Actor

Dean Shek Tin

Acting

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Acting credits

111

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.0

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Movies: 151Series: 3Crew credits: 57

TMDB ID: 26727

IMDb ID: nm0790925

Known for: Acting

Born: June 17, 1949

Died: September 20, 2021

Age: 72

Place of birth: Beijing, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1968 - 2016

Years active: 49

Average TMDB rating: 6.6

Wikidata: Q5246464

Also known as

石天 • Dean Shek Tin • Dean Shek • Shek Tin • Shi Tian • Lau Wai-sing

Other jobs

Presenter (26)Producer (18)Director (5)Assistant Director (3)Executive Producer (1)Production Manager (1)Production Supervisor (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Dean Shek Tin (Chinese: 石天) (17 June 1949—September 20, 2021) is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 acting credits to his name. He is perhaps best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 film, Drunken Master, Lung Sei in the 1987 film, A Better Tomorrow II, and Snooker in the 1990 film, The Dragon from Russia.