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<h2 id="life">Life</h2> <h3>Early life</h3> <p>Tiger Chen was born on 3 March 1975 in <a href="/facts/Chengdu/0o7w6dvR">Chengdu</a>, <a href="/facts/Sichuan/e65P53aD">Sichuan</a>, where he studied the <a href="/facts/Chinese_martial_arts/KuosrvwT">Chinese martial arts</a>. By age 18, he enrolled into Sichuan Wushu Team. He won the National Youth Martial Arts Competition in China. </p><p>At the age of 19, Tiger Chen went to the United States. He lived in a small wooden shack behind a shopping plaza in Gloucester Township, New Jersey. There he taught <a href="/facts/Tai_chi/UwGJXgWq">tai chi</a> and weapons classes to the students of the Tang Soo Karate Academy which was located in the plaza. He said: "In China, at least you can practice kung fu and attend martial arts competitions, but in the United States, you will find that most of your time in washing the dishes and being a <a href="/facts/Porter_(carrier)/5yJKg2Vo">porter</a>."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Tiger Chen became a student of <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a> martial artist <a href="/facts/Yuen_Woo-ping/wE2wKjdq">Yuen Woo-ping</a> in 2000s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Film career</h3> <p>In 1998, Tiger Chen began his film career by holding a post on the fight choreography team as an assistant under Yuen<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> in <i><a href="/facts/The_Matrix/gbIXGnEK">The Matrix</a></i>, a <a href="/facts/Science_fiction_film/cNsrPn3y">science fiction</a> <a href="/facts/Action_film/5TjVB0kf">action film</a> starring <a href="/facts/Keanu_Reeves/lTDhqS0j">Keanu Reeves</a>, <a href="/facts/Laurence_Fishburne/gkl30hlM">Laurence Fishburne</a>, <a href="/facts/Carrie-Anne_Moss/bQBmVKws">Carrie-Anne Moss</a>, <a href="/facts/Hugo_Weaving/dkXoxEnp">Hugo Weaving</a> and <a href="/facts/Joe_Pantoliano/GfIPpMss">Joe Pantoliano</a>. At the same time, he became best friends with Keanu Reeves. Chen also held the post of choreographer in <i><a href="/facts/Charlie%2527s_Angels_(2000_film)/dm5gJvKc">Charlie's Angels</a></i> (2000), <i><a href="/facts/Once_in_the_Life/E99fCLHT">Once in the Life</a></i> (2000) and <i><a href="/facts/Kill_Bill%3a_Volume_1/794djoyl">Kill Bill: Volume 1</a></i> (2003). </p><p>Tiger Chen had a minor role as a ronin in <i><a href="/facts/The_Matrix_Reloaded/huFoblfl">The Matrix Reloaded</a></i> (2003), the second film of <a href="/facts/The_Matrix_(franchise)/YVA5Tum1">the <i>Matrix</i> trilogy</a>. In 2005, he appeared as a martial artist in <i><a href="/facts/House_of_Fury/jckdsj2I">House of Fury</a></i> with <a href="/facts/Anthony_Wong_(Hong_Kong_actor)/bj2yw1xn">Anthony Wong</a>, <a href="/facts/Gillian_Chung/W19q8VKU">Gillian Chung</a>, <a href="/facts/Stephen_Fung/AYQQX8xq">Stephen Fung</a> and <a href="/facts/Charlene_Choi/Djj4r2Dj">Charlene Choi</a>. </p><p>In 2012, Tiger Chen played the lead role in <i><a href="/facts/Kung_Fu_Man_(film)/dAXLopuN">Kung Fu Man</a></i>, alongside <a href="/facts/Vanessa_Branch/ANHqJh3k">Vanessa Branch</a> and <a href="/facts/Jiang_Mengjie/Iv4kAjCs">Jiang Mengjie</a>. </p><p>After years in minor and supporting roles, Tiger Chen played the titular character in <i><a href="/facts/Man_of_Tai_Chi/MXgIQvHs">Man of Tai Chi</a></i>, opposite the film's director Keanu Reeves, <a href="/facts/Karen_Mok/a0F3BAR5">Karen Joy Morris</a> and <a href="/facts/Simon_Yam/YGFtcFWa">Yam Tat-wah</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>In 2018, Tiger made a special appearance in the Malaysian military film <i><a href="/facts/PASKAL%3a_The_Movie/X47gdahm">PASKAL: The Movie</a></i> as a Chinese UN Observer accompanying the Malaysian UN Observers during a mission in <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a>. </p><p>In 2019, Tiger co-starred with <a href="/facts/Tony_Jaa/PkeH7RnE">Tony Jaa</a> and <a href="/facts/Iko_Uwais/4rbFL36x">Iko Uwais</a> in the film <i><a href="/facts/Triple_Threat_(2019_film)/mLYC0Y2C">Triple Threat</a></i>. He also has an uncredited cameo as a Triad assassin in the film <i><a href="/facts/John_Wick%3a_Chapter_3_%25E2%2580%2593_Parabellum/Kps8NL5u">John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum</a></i>. </p> <h2 id="works">Works</h2> <h3>Film</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>English Title</th><th>Chinese Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Matrix/gbIXGnEK">The