Robin Shou


Shou Wan Por, known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and stuntman. Known for his role as Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat film series, as Gobei in Beverly Hills Ninja, as Gen in , and as 14K in Death Race films, Shou was also a Hong Kong action star in the late 1980s and early 1990s and has appeared in about 40 movies during his Hong Kong career before he entered Hollywood since 1994.

Biography

Shou's first real dramatic role was in Forbidden Nights in 1990, with Melissa Gilbert. Though only a TV film, this was his American debut. However, Shou went back to Hong Kong and continued making movies there. In 1994, Shou returned to Los Angeles whereupon he appeared as Liu Kang, a Shaolin monk seeking revenge for the death of his younger brother, in Mortal Kombat.
Shou also appeared in a minor role in another fighting video game adaptation, ', based on Tecmo's video game series of the same name, produced by Mortal Kombat director Paul W. S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. He played 14K in the Death Race series, and also appeared as Gen in 2009's '. Shou trained Milla Jovovich for her role in Resident Evil.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games