Gordon Liu is a Actor and Director Hongkongais born on 22 august 1951 at Guangdong (Chine)
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Birth name 刘贺辉Lau Ga FaiNationality Hong kongBirth 22 august 1951 (72 years) at Guangdong (
Chine)
Gordon Liu (劉家輝; Lau Ka-Fai; pinyin: Liu Jiahui, formerly spelled Liu Chia-Hui, birth name Xian Jinxi; born August 22, 1955) is a Chinese martial arts film actor and martial artist. He became famous for playing the lead role of San Te in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and its sequels. He also played kung fu master Pai Mei in Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), and Johnny Mo in Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), the head general of the Crazy 88, O-Ren Ishii's (Lucy Liu) personal army.
Biography
Liu was born in Guangdong Province, China. He trained at Lau Cham's martial arts school of Hung Gar discipline, which descended from Wong Fei Hung's grand student (father to Lau Kar Leung). Liu is often wrongly cited as being the adopted son of Lau Cham, and adoptive brother of famed directors / actors Lau Kar-leung (Liu Chia-Liang) and Lau Kar-wing (Liu Chia-Yung). In fact, he was not adopted by the Lau brothers' family, he is actually just Lau Cham's godson. In his youth, he skipped school to train in Chinese martial arts without his parents' knowledge. Lau Cham's wife assisted in his training and due to the friendship and respect he felt for his sifu and his wife, he took on the name Lau Kar Fai. As he grew up, he found a job as a shipping clerk to make ends meet. His interests had always been towards martial arts and he was eventually offered a role by Lau Kar Leung. His name prior to being adopted was Xian Jinxi (冼錦熙). Gordon went through two marriages. He has two daughters from his first marriage, and a son and daughter from his second marriage.
Stroke & Recovery
In August 2011, while in To Kwa Wan performing with his band, it was reported that Gordon suffered a stroke and hit his head. It was revealed that he had partial right-sided paralysis and a speech impairment as a consequence of the stroke. To complicate matters, his estranged family (from his second marriage) had begun pressuring him for money. Depressed at his physical state and family complications, he isolated himself in a nursing home. In June 2012, Gordon decided to divorce his second wife and continues on the road to recovery.
During his medical crisis, Gordon entrusted his assets to his assistant, Eva Fung. However, after he recovered sufficiently to manage his finances, Eva refused to return his assets. Gordon attempted to settle the matter in court against Eva; by April 29, 2014, just a day before disputing it in court, Eva agreed to return Gordon's assets with interest. He legally made actress Amy Fan, his guardian; she has been helping Gordon manage his affairs as he has physical limitations because of his health. He was last seen in company with some TVB friends during spring 2014.
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