Michael Hui

Michael Hui, Hong Kong 2005

Michael HUI Koon-man ( Chinese  許冠文  /  许冠文 , Pinyin Xǔ Guànwén , Jyutping Heoi ² Gun ³ man ⁴ , Cantonese  Hui Koon-man ; born September 3, 1942 in Guangzhou , China ) is a Chinese director , screenwriter , comedian and actor .

Together with his brothers Sam Hui and Ricky Hui , he formed a comedian troupe in the style of the American Marx Brothers .

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Michael Hui graduated from La Salle University and received a degree in sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He began his early career as an announcer at TVB, where he moderated quiz shows, which made him popular. Then he started on television with the "Hui Brothers Show". He also made a name for himself in films: in 1972 he played his first role in "The Great Regime" (aka The Warlord). In 1974 he founded his film company "Hui Film Company" with his brothers Ricky and Sam. In the early 1980s, the three brothers officially separated as a trio, but occasionally performed together. The brothers' films were released on video in Germany as the "Mr.Boo" series.

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Hui is married with two children, three brothers - Stanley Hui, Ricky Hui , Sam Hui - and one sister - Judy Hui.

Filmography (selection)

• 1972: The Warlord
• 1974. Games Gamblers Play (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1975: The Last Massage (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1976: Mister Boo (Pan-chin pa-liang) (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1978: Mr. Boo II - The Contract (The Contract) (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1980: All hell breaks loose on the highway (The Cannonball Run)
• 1981: Security Unlimited (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1984: Teppanyaki
• 1985: Mr. Boo meets Pom Pom
• 1986: Happy Ding Dong (with Ricky & Michael)
• 1986: Inspector Chocolade (with Ricky & Michael)
• 1988: Duck good, all good (Ji tong ya jiang) (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1989: Mr. Coconut (with Ricky & Michael)
• 1990: Front Page (with Sam, Ricky & Michael)
• 1992: The Magic Touch (with Ricky & Michael)
• 2006: Rob-B-Hood (Bo bui gai wak)
• 2014: Delete Lovers
• 2016: Godspeed

Web links

• Michael Hui (Hui Koon Man, Xu Guanwen) in MTime (Chinese)
• Michael Hui (Hui Koon Man, Xu Guanwen) in Douban (Chinese)
• Michael Hui (Hui Koon Man, Xu Guanwen) in microblog at Tencent Weibo (Chinese)
• Michael Hui (Hui Koon Man, Xu Guanwen) in Facebook (Chinese, English)
• Michael Hui (Hui Koon Man, Xu Guanwen) Article about the actor & screenwriter in the golden age of the Hong Kong film industry in the 70s and early 80s in pixnet.net (Chinese)

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• Michael Hui / Xu Guanwen [1] in the Chinese Movie Database (Chinese / English) - Chinese movie database - dianying.com, accessed on April 8, 2016 - Online
• Michael Hui / Xu Guanwen [2] in the Hong Kong Movie Database (Chinese / English) - Chinese film database - hkmdb.com, accessed April 8, 2016 - Online
• Michael Hui / Xu Guanwen [3] in the All-Movie Database (English) - English film database - allemovie.com, accessed on April 8, 2016 - online
• Michael Hui in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Michael Hui homepage