{{Short description|Hong Kong–based Chinese actor, martial artist, and Hung Ga practitioner}} {{family name hatnote|Chi|lang=Chinese}} {{infobox person | name = Chi Kuan-Chun | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|6|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = Guangdong, Republic of China | occupation = Actor, martial artist | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 戚冠軍 | s = 戚冠军 | p = Qī Guànjūn }} }} '''Chi Kuan-Chun''' (born June 14, 1949), also known as '''Chik Goon-Gwan''',<ref name="hkcm">{{cite web|url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=594|title=Hong Kong Cinemagic - Chi Kuan Chun (accessed on August 31, 2011)}}</ref> is a Hong Kong–based Chinese actor, martial artist, and Hung Ga practitioner.<ref name="hkcm" /> He is best known for playing Shaolin rebel Hu Huei Chien (Hu Hui Gan) in several martial arts films in the 1970s.<ref name="flkcinema">{{cite web|url=http://www.flkcinema.com/Biographies2.asp?Star=10|title=www.flkcinema.com - Chi Kuan Chun Biography (accessed on September 1, 2011)}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also co-starred with Alexander Fu in many films at that time.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156891/bio|title=IMDB - Biography for Kuan-Chun Chi (accessed on September 1, 2011)|website=IMDb }}</ref>
==Life and career== Born as Wu Dong-Wai<ref name="hkcm" /> in Guangdong, China, Chi went to Hong Kong with his family at early age.<ref name="flkcinema" /> He graduated from Sam Yuk Middle School and took acting course at the Cathay Studio<ref name="hkcm" /> in 1968. After winning first place at the "Manhood Competition" held by the Chiang Jiang Film Company, Chi signed with Chang’s Film Company, a division of the Shaw Brothers. His acting debut was Chang Cheh's ''Men From The Monastery'', and had since appeared in many of Chang's later films, including ''Shaolin Martial Arts'', ''Disciples Of Shaolin'', ''The Shaolin Avengers'' and ''Magnificent Wanderers''.<ref name="hkcm" /> After completing his contract with Chang Cheh in 1976, Chi founded Champion Film Company.<ref name="hkcm"/><ref name="flkcinema" /> In 1977, he went to Taiwan to further his career, and starred in films like ''Showdown at the Cotton Mill''.<ref name="flkcinema" /><ref name="imdb" />
In 1990s he retired but made a comeback in Lau Kar-Leung's ''Drunken Monkey'' (2003)<ref name="hkcm" /> and later in Tsui Hark's ''Seven Swords'' (2005).<ref name="flkcinema" /><ref name="imdb" />
==Hung Gar school== Chi started his Hung Gar training in 1961 with Chiu Wai in Hong Kong and is the 4th generation disciple of Wong Fei-hung's lineage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belabed.be/lineage.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920064032/http://www.belabed.be/lineage.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-09-20|title=European Hung Gar Masters - The Original Lineage Chart (accessed on September 1, 2011)}}</ref> In October 2000, he established his own Hung Gar school, Chi Kuan-Chun Martial Arts Hong Quan Institute.<ref name="flkcinema" />
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ List of acting performances in film<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4100&display_set=eng|title=Hong Kong Movie Database - Chi Kuan-Chun (accessed on August 31, 2011)}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | ''Men from the Monastery'' | align="center"| 1974 | Hu Huei Chien | |- ! scope="row" | ''Five Shaolin Masters'' | align="center"| 1974 | Li Shih-Kai | |- ! scope="row" | ''Shaolin Martial Arts'' | align="center"| 1974 | Pa Chung/Chen Bao Rong | |- ! scope="row" | ''Disciples of Shaolin'' | align="center"| 1975 | Wang Hon | |- ! scope="row" | ''Marco Polo'' | align="center"| 1975 | Zhou Xingzheng | |- ! scope="row" | ''7-Man Army'' | align="center"| 1976 | Private Chu Tiancheng | |- ! scope="row" | ''Boxer Rebellion'' | align="center"| 1976 | Shuai Fang Yun | |- ! scope="row" | ''Shaolin Temple'' | align="center"| 1976 | Hu Hui Gan | |- ! scope="row" | ''{{sortname|The|Shaolin Avengers}}'' | align="center"| 1976 | Hu Huigan | |- ! scope="row" | ''Eagle's