Fan Mei-sheng (; born 13 September 1942) also known as Fan Mui-sang, is a prolific

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Cantonese actor. Fan Mei-sheng started acting in movies from 1964; his first movie was ''The Story of Sue San''. He made his name in

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shang ...

productions, including the role of 'Black Whirlwind' in ''All Men Are Brothers.'' Through the 1970s and 1980s, he was often cast as the villain in many Hong Kong martial arts films and thrillers. In 1979, Fan replaced Simon Yuen (who died during filming) in '' The Magnificent Butcher'', which became one of his best-known performances. He played the role of Fat Master in the 1980 film '' The Buddhist Fist''. His role as an explosives man in the 1982 film ''The Postman Fights Back'' became another one of his best-known performances. He also acted in the 1985

Michael Cimino Michael Antonio Cimino ( , ; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American filmmaker. He achieved fame as the director of ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and ...

film '' Year of the Dragon''; and in total has acted in one hundred films. In addition, he directed one film, ''Amsterdam Connection'', in 1978, and produced another, ''Dark Side of Chinatown'', in 1989. Mei-sheng is the father of actor Louis Fan Siu-wong, with whom he appeared in the 1992 film '' Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky''. He retired from acting in 1994, and has since been his son's manager, as well as a professor at the Shanghai School of Performing Arts. He had a minor role, again alongside his son, in the 2018 film '' Attrition''.

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