Action stars from the 80s: Bolo Yeung transformation from 23 to 71 years old.
Action actor Bolo Yeung was born in China. He began his martial arts training at the age of 10. Growing up he took an interest in bodybuilding. Later he became know as Chinese Hercules after becoming Mr. Hong Kong bodybuilding champion. He held the title for ten years. Because of his impressively muscular physique he was chosen for several bad guy movie roles, with which his first big break came alongside the legendary Bruce Lee in the 1973 movie Enter the Dragon, where he played the role of ‘Bolo’. They were really close friends.
Since then Bolo Yeung has appeared in countless martial arts movies, to date, also working on two movies with “The Muscles from Brussels”-Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport and Double Impact.
Now Bolo still looks great and still regularly trains at his local gym. Martial Arts and Bodybuilding is an integral part of his life and career.
Competitive bodybuilder turned actor who appeared in Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon. In 1996, he appeared in Fists of Legends 2: Iron Bodyguards, and in 2013 he appeared in The Whole World at Our Feet.
Known as the Chinese Hercules, he held the title of Mr. Hong Kong Bodybuilding Champion for a decade. He debuted in the 1970 film, The Wandering Swordsman. His breakout role was the 1988 martial arts film, Bloodsport, in which he appeared opposite the-muscles-from-Brussels Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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