Biography

In a film career spanning almost four decades, Jim Lau has appeared in well over 100 films and television shows, working with some of the world's most celebrated actors and directors in Hollywood - such as Alan Alda, Michael Landon, Burt Reynolds, Kurt Rusell, Roy Scheider, Kevin Costner, John Carpenter, and Jon Turteltaub, among others. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Jim studied martial arts from a young age. While he speaks six different Chinese dialects, including Cantonese and Mandarin, his passion for the study of ancient Chinese Classics, including Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, has deepened his appreciation of his inherited culture and history as well as broadened his horizon with regard to humanity. Jim immigrated to the United States with his family in the early 70s, landing in San Francisco. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film. He began his career as a Kung Fu instructor in Los Angeles, teaching martial arts at the Hollywood

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