Chua Kah Joo

Acting

Chua Kah Joo

Birthplace
Singapour - Singapour
Credits
10 titles

Biography

Chua Kah Joo is a Singaporean actor who is a trained professional Ballet dancer and Kung Fu Master (Grand Sifu of Wing Chun). He worked with with Germany's Wuppertal Ballet, the Scottish Ballet and London City Ballet in the 1970s and also collaborated with famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev for several years. He taught Wing Chun Kung Fu in London (starting in 1980), and it was there that he was cast as "Chen", an evil henchman, in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1990 he returned to Singapore to teach Kung Fu at his studios there.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 10

YearTitleRole
1988 Soursweet Film Lo
1987 Elphida Film Chinese Man
1987 Scoop Film Lascar Steward
1986 Absolute Beginners Film Dancer
1985 EastEnders TV Chinese Man (1 ep)
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Film Chen
1983 High Road to China Film Wong's Aide
1981 Tenko TV Jo (1 ep)
1981 Only Fools and Horses TV Takeaway owner (1 ep)
1977 The Professionals TV Choy (1 ep)
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