-sheng, an actor of the Shaw Brothers Studio. When he was 14, his father sent him to Xuzhou, China, to learn gymnastics and wushu.

After completing his studies, Fan returned to the film industry and made his debut as a leading actor in Stanley Tong's The Stone Age Warriors (1991). In 1992, at the age of 18, Fan portrayed the titular character in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, a Hong Kong film based on the manga Riki-Oh.

Fan was a contract artiste under the Hong Kong television station TVB throughout the 1990s, and he starred in some television dramas like Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997) and Young Hero Fang Shiyu (1999). He left TVB later and worked on some Taiwanese and mainland Chinese television series before focusing on films.

Fan also portrayed "Jin Shanzhao", the tough Northern martial artist in the 2008 film Ip Man, which starred Donnie Yen as Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. Fan's performance in Ip Man earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2009. He reprised his role as Jin Shanzhao in Ip Man 2, a 2010 sequel to Ip Man. He played a new character in The Legend Is Born – Ip Man (2010), another movie about Yip Man that is unrelated to Ip Man and Ip Man 2.

Personal life

Louis has one daughter, and one son named Alan, who were born out of wedlock from his previous girlfriend, they broke up in 2002. In 2012, he began dating actress and singer JJ Jia. After announcing their engagement in November, the two were married on January 1, 2016 in a very private ceremony in Hong Kong.[2] In November 2017, they had a daughter, nicknamed Little Rice Bowl (小飯兜).

Filmography

Film
  • Amsterdam Connection (1978) - Fannie's Little Brother
  • Descendant of the Sun (1983)
  • The Master Strikes Back (1985) - Tung Hsiao Feng
  • Goodbye Mammie (1986)
  • Immortal Story (1986) - Li Wen Chi (teenager)
  • Righting Wrongs (1986) - Yu Chi-Wen / Sammy
  • Silent Love (1986) - Little Dragon
  • Dragons of the Orient (1988)
  • The Stone Age Warriors (1991) - Lung Fei
  • Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) - Riki-Oh Saiga
  • Chu sheng zhi du (1993)
  • Once a Cop (1993) - Alan Wong
  • Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (1994) - Tak
  • Master of Zen (1994) - Son Kwong / Wei Ho
  • Fearless Match (1994)
  • Portrait of a Serial Rapist (1994) - Policeman
  • Water Tank Murder Mystery (1994)
  • Chak wong (1995) - Smarty
  • Twist (1995, Short)
  • Informer (1995)
  • The Death Games (1997)
  • Unbeatables (2000)
  • Huo wu yao yang (2001)
  • Spy Gear (2001)
  • The Story of Freeman (2001) - Loon
  • Legend of Black Mask (2001) - Yung Chi Lieh / Death
  • Shadow Mask (2001) - Fu Tien-Ming / Shadow Mask
  • Hei se lei tai (2002) - Alex Wong
  • Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002) - Bai Xiao Hu
  • Invincible (2003)
  • Lethal Cop (2003)
  • Hot & Spicy (2003)
  • The Boxing King (2003)
  • Excessive Force (2004) - Hak / Brother Black
  • Kung Fu Fighter (2007) - Sam Long
  • Wu Seng (2007) - Yang Wu
  • Shao Lin jiang shi tian ji (2007) - Dragon Zhao / Steed Zhao
  • The Moss (2008) - Beggar
  • Connected (2008) - Tong
  • Butterfly Lovers (2008)
  • Ip Man (2008) - Jin
  • Give Love (2009)
  • Kung Fu Chefs (2009) - Wong Kai Joe
  • On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009) - Lord Unicorn
  • Split Second Murders (2009) - Brother Guo
  • Just Another Pandora's Box (2010) - Zhang Fei
  • Beauty on Duty! (2010) - Donnie Yuen
  • Future X-Cops (2010) - Kalong
  • Ip Man 2 (2010) - Jin Shan Zhao / Kam Shan-Chau
  • The Legend is Born – Ip Man (2010) - Ip Tin-chi / Tanaka Eiketsu
  • Flirting Scholar 2 (2010) - Grand Master
  • A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) - Ha Suet Fung Lui
  • The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) - Ma Jinliang
  • Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu (2011)
  • On My Way (2012)
  • Palace (2012)
  • Wu Dang (2012) - Shui Heyi
  • Pororo, The Racing Adventure (2013) - Zhong
  • Shimajirô to fufu no daibôken - sukue nanairo no hana (2013) - Donile Leung
  • Pay Back (2013)
  • The Monkey King (2014) - Juling Shen
  • Gekijouban Shimajirou no wao!: Shimajirou to kujira no uta (2014) - Goki Xu
  • Unbeatable Youth (2014)
  • Fight for Glory (2014)
  • Kung Fu Jungle (aka Kung Fu Killer) (2014) - Hung Yip
  • Gekijouban Shimajirou no wao!: Shimajirou to ehon no kuni (2016) - Li San Jung
  • Bounty Hunters (2016) - Bao Bao
  • Gekijouban Shimajirou no wao!: Shimajirou to niji no oashisu (2017) - Man Gon Leung
  • Return of Wukong (2017)
  • The Bravest Escort Group (2018)
  • Te zhong shi ming (2018) - Wuyou
  • The Big Holy Demon (2018)
  • Monster Undersea (2018)
  • Monster Undersea 2 (2018)
  • Attrition (2018) - Chen Man
  • The Great Sage Sun Wukong (2019) - Sun Wukong
  • Nocturnal Girl (2019)
  • Big Trouble in Dragon Palace (2019)

Television

[3] [4]

See also

References
  1. K Miller (22 December 2010). "Fan Siu Wong Interview". Martial Arts Movie Junkie. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. "Celebrity Weddings: JJ Jia and Louis Fan Wed on January 1". JayneStars.com.
  3. Louis Fan at lovehkfilm.com
  4. Louis Fan at chinesemov.com
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