Yuen Biao (born Ha Lingchun; 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman.
He was one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School along with his "brothers" Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.
Born Ha Lingchun (Chinese: 夏令震) in Nanjing, China on the 26th July 1957, he was the fifth child in a family of eight children.
During his early acting period, he adopted the anglicised name Bill Yuen for use on the Hong Kong films that were released internationally.
However, recognising the growing success of Jackie Chan, Golden Harvest were keen to give him a similar name, and on some international film prints, he was credited as Jimmy Yuen.
[3] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, thanks to his good friends and former classmates, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, he began working more frequently as an actor.
During this time he began to concentrate more on television work and took lead roles in the series Righteous Guards and The Legend of a Chinese Hero in 1998.
[4] The series has since been re-edited for release as a film, entitled Shuang Long Ji (aka Legend of Twins Dragon).
The aim of the program was to find a new star, skilled in acting and martial arts, to become Chan's "successor", the champion being awarded the lead role in a film.