Actor

Sam Hui

Acting

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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0.9

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Movies: 41Series: 2Crew credits: 21

TMDB ID: 26728

IMDb ID: nm0401207

Known for: Acting

Born: September 6, 1948

Age: 77

Place of birth: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 2023

Years active: 53

Average TMDB rating: 6.36

Wikidata: Q549233

Also known as

Xu Guan-Jie • Sam Hui • Samuel Hui Koon-Kit • Sam Hui Koon-Kit • 許冠傑 • 许冠杰 • Samuel Hui

Other jobs

Songs (6)Original Music Composer (5)Theme Song Performance (3)Music (2)Additional Music (1)Lyricist (1)Main Title Theme Composer (1)Producer (1)

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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.