Chan Shen

Chan Shen (Chinese: 詹森, 11 March 1940 - 26 April 1984) was a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s. Already an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1971. He was a particularly prolific actor and would often appear in as many as ten films a year. In his fourteen-year film career in Hong Kong, he appeared in 160 action films. Much of his career was spent at Hong Kong's Shaw Studio. He died because of a brain hemorrhage 26th of April 1984.

Known For

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Five Fingers of Death
Five Element Ninjas
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
The Golden Lotus
Birth Location Taiwan, China
Born 1940-03-11
Died 1984-04-26

Movies

Pursuit of a Killer as Uncle Zhi
1985
Disciples of the 36th Chamber as School Officer Sha Duo'er
1985
Crazy Shaolin Disciples as His Highness
1985
Pale Passion as Uncle Liu
1984
Wits of the Brats as Shih Chun
1984
Fast Fingers as Adulterer
1983
Shaolin Intruders as Head Abbot
1983
Bastard Swordsman as Guardian of the Law
1983
Holy Flame of the Martial World as Shaolin Clan leader
1983
Usurpers of Emperor's Power as Advisor Zhao Pu
1983
Shaolin Prince as Abbot of Shaolin Temple
1983
1982
My Rebellious Son as Chamber of Commerce member
1982
1982
Tiger Killer as Master Zhang
1982
The 82 Tenants as Sgt. Chiang
1982
Coolie Killer as Gor - Wa Hing boss
1982
Godfather from Canton as Secret Service Officer
1982
Five Element Ninjas as Chief Hong
1982
Passing Flickers as Fa Hai
1982
Brave Archer and His Mate as Senior Teacher Or
1982
What Price Honesty? as Fifth Master
1981
The Imp as Old Uncle Han
1981
Bloody Parrot as Master San
1981
The Emperor and His Brother as Ching henchman
1981
1981
Revenge of the Corpse as Exorcist Master
1981
The Tiger and the Widow as Dong Jin Piao
1981
Gambler's Delight as Madam Jin's assistant
1981
Bat without Wings as Ghost King
1980
Lost Souls as Hok
1980
Hex vs. Witchcraft as Brother Nine
1980
Rendezvous with Death as Chi Sifang
1980
Swift Sword as Leng Ruyun
1980
The Kid with a Tattoo as Sword in Cotton
1980
Haunted Tales as Ah Cheng
1980
The Flag of Iron as Eagle Hall Chief Mi Jiu Gao
1980
Return of the Dead as Da-Yan
1979
The Deadly Breaking Sword as Officer Fan Fei
1979
Invincible Enforcer as Ho Yin Wong
1979
The Proud Twins as Chief of 10 Villains
1979
A Slice of Death as Dan Tian-Gang
1979
The Kung Fu Instructor as Fake brother
1979
The Daredevils as Chief of Staff Xu
1979
The Brothers as Boss Huang Shou Ren
1979
The Last Judgement as Ling Mei-Xian
1979
Shaolin Rescuers as Zhou Cheng
1979
Full Moon Scimitar as Robber with Coffin (uncredited)
1979
Invincible Shaolin as Master Mai Qi
1978
Swordsman and Enchantress as Zombie Casters (uncredited)
1978
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II as Kwun Lun Chief Ho
1978
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre as Abbot Kung Man
1978
The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung as Sifu of Zhang's Brothers
1978
Legend of the Bat as Mr Bat's auctioner
1978
Shaolin Hand Lock as Fang Yu Biao
1978
The Brave Archer 2 as Spiritual Wisdom
1978
Soul of the Sword as Swordsman Challenging Nameless
1978
The Proud Youth as Priest Zhishan
1978
The Mad Monk Strikes Again as Master Sun Jia Zhu
1978
Clan of Amazons as Lu Wenhu
1978
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin as Abbot in Charge of Wrist Chamber
1978
Pursuit of Vengeance as Gong Sun-Duan
1977
Dreams Of Eroticism as Jia Zhen
1977
1977
The Sentimental Swordsman as Shaolin monk
1977
Judgement of an Assassin as 7th Branch Chief Yian Chun
1977
The Brave Archer as Spiritual Wisdom Ling Tze
1977
To Kill a Jaguar as Tin Pa
1977
Death Duel as Leader of Hei Sha Clan
1977
The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung as Officer Collecting Tax
1977
Jade Tiger as Liu
1977
Clans of Intrigue as Boss of Inn Gutsy
1977
Moods of Love as Lao San
1977
The Mad Monk as Qian Ru-Ming
1977
King Gambler as Mr Li
1976
The Web of Death as 5 Venom Clan centipede chief
1976
Love Swindler as (segment "Counterfeit")
1976
Brotherhood as Fan Nan
1976
The Magic Blade as Kung Sun Tao
1976
Crazy Sex as One of Big Boss' men
1976
Emperor Chien Lung as Priest
1976
The Condemned as Mr Liang
1976
Killer Clans as Roc Society Chief's bodyguard
1976
The Last Tempest as Palace guard
1976
The Sexy Killer as Long Tou
1976
The Criminals as Brother Sen
1976
The Golden Lion as Brother Eight
1975
The Spiritual Boxer as Master Lin
1975
The Bloody Escape as Chen Heng
1975
All Mixed Up as Policeman
1975
Evil Seducers as Iron Hat Priest
1975
Lady of the Law as Officer Yan Bixian
1975
1975
The Rat Catcher as Gangster
1974
Sorrow of the Gentry as Captain Wang
1974
Rivals of Kung Fu as Ah Kwun
1974
Gossip Street as Godfather's thug
1974
Hong Kong 73 as Police offiicer
1974
The Shadow Boxer as Master Yuan
1974
The Golden Lotus as Killer Lu Hua
1974
Village of Tigers as Jin Ling
1974
The Stranger and the Gunfighter as Chief Constable
1974
Heroes of Sung as Zongba
1973
The Happiest Moment as Rickshaw puller
1973
1973
Payment In Blood as Hsieh Tai Cheng
1973
The Kiss of Death as Gangster Atom
1973
The Villains as Chief Constable
1973
The Bastard as Ji Wen Tai
1973
Call to Arms as Prince of Wei
1973
Ambush as Han Chung
1973
The Fugitive as Lau Lo Sham
1972
Stranger in Hong Kong as Ting Ta-Chuan
1972
1972
The Gourd Fairy as Minister Mi-Chia
1972
1972
The Deadly Knives as Ishikawa
1972
The Devil's Mirror as Chief Bai's bodyguard
1972
Five Fingers of Death as Wan Hung-Chieh
1972
The Rescue as Chief Ba Zhan Kui
1971
The Swift Knight as Brothel owner
1971
The Golden Seal as Wu Tian Ting
1971
Six Assassins as Yu Li-De
1971
The Lady Professional as Shi Yun Pu
1971
The Protectors as Kasha (Thousand Hands Buddha)
1971
Chan Shen hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows