Dean Shek Tin

Acting

Dean Shek Tin

Born June 17, 1949 · Beijing, China

Died September 20, 2021 · aged 72

Dean Shek Tin (Chinese: 石天) (17 June 1949—September 20, 2021) is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 92 acting credits to his name. He is 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.

Known For

Drunken MasterDrunken Master · 1978
Drunken Master
★ 7.41978
MovieActionComedy
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
Snake in the Eagle's ShadowSnake in the Eagle's Shadow · 1978
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
★ 7.31978
MovieActionComedy
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
A Better Tomorrow IIA Better Tomorrow II · 1987
A Better Tomorrow II
★ 7.11987
MovieActionCrime
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
The Golden LotusThe Golden Lotus · 1974
The Golden Lotus
★ 7.01974
MovieRomanceAction
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one of the townspeople.
Fearless HyenaFearless Hyena · 1979
Fearless Hyena
★ 6.71979
MovieActionComedy
Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.
Undeclared WarUndeclared War · 1990
Undeclared War
★ 6.51990
MovieActionThriller
A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist.
Fearless Hyena 2Fearless Hyena 2 · 1983
Fearless Hyena 2
★ 5.81983
MovieActionComedy
A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
Dance of the Drunk MantisDance of the Drunk Mantis · 1979
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
★ 7.41979
MovieActionComedy
A year after training young Wong Fei-hung in the Drunken Fist, Beggar So discovers he has a son, Foggy, whom he attempts to train to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber Legs, another Drunken Fist master who combines it with Mantis Fist to create a deadly style.

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Breakout from OppressionBreakout from Oppression · 1978
Breakout from Oppression
★ 2.01978
MovieAction
Tsao Chan (Gordon Liu) is a letter carrier in the countryside who wanders into a town after being accosted by some corrupt cops. He witnesses three men running from a group of houses, and when he investigates he finds two murder victims inside. Meanwhile, a skirmish is developing between a factory owner (Fung Hak On) and his workers, led by two brothers (Paul Chin and Dean Shek). Tsao recognizes the brothers as two of the men fleeing the murder scene, so he decides to ally with the factory boss in order to go solve the crime. Soon though, it becomes clear that the boss and his thugs may have other things in mind that aren't so kosher. Tsao becomes trapped in the middle of the feuding groups and must decide who is honest and who is not.

Chang Tsai