Sam Hui

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1948-09-06 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Also Known As Xu Guan-Jie, Sam Hui, Samuel Hui Koon-Kit, Sam Hui Koon-Kit

Sam Hui

Biography

Samuel Hui Koon-Kit (許冠傑) is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor born on September 6, 1948 in Guangzhou, China. His family moved to Hong Kong as refugees in 1950. He is credited with popularizing Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Cantonese rather than written vernacular Chinese in biting lyrics that addressed contemporary problems and concerns. Hui is considered by some to be the first major superstar of Cantopop, known as the God of Song. As an actor, he is well-known for portraying the main character "King Kong" in five installments of Aces Go Places film series.

Known For

Actor

2022
Tales from the Occult

as The Sneak Guy (The Tenement)

2000
Winner Takes All

as Swindler Wong

1990
Front Page

as Mad Bill Lee

1990
The Dragon from Russia

as Freeman Yao Lung

1990
Swordsman

as Ling Wu Chung

1988
Chicken and Duck Talk

as Self (cameo)

1987
1985
1984
A Family Affair

as Chan Wing Cheong

1983
Aces Go Places II

as King Kong

1982
Aces Go Places

as King Kong

1981
Security Unlimited

as Lieutenant Sam

1978
The Contract

as Chu Sai Kit

1976
The Private Eyes

as Lee Kwok-kit

1975
1974
Naughty! Naughty!

as Wu Te-Chuan

1974
Chinatown Capers

as Embroidered Pillow

1973
1973
Back Alley Princess

as Embroidered Pillow

Sound

2012
Walker

as Theme Song Performance

2004
Fantasia

as Songs

1998
The Conman

as Main Title Theme Composer

1997
A Queer Story

as Songs

1990
The Dragon from Russia

as Original Music Composer

1989
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit

as Theme Song Performance

1989
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit

as Main Title Theme Composer

1989
1987
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

as Theme Song Performance

1983
1982
1981
Security Unlimited

as Original Music Composer

1980
1976
The Private Eyes

as Original Music Composer

1974
Games Gamblers Play

as Original Music Composer

Writer

1998
The Conman

as Lyricist

1981
1981

Producer

1987

Crew

1982
Chan Is Missing

as Additional Music