Matrix</a></i></td><td>黑客帝国</td><td></td><td>Choreographer<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Charlie%2527s_Angels_(2000_film)/dm5gJvKc">Charlie's Angels</a></i></td><td>霹雳娇娃</td><td></td><td>Choreographer</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Once_in_the_Life/E99fCLHT">Once in the Life</a></i></td><td>一生一次</td><td>Chino</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kill_Bill%3a_Volume_1/794djoyl">Kill Bill: Volume 1</a></i></td><td>杀死比尔</td><td></td><td>Choreographer</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Matrix_Reloaded/huFoblfl">The Matrix Reloaded</a></i></td><td>黑客帝国2：重装上阵</td><td>Ronin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><i><a href="/facts/House_of_Fury/jckdsj2I">House of Fury</a></i></td><td>精武家庭</td><td>Martial artist</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kung_Fu_Man_(film)/dAXLopuN">Kung Fu Man</a></i></td><td>功夫侠</td><td>Chen Ping</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Man_of_Tai_Chi/MXgIQvHs">Man of Tai Chi</a></i></td><td>太极侠</td><td>Chen Linhu</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Monk_Comes_Down_the_Mountain/PxRf8At2">Monk Comes Down the Mountain</a></i></td><td>道士下山</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i>Revenge of Gold</i></td><td>流金</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2017</td><td><i>Kung Fu Traveler</i></td><td>功夫机器侠</td><td>Chen Wu/General Chen</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Kung Fu Traveler 2</i></td><td>功夫机器侠2</td><td>A Jie/General Chen</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Romantic Assassin</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td><i><a href="/facts/PASKAL%3a_The_Movie/X47gdahm">PASKAL: The Movie</a></i></td><td></td><td>Sgt. Chen Han</td><td>Malaysian Produced with <a href="/facts/Royal_Malaysian_Navy/GaX70Jyu">Royal Malaysian Navy</a> and Special Appearance</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2019</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Triple_Threat_(2019_film)/mLYC0Y2C">Triple Threat</a></i></td><td></td><td>Long Fei</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/John_Wick%3a_Chapter_3_%25E2%2580%2593_Parabellum/Kps8NL5u">John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum</a></i></td><td></td><td>Triad</td><td>Uncredited Cameo</td></tr><tr><td><i>Special Forces King 3</i></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Matrix_Resurrections/MvgEH66t">The Matrix Resurrections</a></i></td><td></td><td>M.O.T.C</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td><i>Agent 86</i></td><td></td><td>Liu</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li>Champion of National Youth Martial Arts Competition</li> <li>All Around Champion of San Francisco International Martial Arts Tournament</li> <li>Champion of National Karate (Men's -60 kg)</li> <li>World Stunt Awards nominations for Matrix 2<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zo%25C3%25AB_Bell/1X0I7Qth">Zoë Bell</a>, Uma Thurman's other stunt double</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Tiger Chen at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155392/">Tiger Chen</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man". philstar.com. 2013-07-22. <a href="http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/07/22/996701/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man" target="_blank">http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/07/22/996701/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man in Keanu Reeve's directorial debut". straitstimes.com. 2013-07-02. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140220182053/http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/movies/2013/07/02/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man-keanu-reeves-directorial-debut" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140220182053/http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/movies/2013/07/02/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man-keanu-reeves-directorial-debut</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>陈虎否认整容：功夫片随时可能一拳打在脸上. Tencent (in Chinese). 2013-07-19. <a href="陈虎否认整容：功夫片随时可能一拳打在脸上" target="_blank">陈虎否认整容：功夫片随时可能一拳打在脸上</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Tiger Chen: From Sichuan to Hollywood". wu-jing.org. 2004-06-06. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130713140831/http://www.wu-jing.org/News/M04/2004-06-Tiger-Chen-Hu-Interview.