Dean Shek
Dean Shek (17 June 1949 – 20 September 2021), also known as Dean Shek Tin, was a Hong Kong film actor and producer with over 72 film credits to his name. Shek was perhaps best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 film Drunken Master, Lung Sei in the 1987 film A Better Tomorrow II, and Snooker in the 1990 film The Dragon from Russia.
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Shek at The Wit and Wisdom of Cinema City event held at the Hong Kong Film Archive in 2016 | |||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1949 Beijing, China | ||||||||||
| Died | 20 September 2021 (aged 72) | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, film presenter | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1968–1992, 2016–2021 | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Lau Chun-yue (1979–2021) | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 石天 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 石天 | ||||||||||
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| Also known as | Charlie Shek | ||||||||||
| Origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
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