Shou Wan-por (, born July 17, 1960), known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong-American

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and

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. He is known for roles such as

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in the ''

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'' film series (1995 and 1997), Gobei in ''

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'' (1997),

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in '' Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li'' (2009), and 14K in the '' Death Race'' films (2008-2013). Shou was also a Hong Kong action star in the late 1980s and early 1990s and has appeared in about 40 movies during his Hong Kong career before he entered Hollywood in 1994.

Biography

Shou's first real dramatic role was in ''Forbidden Nights'' in 1990, with

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. Though only a TV film, this was his American debut. However, Shou went back to Hong Kong and continued making movies there. In 1994, Shou returned to

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whereupon he appeared as

, a Shaolin monk seeking revenge for the death of his younger brother, in ''Mortal Kombat''. Shou also appeared in a minor role in another fighting video game adaptation, '' DOA: Dead or Alive'', based on Tecmo's video game series of the same name, produced by ''Mortal Kombat'' director

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and producer

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. He played 14K in the '' Death Race'' series, and also appeared as

in 2009's '' Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li''. Shou trained

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for her role in ''

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''. He is fluent in English in addition to his native

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Robin Shou
Hong Kong Cinema interview with Robin Shou

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shou, Robin 1960 births Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from Palm Springs, California American sanshou practitioners Hong Kong martial artists Hong Kong male television actors Hong Kong male film actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Palm Springs High School people Hong Kong emigrants to the United States