Who is Bolo Yeung

Bolo Yeung was born in the suburbs of Canton in mainland China. He studied martial arts since a young age from local great masters. But, contrarily to many others, he is also interested in developing his physical strength through intensive muscular training.
During the 60s, he is forced to run away from communism, and leaves to take refuge in Hong Kong, where he first becomes a body-building teacher. In 1970, he is even consecrated as Mister Hong Kong. He held the title for ten years.
His strong corpulence and his obvious martial arts skills quickly attracted the attention of the big studios, particularly the Shaw Brothers that offer him in 1969 to act in Cheh Chang's "The Heroic Ones". Once his career is really started, Bolo Yeung does some more movies with Chang Cheh ("Wandering Swordsman","Deadly Duo","Angry Guest") before leaving the Shaw Brothers studios in 1971. Concurrently to his cinematographic adventures, he acts in a few TV ads, including one for the Winston cigarettes brand. It is this occasion that will lead him to meet with Bruce Lee.
In 1973 he was chosen by Bruce Lee to play in his new film "Enter The Dragon". Yeung played the role of "Bolo"- Shih Kien's enforcer in this film. Unfortunately, Bolo Yeung is once more reduced to a brainless character, whose only goal seems to be the most brutal possible destruction of his opponent. Worse, the movie does not propose any direct confrontation between Bruce Lee and Bolo Yeung. Even if this would have been planned for "Game Of Death" but the death of the "Little Dragon" puts a definite end to the hopes of Bolo. Yang accepted that this was his defining role, adopted the name and has been Bolo Yeung thereafter.

Alternate Names:
Yang Sze / Yeung See / Yeung Shut / Yang See / Yung Sze / Yang Szu / Yang Tse / Bolo Yeung Tze /Yang Tze / Yeung Tze
/ Sze Yang / Bolo Young / Bolo Yung / Young Zee.