Claw'' | align="center"| 1977 | Chen Tien Chun | |- ! scope="row" | ''Magnificent Wanderers'' | align="center"| 1977 | Shi Da Yong | |- ! scope="row" | ''{{sortname|The|Naval Commandos}}'' | align="center"| 1977 | Capt. Hu Jing Duan | |- ! scope="row" | ''{{sortname|The|Golden Mask|The Golden Mask (1977 film)}}'' | align="center"| 1977 | Lung Chun San | |- ! scope="row" | ''{{sortname|The|Iron Monkey}}'' | align="center"| 1977 | Fung Kong | |- ! scope="row" | ''{{sortname|The|Murder of Murders}}'' | align="center"| 1978 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Shaolin Invincible Guys'' | align="center"| 1978 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Shaolin Kung Fu Master'' | align="center"| 1978 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Eagle's Claw and Butterfly Palm'' | align="center"| 1978 | patriot (cameo) | |- ! scope="row" | ''Revenge of the Shaolin Kid'' | align="center"| 1978 | Lee Tien Chow | |- ! scope="row" | ''Showdown at the Cotton Mill'' | align="center"| 1978 | Hu Huigan | |- ! scope="row" | ''Ways of Kung Fu'' | align="center"| 1978 | Ta Kung | |- ! scope="row" | ''Green Jade Statuette'' | align="center"| 1978 | Wu Kang | |- ! scope="row" | ''Iron Fisted Eagle's Claw'' | align="center"| 1979 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Shaolin Red Master'' | align="center"| 1979 | Su | |- ! scope="row" | ''Relentless Broken Blade'' | align="center"| 1979 | Chiu Yi-Han | |- ! scope="row" | ''Immortal Warriors'' | align="center"| 1979) | cameo | |- ! scope="row" | ''{{sortname|The|Big Rascal}}'' | align="center"| 1979 | Ho | Director/writer |- ! scope="row" | ''Snake Shadow, Lama Fist'' | align="center"| 1979 | Chi Yuen | |- ! scope="row" | ''Yoga and the Kung Fu Girl'' | align="center"| 1979 | Ho Fei | |- ! scope="row" | ''The Battle of Ku-ning-tou'' | align="center"| 1979 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Yongmun Swordsman'' | align="center"| 1979 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Roving Heroes'' | align="center"| 1980 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Beggars Have No Equal'' | align="center"| 1980 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Queen Bee'' | align="center"| 1981 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Black Eagle's Blades'' | align="center"| 1981 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Eagle Fists'' | align="center"| 1981 | Liu Chin Chun | |- ! scope="row" | ''Queen Bee's Revenge'' | align="center"| 1981 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Iron Neck Li'' | align="center"| 1981 | Iron Neck Li Yung | |- ! scope="row" | ''Little Flying Dragon'' | align="center"| 1982 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Lone Ninja Warrior'' | align="center"| 1982 | Wild Wolf | |- ! scope="row" | ''Bloody Mission'' | align="center"| 1982 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Crazy Horse, Intelligent Monkey'' | align="center"| 1982 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery'' | align="center"| 1982 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Rescue from Hades'' | align="center"| 1982 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Shanghai 13'' | align="center"| 1984 | Leopard | |- ! scope="row" | ''Thunder of Gigantic Serpent'' | align="center"| 1984 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''King of Snake'' | align="center"| 1984 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Lucky Dragon'' | align="center"| 1991 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Lady Killer (1)'' | align="center"| 1992 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Wolf of Revenge'' | align="center"| 1992 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Guardian Angel'' | align="center"| 1994 | | |- ! scope="row" | ''Drunken Monkey'' | align="center"| 2003 | Yu Hoi Yeung | |- ! scope="row" | ''Seven Swords'' | align="center"| 2005 | Qiu Luo Dong | |- ! scope="row" | ''That Demon Within'' | align="center"| 2014 | Dave's father | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0156891|Kuan-Chun Chi}} * {{Hkmdb name|4100|Chi Kuan-Chun}}
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