From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Andy On
Andy On
This is a Chinese name; the family name is On. Andy on was nominated and won the Hong Kong Film
Andy On Chi-kit Award for Best New Actor Award for his role in Siu nin
a Fu (2003) (Star Runner). He shared the screen with the
Chinese name 安志傑 (Traditional) man who influenced him, Jackie Chan, in New Police Story.
Chinese name 安志杰 (Simplified) Andy On has also won the Best New Artist Award in 2004
at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role as Tank Wong
Pinyin Ān Zhìjié (Mandarin) in Siu nin a Fu (2003), beating favorite Vanness Wu by on-
Jyutping On1 Zi3 Git6 (Cantonese) ly one-tenth of the votes.
Aside from his filmmaking career, On is also a singer.
Origin Hong Kong He has released some tracks, including a duet with Jolin
Born 11 May 1977 (1977-05-11) Tsai called "Angel of Mine" and others. His hobbies are
Providence, Rhode Island, USA martial arts and video games. He continues to train in
Occupation Actor
Wing Chun Kung Fu with good friend, actor and martial
artist Philip Ng, and has studied Thai boxing under for-
Years active 2002 - present mer world kickboxing champion and actor Billy Chau in
Awards preparing for Star Runner.
During production of The Three Kingdoms: Resurrec-
• Hong Kong Film Awards
tion of the Dragon (2008), Andy was hit in the face by
Best New Performer a stuntman during an action sequence. Andy cut his lip
2004 Star Runner and after seven surgeries, sports a small scar on his lip.
He considers the scar a "trophy" for his hard work in the
Andy On Chi-kit (traditional Chinese: 安志傑; simplified film.
Chinese: 安志杰; pinyin: An Zhi Jie; Cantonese Yale: On Andy On recently has starred in two action films in
Chi Kit) (born 11 May 1977 in Providence, Rhode Island, 2010, True Legend and Bad Blood.
United States) is a Chinese American actor and martial
artist.
Filmography
Biography Year Title Role Notes
2002 Black Mask 2: Black Mask
On was born on 11 May 1977, in Providence, Rhode Island.
City of Masks
As a native to the USA, Andy On can speak English, Man-
darin and Cantonese. Andy On was approached by China 2003 Looking for Mis- Alex aka Looking for
Star founder Charles Heung and filmmaker Tsui Hark to ter Perfect Mr. Perfect
take over the role of one of Jet Li’s film characters, Black Star Runner Tank Wong Hong Kong Film
Mask, in Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002). Despite the poor Award for Best
reviews and the bad box office, Andy continued to act New Performer
and, in fact, improve in not only martial arts but acting as aka The Kumite
well. Like fellow Hong Kong film star Nicholas Tse, Andy 2004 Itchy Heart Wil
trained in martial arts under Chung Chi Li, the leader of
the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. He began training with him New Police Sto- Law Tin-tin
in 2001 for the film Kei fung dik sau (2003), which was ry
released 2 years later. Andy On trained in wushu at the The White Second
Shaolin Temple and studied film fighting under former Dragon Prince Tian
Jackie Chan Stunt Team leader Nicky Li for his first film, Yang
Looking for Mister Perfect, which was shot before Black Mask 2005 Dragon Squad Suet’s un- U.S. DVD title:
2: City of Masks but released in 2003. Andy On continued dercover Dragon Heat
his acting career with his fair share of injuries, sustaining target
a hamstring injury on the set of Xin jing cha gu shi (2004)
in one of the two fights against Jackie Chan.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Andy On
2006 Lethal Angels Jet aka Devil Angel 2011 The Lost Blades-
aka Naked man
Avengers Mural
Election 2 Lik aka Election 2: White Han Xin
Harmony Is a Vengeance
Virtue
2012 The Viral Factor Sean
aka Triad Election
TBA Naked Soldier
Dating a Vam- Kit
pire
Fatal Contact Silver Music videos
Dragon
• 2002 - Coco Lee 有你就够了
Nothing Is Im- Jason • 2004 - Miriam Yeung 处处吻
possible • 2004 - Miriam Yeung 柳媚花娇
2007 Invisible Target Tien Yeng-
yee
References
Mad Detective Inspector
Ho Ka-on
2008 Three King- Deng Zhi
External links
doms: Resurrec- • Official blog of Andy On
tion of the • Andy On at the Internet Movie Database
Dragon • Andy On Chi-Kit at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Forgive and For- Andy • Andy On at the Hong Kong Cinemagic
get Persondata
La Lingerie Eugene Name On, Andy
2010 Black Ransom Gundam Alternative names
Bad Blood Calf Short description
True Legend Yuan Lie Date of birth 11 May 1977
Crossing Hen- Xu Place of birth Providence, Rhode Island, USA
nessy Date of death
Place of death
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• People from Providence, Rhode Island
• 1977 births
• Hong Kong actors
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