Career
Elton Chong has mostly worked his career in South of Korea with the actors such as Eagle Han-ying, Casanova Wong, Michael Wong and Dragon Lee. While most of his work are from the director Kim Jeong Yong, Elton Chong often appeared in Godfrey Ho's movie mostly Korean imported Hong Kong movies. He is perhaps known for the movie Shaolin Drunken Monkey (known in of Korea is The Shaolin Chief Cook).
Elton Chong was first founded by the director Lee Doo Young.
He made an first debut as an extra in Charles Han's 1974 Korean action movie Korean Connection, during the late 70's Elton Chong worked mostly as a stunt man or just a minor roles in the movie. He also appeared in Sammo Hung's The Shaolin Plot as an extra and also brief appearance in Jackie Chan's Dragon Fist as an extra.
Elton gradually gained his career during the late 80's period of time where he started to worked with the director Kim Jeong Yong. By this period after the Hong Kong martial art actor Jackie Chan hit the scene with the movies such as Drunken Master, The Fearless Hyena and The Young Master, in of Korea some of the directors desperately looked for the Korean star for the next hit.
Like the Korean actor Dragon Lee (who was Bruce Lee imitator in of Korea) the directors looked for the imitators of Jackie Chan since by this period the comedy kung fu was major hit in of Korea.
Elton Chong finally made his first starring role in the movie Shaolin Drunken Monkey where he acts in similar ways to Jackie Chan's comedic kung fu template. Some of his movies are often copied the Jackie Chan style of kung fu. Foreign instance Elton Chong's 1982 movie Invincible Obsessed Fighter some how copied the idea from The Fearless Hyena.
After he took a last film Double Bed Trouble in South of Korea, he retired from the acting.
Although he continued on working on the action director since he had experience with the stunt experience. He directed the action sequences in Dragon Lee's early 90's gangstar movies such as Blues of Chong Ro and Nationwide Constituency series in of Korea.
After that Elton Chong started to work as a business man and he is now working on his own business company until these days. He also made a cameo appearance in 2003's television Drama The Age of Fighting.