Gordon Liu
Chia Hui Liu (Chinese刘家辉spoken, Liu Chia- Hui, born as Xian Qi Xi, also known as Gordon Liu, Lau Kar - Fai, Liu Jia Hui, born November 30, 1955 in Guangdong, China) is a Chinese martial arts actor. He is the adopted brother of director and actor Lau Kar - leung ( Liu Chia- Liang ).
He is famous for his role of the Shaolin monk San Te in the film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. For this movie also his trademark shaved head comes from. Quentin Tarantino brought him before a wide audience with the films Kill Bill - Volume 1 as Johnny Mo and Kill Bill - Volume 2 as Pai Mei.
Biography
The parents moved shortly after his birth in Hong Kong. As a teenager he allegedly skipped school to train Hung Gar Kung Fu. His parents knew nothing about it. He trained at Charn Liu, Lin Shi Rong's a student who was a direct student of Wong Fei Hung himself. His teacher adopted him later. As an adopted son he adopted the name Lau Kar Fei.
Quentin Tarantino was a longtime fan of Liu and hoped long that he would find a suitable role for him in one of his films. He found with the cast as Johnny Mo and Pai Mei in his Kill Bill films. Since then, interest in Liu has again become stronger, especially for Chinese television productions.