Leung Kar-Yan

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Leung Kar-Yan

Beardy, Leung Ka-Yan, John Liang Chia-Jen, The Postman, Leung Chia-Lun , Liang Chia-Ren, Leung Kir-Yan, Carlton Leung, Bryan Leung, Leung Ka-Yin, Liang Jia-Ren, Liang Jiaren
Born: January 20th, 1949 (Hong Kong)


Filmography *(1974-2024)*

	Actor (169 films)
		Shaolin Martial Arts (1974) ... Ba Kang
		Five Shaolin Masters (1974) ... Chien San
		Marco Polo (1975) ... Caldalu
		Heroine Kan Lien Chu (1976) ... Lama #1 (ring)
		Boxer Rebellion (1976) ... Chen Chang
		7-Man Army (1976) ... Mongolian Colonel Hu Qi
		The Shaolin Avengers (1976) ... Peng Bu-Yun
		The New Shaolin Boxers (1976) ... Feng's main thug
		Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes (1977) ... Captain Koo
		Ten Brothers of Shaolin (1977) ... Commander Tsao
		One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry (1977) ... Pan Keung-Yan
		Eagle's Claw (1977) ... Chow pupil #1
		The Iron Monkey (1977) ... Captain Yi
		Clutch of Power (1977) ... 'Black Meteor'
		My Life's on a Line (1978) ... Chow Sau Tung
		Three Shaolin Musketeers (1978)
		The Souls of the Sword (1978)
		Two Great Cavaliers (1978) ... Sung Hua
		Eagle's Claws & the Butterfly Palm (1978) ... One of the 4 Knights
		The Green Jade Statuette (1978) ... Wu brother with beard
		The Master and the Kid (1978)
		Enter the Fat Dragon (1978) ... Professor Pai's kung fu thug
		Ways of Kung Fu (1978) ... Shang King
		Warriors Two (1978) ... Master Tsang/Leung Jan
		Iron Fists (1979) ... Liang Pao / Leng Piao
		Knockabout (1979) ... Dai Pao
		Sleeping Fist (1979) ... Chin Ta-Khan
		Odd Couple (1979) ... Laughing Bandit/Scarface
		His Name Is Nobody (1979) ... Koo the Iron Heart
		Cantonen Iron Kung Fu (1979) ... 3rd brother Liang Kun
		The Thundering Mantis (1980) ... Ah Chi, the fishmonger
		The Victim (1980) ... Leung Chung Yau
		Two on the Road (1980)
		Dreadnought (1981) ... Leung Foon
		Legend of a Fighter (1982) ... Older Fok Yun Gap
		Postman Strikes Back (1982) ... Courier Ma
		The Miracle Fighters (1982) ... Old man
		The Pier (1983)
		The Shanghai Thirteen (1984) ... Millionaire
		Sheng Tiao Hero (1984) ... Willow
		The Big Sting (1984) ... Chang Ren Long
		The Legend of All Men Are Brothers (1984)
		Demon Strike (1984) ... Master Chiao
		New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984) ... Woo Yat Do/Wu Yi-Dao
		Profile in Anger (1984) ... Leung Chun Yue
		Secret Service of the Imperial Court (1984) ... Sgt Chao Pu-Fan / Zhao Bufa
		How to Choose a Royal Bride (1985) ... Jin Diao Tong
		This Man Is Dangerous (1985) ... Officer Leung
		Danger Has Two Faces (1985) ... Jin Zhi Jiang
		Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985) ... [Cameo at the end]
		Hong Kong Godfather (1985) ... Mad Wei
		Exciting Dragon (1985) ... Ko But Lee
		The Close Encounter of the Vampire (1986)
		On the Red (1986) ... Father
		The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1986)
		Tiger Cage (1988) ... Hsiu
		Gangland Brothers (1989) ... Boss San-Ye
		Satanic Crystals (1989)
		Killer Angels (1989)
		Final Run (1989)
		Avenging Trio (1989)
		It Runs in the Family (1990)
		Firefox's Killer (1990)
		My Hero (1990) ... Hung Yi
		Brave Young Girls (1990)
		Crystal Hunt (1991) ... Policeman
		Legend of the Dragon (1991) ... Uncle Yun / Mo Yan
		The Last Blood (1991) ... Stone
		The Tigers (1991) ... Lam Hai-Tim
		Red Shield (1991) ... Officer Wong Tien Ting
		Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues (1991) ... Senior in Hwa's Triad
		The Banquet (1991)
		The New Marvelous Double (1992)
		Shogun and Little Kitchen (1992) ... Mr Tong
		The Shootout (1992) ... Insp. Ma
		Justice, My Foot! (1992) ... Lord Tien / Commissioner Tin
		Invincible (1992)
		Clans of Interigue (1993)
		Fight Back to School III (1993) ... Officer Lai
		Last Hero in China (1993) ... Leung Fu
		Flirting Scholar (1993) ... Mo Chong Yuen
		The Tigers - The Legend of Canton (1993) ... Invincible Fist
		Vampire Family (1993) ... Chan Wen / Man Vamp
		I Love Miss Fox (1993) ... Attorney Chau
		Bogus Cops (1993) ... Karl Choi/Mrs Choi [2 Roles]
		Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) ... Notorious Jinx- Deer Man/Luk Sin-Sang
		Marked for Murder (1994)
		The Kung Fu Scholar (1994) ... Lee Tai Chun / Lee Man Lung
		Wong Fei Hung Series: The Suspicious Temple (1995)
		Don't Give a Damn (1995) ... No-nonsense policeman
		Out of the Dark (1995) ... Mr Wu
		Wong Fei Hung Series: The Headless General (1996)
		Stooge, My Love (1996) ... Mr Man
		The Death Games (1997) ... Fu
		Sword Knight-Errant (1999)
		A Sympathetic Killer (1999)
		Millennium Dragon (1999) ... Chairman of Joint Intelligent Committee
		Stand in Between (2000)
		Camouflage (2000)
		Cold War (2000) ... Twins
		Conman in Tokyo (2000) ... Turkey
		The Warning Time (2000)
		Deathnet.com (2000) ... Ted's superior
		Set Me Free (2001)
		Dark War (2001) ... Mr. Tsui
		The Prisoner (2002) ... 6th uncle
		Eternal Flame of Fatal Attraction (2003)
		A Tragic Room (2003) ... Teahouse boss [cameo]
		The Story of Long (2003) ... Chan Kwok-Yan
		Super Powerful Man (2004)
		Fairy Legend (2004)
		The Kingdom of Darkness (2004)
		Bust Family (2004) ... Tung Fai
		Evil Bewitchment (2005)
		En Chou Jie (2005)
		Legend of the Dragon (2005) ... Master Bull Hero
		Hung Kuen Vs Wing Chun (2006) ... Liang Xiangdong
		Nothing Is Impossible (2006) ... Vivian's father
		Eastern Legend (2007)
		Kung Fu Dunk (2008) ... Master Fei
		Ocean Flame (2008) ... Third Brother
		On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009) ... Clement
		Just Call Me Nobody (2010) ... Wu Di's father/General Li
		Kung-Fu Master (2010)
		True Legend (2010) ... Su Wan-Kun
		Legend of the Swordsman (2010)
		Empire of Assassins (2011) ... Emperor Wang Shi Chong
		Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011) ... 1) Jennifer's father
		The Iron Blood and Red Heart (2011)
		BMW Rhapsody (2012)
		The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) ... Hyena chief
		Promise Time (2012)
		The Guillotines (2012) ... Gonge [voice: Cantonese]
		Glory Days (2013) ... Lao Chen
		Kung-Fu Family (2013)
		Game of Assassins (2013) ... King of Wei
		Lucky Dog (2013)
		Saving General Yang (2013) ... Lord Pang Renmei
		Badges of Fury (2013) ... Tiger Crane Lucky
		Ameera (2014) ... Eric
		The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane (2014)
		The Rule of Cosmetic (2015) ... Father
		Bloody Destiny (2015)
		Ip Man 3 (2015) ... Tin Ngo-San
		Fall in Love (2016) ... Liu Fu
		Gambler's Redemption (2016)
		Good Night (2016)
		Legend of Poker King (2016)
		Pan Yinlian Monitoring Events (2016)
		Realm of the Immortals (2016)
		Macau Happy Storm (2017)
		The Bravest Escort Group (2018) ... Yang's father
		Nine To Nirvana (2018) ... Jiang Nanhe
		Kung Fu League (2018) ... Director Zhang
		Lie Yao Shu (2019)
		My KOI Boyfriend (2020)
		The Big Explosion (2020) ... Cao Qian-Hu
		Blood Weeping Blade of Lanling King (2021)
		My Love Prescription (2021)
		Mu Gui Ying Gua Shuai Po Tian Men (2021)
		Revenge (2021)
		Legend of Changsheng (2021)
		Secret Service Agent (2021)
		Heroes Have Dreams (2022) ... Chen Buren
		Young Heroes of Chaotic Times (2022)
		The Crisis Rescue (2022)
		Snaker In Golden (2023) ... Nan Hua
		Kungfu Boys (2023) ... Grandpa
		Chase the Murder (2024)

