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Stephen Tung Wai is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, and film director. Tung began his career as a stuntman at the age of sixteen and transitioned into action choreography in the 1970s. He has collaborated extensively with directors John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai, contributing to films such as A Better Tomorrow (1986) and Hard Boiled (1992), The Blade (1995) and The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021), and As Tears Go By (1988) and 2046 (2004). He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography seven times with Downtown Torpedos (1997), Purple Storm (1999), The Accidental Spy (2001), Seven Swords (2005), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009), Kung Fu Jungle (2014), Operation Mekong (2016), and Bursting Point (2023), making him the most awarded individual in this category.

Early life
Tung was born on 2 February 1954 in Shanghai, China. Tung starred in the war film '''' as a child actor in 1965 and began working as a stunt double when he was sixteen. == Career ==
Career
Early ventures (1970-1992) Tung followed actor and action choreographer Han Ying-chieh to Taiwan to pursue a career in action choreography in the 1970s. He dedicated several years to researching action choreography, drawing inspirations from Hong Kong and Japanese action films. In 1998, Tung directed and choreographed the action film Hitman, Tung returned to acting once again and starred in a lead role as Sam Lee, a washed-up action director pursuing a comeback, in the 2024 action film Stuntman, another project of the First Feature Film Initiative. == Personal life ==
Personal life
Tung is married and has a son. Tung served as the head of the Hong Kong Stuntmen Association. He invited Japanese action choreographer Kenji Tanigaki, who was working as a cast extra, to join the Association and enter the stunt industry in 1994. He also discovered British actor Scott Adkins and cast him in the 2001 action film Extreme Challenge, which marked the beginning of his acting career. == Filmography ==
Filmography
As director As action choreographer Acting credits == Awards and nominations ==
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