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Sam Hui

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Sam Hui

Born Sep 6, 1948 · 77 years43 titles 41 movies · 2 TV
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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.

Also known as

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

Born

Sep 6, 1948

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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Roles across career

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32

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Directing

2

Writing

21

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Career timeline

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1971 1 title(s)

1973 3 title(s)

1974 3 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 2 title(s)

1990 3 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)