	Director (10 films)
		Profile in Anger (1984)
		My Hero (1990)
		Bogus Cops (1993)
		A Sympathetic Killer (1999)
		Cold War (2000)
		Deadline Crisis (2002)
		The Prisoner (2002)
		Eternal Flame of Fatal Attraction (2003)
		The Story of Long (2003)
		The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane (2014)

	Writer (4 films)
		Profile in Anger (1984)
		My Hero (1990)
		Bogus Cops (1993)
		The Story of Long (2003)

	Action Director (2 films)
		The Prisoner (2002)
		Legend of the Swordsman (2010)

	Producer (7 films)
		Bogus Cops (1993)
		A Sympathetic Killer (1999)
		Outburst (1999)
		Cold War (2000)
		Dark War (2001)
		The Story of Long (2003)
		The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane (2014)

	2nd Unit Director (1 film)
		Tiger Cage II (1990)

	Second Assistant Director (1 film)
		Mr. Nice Guy (1997)

	Action Choreographer (2 films)
		Profile in Anger (1984)
		Bogus Cops (1993)

	Action Designer (1 film)
		Satanic Crystals (1989)

	Martial Arts Director (4 films)
		Clutch of Power (1977)
		Two Great Cavaliers (1978)
		The Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)
		My Hero (1990)

	Presenter (1 film)
		The Story of Long (2003)

	Planning (2 films)
		Cantonen Iron Kung Fu (1979)
		My Hero (1990)


Biography

	Born in Hong Kong with origins in Guangdong, Liang Chia-Jen started training in martial arts as a kid. In 1974 he joined Shaw Brothers and his first movie was director Chang Cheh's "Five Shaolin Masters". Liang followed director Chang who subsequently opened Chang's Films Co. in Taiwan. Liang played mostly the role of a villain. After the movie company closed down, Liang started free-lancing between Taiwan and Hong Kong, and gradually built his fame as an action star. He played key roles in movies as "Warriors Two", "Odd Couple", "Legend of a Fighter" and "Postman Strikes Back". In recent years Liang focused on TV dramas produced in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Mainland. Liang established the Bryan Films Co. Ltd. in 1992. Among the movies he produced, Liang was script-writer, producer and director of "Cold War" and "Bogus Cop". From the Celestial DVD release of "Danger Has Two Faces"