Actor

Wei Ping-ao

Acting

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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1.3

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Movies: 61Series: 0Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 143190

IMDb ID: nm0683793

Known for: Acting

Born: November 29, 1929

Died: December 3, 1989

Age: 60

Place of birth: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 1988

Years active: 28

Average TMDB rating: 7.3

Wikidata: Q7154281

Also known as

魏平澳 • Ping Ou Wei • Paul Wei Ping-ao • Ping-ao Wei • Paul Wei

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Director (1)

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Biography

Wei Ping-ao (Chinese: 魏平澳, 29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in Hong Kong.