Education
Bolo began his martial arts training at the age of 10 in Guangzhou, where he studied under several kung fu masters.
杨斯, 楊斯
Bolo began his martial arts training at the age of 10 in Guangzhou, where he studied under several kung fu masters.
Primarily cast as the villain in the movies in which he stars, he is best known for his performances as Bolo in Enter the Dragon, as Chong Li in Bloodsport, and for his numerous appearances and long-spanning career in the martial arts filmography for Hong Kong"s motion picture industry. He held the title for ten years. Because of his impressively muscular physique, he was chosen for several bad guy roles in films produced by Shaw Brothers Studios, such as The Heroic Ones, The Deadly Duo, Angry Guest and others
He left Shaw Brothers in 1971.
Bolo met Bruce Lee while the two were filming a Winston cigarettes commercial. A friendship emerged and Bruce invited him to star in Enter the Dragon, where he became known as "Bolo", the name of the character he portrayed.
The two became close friends during the filming of Enter the Dragon, where Bruce and Bolo worked very closely on technique training. During the 1970s and "80s, Bolo starred in numerous kung fu films, but his breakout film was Bloodsport, based on the allegedly true story of Frank Dux.
Shot on a $United States 1.5 million budget, it became a United States box-office hit in the spring of 1988.
Jean-Claude Van Damme had the leading role as Frank Dux, while Bolo Yeung played the role of Chong Li. Canadian action film actor, director and producer Jalal Merhi met Bolo in Hong Kong while shooting his first film Fearless Tiger, then again on the set of Double Impact. Jalal was impressed with his personality and ability, and decided to create a part specifically for Bolo.
Later Merhi worked with Yeung on more films such as Tiger Claws, TC 2000 and Tiger Claws 2.
In 2007, Bolo made a rare appearance as a protagonist in Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter. Jalal Merhi directed the first 60 minutes of the film that was shot in Toronto, but due to other commitments could not complete the remaining part of the film in Russia.
Producer Erken Ialgashev directed the remainder of the film. Due to legal issues, the film remains unreleased.