A national wushu champion as a boy, he became a film star with 少林寺 (Shaolin Temple, 1982), played the hero 黄飞鸿 in the 1990s, moved on to Hollywood and founded the 壹基金 charity.
At 11, touring the United States with China's wushu team in 1974, he was asked by President Nixon to be his bodyguard. He refused: he did not want to protect one person, but to grow up and defend his billion fellow Chinese.
