Philip Kwok

{{For|the Hong Kong businessman and politician|Philip Kwok (businessman)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2024}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Philip Kwok | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = 陳舉陸 (Chan Kui-Luk) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|10|21}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | p = guō zhuī }} | module2 = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | alias = 郭振鋒 (Kwok Chun-Fung)<br /> | background = temporary }} }} {{family name hatnote|Kwok|lang=Chinese}} '''Philip Kwok''' ({{zh|c=郭追}}; also known as '''Kuo Chui''', '''Kwok Chui''', '''Kwok Chun-Fung'''; born 21 October 1951) is a Hong Kong–based Taiwanese actor, martial artist, and stuntman. He rose to fame as a member of the Venom Mob, an ensemble of martial arts actors who starred in several films for Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="t977">{{cite book | last1=Stokes | first1=L.O. | last2=Braaten | first2=R. | title=Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | series=Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-5381-2062-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkHCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA149 | access-date=9 September 2024 | page=149}}</ref><ref name="q734">{{cite book | last1=Yang | first1=J. | last2=Black | first2=A. | title=Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema | publisher=Atria Books | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-7434-4817-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amqzDMOzaCUC&pg=PA151 | access-date=9 September 2024 | page=151}}</ref> He played "Mad Dog", the main villain's henchman with high morals in John Woo's ''Hard Boiled'' (1992).<ref>{{cite book | last=Hall | first=K.E. | title=John Woo: The Films, 2d ed. | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-7864-8829-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVONAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186 | access-date=9 September 2024 | page=186}}</ref>

==Filmography== === Acting === {{Div col}} *''Dynamite Brothers'' (1974) – Tuen's henchman (uncredited) *''Na Cha the Great'' (1974) *''Hong hai er'' (1975) – Blue stone statue *''Marco Polo aka The Four Assassins'' (1975) – Chen Chieh / Chen Jie *''Shen hu'' (1975) *''Hand of Death'' (1976) *''Zhong yuan biao ju'' (1976) *''the Boxer Rebellion'' (1976) – Kung Fu demonstrator / Japanese *''Demon Fists of Kung Fu'' (1976) *''Master of the Flying Guillotine'' (1976) *''Savage Killers'' (1976) *''Cai li fa xiao zi'' (1976) *''Shaolin Temple'' (1976) – Lin Kwong-yao *''7-Man Army'' (1976) *''Yi qi guang gun zou tian ya'' (1977) *''The Naval Commandos'' (1977) *''Magnificent Wanderers'' (1977) – Wrestler *''The Brave Archer'' (1977) – Zhou Botong *''Chinatown Kid'' (1977) – White Dragon Boss *''Life Gamble'' (1978) – Qui Zi Yu *''The Brave Archer 2'' (1978) *''Five Deadly Venoms'' (1978) – He Yuan-xin, Gecko / Lizard<ref name="q734"/> *''Invincible Shaolin'' (1978) – Ho Ying Wu (Fishtail Pole) *''Crippled Avengers'' (1978) – Chen Shuen *''The Kings of Kung Fu'' (1978) – Leung *''Shaolin Rescuers'' (1979) – Ying Cha-Po *''Shaolin Daredevils'' (1979) – Liang Kuo-jen *''The Magnificent Ruffians'' (1979) – Yang Zhui Feng *''Kid with the Golden Arm'' (1979) – Agent Hai Tou *''Heaven and Hell'' (1980) – Cheng Tien-Yang *''Flag of Iron'' (1980) – Iron Panther *''Rebel Intruders'' (1980) – Wong Shu *''Legend of the Fox'' (1980) *''Ten Tigers of Kwangtung'' (1980) – Beggar So *''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'' (1981) – Yuan Cheng-chih *''Masked Avengers'' (1981) – Kao Yao / former No. 2 *''The Brave Archer 3'' (1981) *''Ninja in the Deadly Trap'' (1981) – Mao Tin-Yeung *''House of Traps'' (1982) – Zhi Hua – the Black Fox *''The Brave Archer and His Mate'' (1982) – Kuo Tsing *''Ode to Gallantry'' (1982) *''The Enchantress'' (1983) *''Holy Flame of the Martial World'' (1983) – Yama Elder *''Demon of the Lute'' (1983) *''Crazy Shaolin Disciples'' (1985) – Master Kuai *''Lady in Black'' (1987) – Kern *''The Big Heat'' (1988) – Ah Kam *''Fatal Love'' (1988) – Pow *''Hero of Tomorrow'' (1988) – Big B *''Legend of the Phoenix'' (1988) – Jikaku (Kujaku's Father) *''Seven Warriors'' (1989) – Au *''In the Line of Duty 6'' (1991) – Tam *''In the Line of Duty VII'' (1991) – Chui *''The Story of Ricky'' (1991) – Lin Hung *''Hard Boiled'' (1992) – Mad Dog *''The Cat'' (1992) – Wang Chieh-Mei *''Zen of Sword'' (1993) – God of War *''American Shaolin'' (1994) – Kung Ching, Cab Driver *''Shao Lin huo bao bei'' (1994) *''The Phantom Lover'' (1995) *''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) – General Chang<ref name="t977"/> *''Color of Pain'' (2002) *''The Eye 2'' (2004) – Monk, Buddhist Master

=== Stunts === *''Treasure Hunt'' (1994) – action director *''From Zero to Hero'' (1994) – action coordinator *''The Phantom Lover'' (1995) – stunt coordinator *''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) – stunt arranger *''The Sunshine Cops'' (1999) – action choreographer *''Double Tap'' (2000) – martial arts choreographer *''Lavender'' (2000) – stunt coordinator *''Comic King'' (2001) – stunt coordinator *''Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001) – fight choreographer<ref name="t977"/> *''Samourais'' (2002) – fight choreographer *''The Touch'' (2002) – stunt coordinator *''Yellow Dragon'' (2003) – action director *''Son of the Dragon'' (2006) – action director *''Blood Brothers'' (2007) – action choreography *''Ballistic'' (2008) – action choreographer *''Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters'' (2013) – stunt coordinator *''That Demon Within'' (2014) – stunt choreographer {{div col end}}

==See also== *Venom Mob

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name | id = 0477231 | name = Philip Kwok}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kwok, Philip}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Hong Kong male film actors Category:Taiwanese male film actors Category:Taiwanese stunt performers Category:Male actors from Taipei Category:Shaw Brothers Studio films Category:Hong Kong Buddhists