Bruce Leung

Bruce Leung
梁小龍
Leung in 2007
Born
Leung Choi-sang

(1948-04-28)28 April 1948[1][2]
Died14 January 2026(2026-01-14) (aged 77)[1][2]
Shenzhen, China
Other namesLeung Siu-lung
Occupations
  • Actor
  • martial artist
Spouses
(m. 1975; div. 1980)
Song Xiang
(m. 1995)
Children3
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梁小龍
Simplified Chinese梁小龙
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Xiǎolóng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLoeng4 Siu2 Lung4
Leung Choi-sang
Traditional Chinese梁財生
Simplified Chinese梁财生
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Cáishēng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLoeng4 Coi4 Saang1

Leung Choi-sang[a] (9 August 1951 – 14 January 2026),[1] known professionally as Bruce Leung Siu-lung,[b] was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor who had appeared in many Hong Kong martial arts films.

Throughout his career, he often appeared billed as Bruce Leung, Bruce Liang, Bruce Leong, or Bruce Leung Siu-lung, and is thus generally grouped among the Bruce Lee clones that sprang up after Lee's death in the subgenre known as Bruceploitation.

Background

Leung learned martial arts from his father at the Cantonese opera. While his major style is Goju ryu Karate, he also was a Wing Chun practitioner.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he appeared in a large number of martial arts films. Most familiar to Western audiences may be Jim Kelly's The Tattoo Connection (in which he only appeared briefly, but choreographed the action sequences) and Jackie Chan's Magnificent Bodyguards, which was the first Hong Kong film shot in 3D. He is also known for playing Bruce Lee in the notorious Bruceploitation classic, The Dragon Lives Again.

In addition, Leung appeared in his own star vehicles, including My Kung-Fu 12 Kicks, Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist, and Black Belt Karate.

Leung retired from acting after 1988's Ghost Hospital. However, in 2004, he made a return to the screen as The Beast in Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle (which, incidentally, was his first villainous role). In 2007, he appeared as himself in Italian documentary Dragonland directed by Lorenzo De Luca. The interview was made by night on the set of Shamo. He also appeared in a Chinese television series called Heroes which aired in 2020.

Personal life and death

In 1975, Leung married Eurasian Hong Kong singer Irene Ryder and had a daughter. However, due to Leung's frequent travels to Mainland China for work, he was rarely in contact with Ryder and their daughter, resulting in their divorce in the 1980s.[3]

In the summer of 1994, Leung's senior visited him in Shenzhen and introduced him to a 26-year old Northeast Chinese woman named Song Xiang (宋骧). Half a year later they would meet again, and Leung employed her as a floor manager of his Baolong Hotel. Leung and Song were married in 1995 at the hotel, and have a daughter and a son together. Their two children have practiced martial arts since they were very young.[4]

Leung died in Shenzhen on 14 January 2026, after prolonged heart failure. He was 77.[1][2][5]

Filmography

Sources:[6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ simplified Chinese: 梁财生; traditional Chinese: 梁財生; pinyin: Liáng Cáishēng; Jyutping: Loeng4 Coi4 Saang1
  2. ^ simplified Chinese: 梁小龙; traditional Chinese: 梁小龍; pinyin: Liáng Xiǎolóng; Jyutping: Loeng4 Siu2 Lung4

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow pay tribute to late HK action star Bruce Leung, who died at 77". The Straits Times. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Bruce Leung, 'Evil Deity of the Fiery Cloud,' passes away at 77". DotDotNews. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ "Tragedy turns to triumph". South China Morning Post. 14 January 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  4. ^ "70岁"陈真"梁小龙,妻子宋骧,你见过吗" (in Chinese (Singapore)). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. ^ "「火雲邪神」梁小龍離世享年77歲 武打經典作無數 《陳真》、《功夫》深入民心" ["Evil Deity of the Fiery Cloud" Bruce Leung Siu-lung passes away at 77 — Legendary martial arts star behind classics The Legendary Fok and Kung Fu Hustle]. Headline Daily. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ Leung Siu-lung at hkmdb.com
  7. ^ Leung Siu-lung at chinesemov.com