Kim Tae-Jeong

Kim Tae-Jeong

Kim Tae-Jeong

Birth Date

6/5/1957 (Age 54)

Birth Place

Seoul, South Korea

Death Date

8/27/2011

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Biography

Korean taekwondo stylist Kim Tae-Jeong was discovered by Raymond Chow, who was looking for a "double" to replace the late Bruce Lee when Golden Harvest opted to finish GAME OF DEATH (1978). Kim was a very nice kicking stylist who would later play Bruce's "brother" and play his double in a sequel entitled TOWER OF DEATH. His final fight scene against fellow Korean Hwang Jang-Lee is hailed as one of his best fight scenes. In 1985, Corey Yuen selected Kim to play the ghost of Bruce Lee in his Hong Kong-U.S. crossover NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. His voice was dubbed by a voice actor because Kim spoke no English so he spoke all of his lines in his native Korean with American actor Kurt McKinney. Kim had also worked in his native Korea, hi...

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Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

6

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Sensei Lee

Lee Chen-kwok / Bobby Lo

Billy Lo

Frequent Collaborators

Ng See-Yuen

Ng See-Yuen

1 film together

Ho Ting-sing

1 film together

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

1 film together

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

1 film together

Hwang Jang-Lee

Hwang Jang-Lee

1 film together

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