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130713140831/http://www.wu-jing.org/News/M04/2004-06-Tiger-Chen-Hu-Interview.php</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>功夫演员陈虎：我的“美漂”生活比王宝强惨. Chinanews (in Chinese). 2013. 他住在木棚里，他自己叙述自己在美国的漂泊生活说："在中国，你起码可以练功夫，比赛，到了美国之后你会发现，大部分时间都在洗盘子、做搬运工。" <a href="功夫演员陈虎：我的“美漂”生活比王宝强惨" target="_blank">功夫演员陈虎：我的“美漂”生活比王宝强惨</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man". philstar.com. 2013-07-22. <a href="http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/07/22/996701/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man" target="_blank">http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/07/22/996701/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Lee, Tom (2 July 2013). "Crouching Tiger". That's Shanghai. Urbanatomy Media. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014. <a href="https://archive.today/20140310123741/http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/articles/15817" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20140310123741/http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/articles/15817</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man in Keanu Reeve's directorial debut". straitstimes.com. 2013-07-02. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140220182053/http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/movies/2013/07/02/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man-keanu-reeves-directorial-debut" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140220182053/http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/movies/2013/07/02/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man-keanu-reeves-directorial-debut</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen are Men of Tai Chi". Nerdist. 2013-11-11. <a href="http://www.nerdist.com/2013/11/keanu-reeves-and-tiger-chen-are-men-of-tai-chi/" target="_blank">http://www.nerdist.com/2013/11/keanu-reeves-and-tiger-chen-are-men-of-tai-chi/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Fantastic Fest: Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI". Nerdist. 2013-09-09. <a href="http://www.nerdist.com/2013/09/fantastic-fest-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi/" target="_blank">http://www.nerdist.com/2013/09/fantastic-fest-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Keanu Reeves spent five years on his latest film: Why?". csmonitor.com. 2013-05-20. <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0520/Keanu-Reeves-spent-five-years-on-his-latest-film-Why" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0520/Keanu-Reeves-spent-five-years-on-his-latest-film-Why</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Tiger Chen goes from stuntman to leading man". philstar.com. 2013-07-22. <a href="http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/07/22/996701/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man" target="_blank">http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/07/22/996701/tiger-chen-goes-stuntman-leading-man</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>“武打新星”陈虎：功夫圈需更新换代 需要新血液. Chinanews (in Chinese). 2013-07-15. <a href="“武打新星”陈虎：功夫圈需更新换代 需要新血液" target="_blank">“武打新星”陈虎：功夫圈需更新换代 需要新血液</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>陈虎登纽约时报 《太极侠》获赞好莱坞水平. 163.com (in Chinese). 2013-11-08. <a href="陈虎登纽约时报 《太极侠》获赞好莱坞水平" target="_blank">陈虎登纽约时报 《太极侠》获赞好莱坞水平</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>基努里维斯导演作角逐金球奖 陈虎：期待有斩获. Tencent (in Chinese). 2013-11-26. <a href="基努里维斯导演作角逐金球奖 陈虎：期待有斩获" target="_blank">基努里维斯导演作角逐金球奖 陈虎：期待有斩获</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"陈虎". movie.douban.com. <a href="https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1280577/" target="_blank">https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1280577/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"⓿⓿ Tiger Chen - Actor - China - Filmography - TV Drama Series - Chinese Movies". chinesemov.com. <a href="http://chinesemov.com/actors/Tiger-Chen.html" target="_blank">http://chinesemov.com/actors/Tiger-Chen.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Tiger Chen: From Sichuan to Hollywood". wu-jing.org. 2004-06-06. Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130713140831/http://www.wu-jing.org/News/M04/2004-06-Tiger-Chen-Hu-Interview.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130713140831/http://www.wu-jing.org/News/M04/2004-06-Tiger-Chen-Hu-Interview.php</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>