Kim Tae-Jeong

Acting

Kim Tae-Jeong

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 05, 1957 (68 years old)
Death date
Aug 27, 2011

Kim Tae-Jeong

Known For

No Retreat, No Surrender
1h 34m
DOLBY
Movie 1986

No Retreat, No Surrender

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools,...

Ninja USA
1h 35m
DOLBY
Movie 1985

Ninja USA

Two cops are investigating a drug ring that may be...

Biography

Korean taekwondo stylist Kim Tae-Jeong was discovered by Raymond Chow, who was looking for a "double" to replace the late Bruce Lee when Golden Harvest opted to finish GAME OF DEATH (1978). Kim was a very nice kicking stylist who would later play Bruce's "brother" and play his double in a sequel entitled TOWER OF DEATH. His final fight scene against fellow Korean Hwang Jang-Lee is hailed as one of his best fight scenes. In 1985, Corey Yuen selected Kim to play the ghost of Bruce Lee in his Hong Kong-U.S. crossover NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. His voice was dubbed by a voice actor because Kim spoke no English so he spoke all of his lines in his native Korean with American actor Kurt McKinney. Kim had also worked in his native Korea, his most popular film there being PLEASE MISS BE PATIENT (1981), a martial arts action comedy. Sadly on the weekend of August 27, 2011, Kim passed away after suffering a hemorrhage after having a stomach ache. Kim was 54 years old.