Billy Chow | |||||||||||
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Born | Bei-lei Chow August 24, 1958 | ||||||||||
Nationality | Hong Kong Canadian | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, entrepreneur, kickboxer, martial artist, | ||||||||||
Years active | 1984–present | ||||||||||
Residence | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||
Style | Kickboxing | ||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||
Trainer | Frank Lee | ||||||||||
Years active | 1977–1992, 2007 | ||||||||||
Kickboxing record | |||||||||||
Total | 53 | ||||||||||
Wins | 45 | ||||||||||
By knockout | 32 | ||||||||||
Losses | 8 | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 週比利 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 周比利 | ||||||||||
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Billy Chow Bei-lei (Chinese: 周比利; born August 24, 1958) is a Hong Kong-Canadian former professional kickboxer and actor. He competed in the Welterweight and Super Welterweight divisions from 1977 to 1992. He was the WKA Super Welterweight champion from 1984 to 1986, and retired with a professional record of 45-0-8.
Chow is known to film audiences for his roles in several Hong Kong martial arts films, including as General Fujita in the 1994 Jet Li film Fist of Legend (1994), and Wong in the 1996 film Tai Chi Boxer (1996).