Michael Chan Wai-Man

Acting

Michael Chan Wai-Man

Born

1944-07-10 (82)

Place of birth

Tsuen Wan, N.T., Hong Kong

Known for

Acting

Credits

80 titles

Michael Chan Wai-Man (Chinese: 陳惠敏; born 10 July 1943) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. A Hakka of Wuhua ancestry born in New Territories, Chan was well known for various triad roles, when in actuality he had been involved with triads in real life.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Chasing the Dragon poster
7.0

An illegal immigrant from Mainland China sneaks into the corrupt British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, transforming himself into a ruthless drug lord.

Chasing the Dragon

2017

The Bodyguard poster
6.7

Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death of his master, Wu-Lin leaves his rural village for the City of Stone-Cold looking for his fellow apprentice Jiang Li. Along the way, he becomes the bodyguard of Fei-Fei, the daughter of Jia-Shan Li, the richest family in the city, and quickly gets drawn into a mob war in order to protect her.

The Bodyguard

2016

Gallants poster
6.4

Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos

Gallants

2010

Bad Blood poster
5.3

When the boss of a ruling Hong Kong triad is arrested and executed in China for counterfeiting money, mayhem ensues as the mob's leading contenders circle the throne.

Bad Blood

2010

Triad poster
5.8

Three childhood friends join the Hong Kong Triads only to discover that fame and fortune will ultimately break them apart as only one can become the leader of the gang.

Triad

2012

Gangster Payday poster
6.2

Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her business, and learns that Mei is already in love with Leung, a member of his gang. He’s also like a brother to Kam-Kwei. When a rival gang hoping to steal his territory kills Leung, the only thing left for Kam-Kwei to do now is to protect Mei and avenge Leung.

Gangster Payday

2014

2000s · 7 titles

Enter the Phoenix poster
6.4

Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his right-hand Cheung intends to bring back Georgie to take over. However, Cheung finds Sam, Georgie's flat-mate, whom he mistakes for Geogie...

Enter the Phoenix

2004

You Shoot, I Shoot poster
7.0

A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked.

You Shoot, I Shoot

2001

A Chinese Tall Story poster
5.5

The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

A Chinese Tall Story

2005

Master Q 2001 poster
4.4

"Master Q" is a popular comic book series character in Hong Kong. Each comic book is usually made up of many different situational stories, with 8 frmaes making up a story in 1 page. In short, it is like the newspaper comics that you see in America but in a book form. The movie is about how Master Q and his 2 friends Mr. Chung and Potato are out looking for jobs but accidentally cause an traffic accident for Mandy (Cecilia Cheung) and Fred (Nicholas Tse). As a result, both have lost their memories and due to circumstances, they have become enemies... but then, true love will eventually reunite (with a lot of help from Master Q and Potato).

Master Q 2001

2001

Lost in Time poster
7.3

Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on her shoulders, she lives on only to find herself confiding in her beloved through a phone call. Dai Fai. a mini-bus driver who witnessed Ah Man's death, is always there offering her attentive encouragement and support, yet he himself also lives in the shadow of his last relationship. When Siu Wai strives to face the future without the man she loves, Dai Fai finds himself steadily falling in love with her.

Lost in Time

2003

Run Papa Run poster
5.4

A lawyer falls in love with a gang boss, gets knocked up and drags him to the altar. One evening, cradling the crying infant, he metamorphoses into a doting daddy, and henceforth devotes his life to keeping her from finding out his true identity. His light and joy grows into a teenager, and alas, falls for the son of a cop, while rival gangs move in on his turf.

Run Papa Run

2008

Mafia.com poster
5.3

Brought up in a small walled village of Hong Kong, three friends are street fighters thirsty for great fame in the triad society.

Mafia.com

2000

1990s · 18 titles

Lee Rock II poster
6.9

Lee Rock is now the most powerful person in the police force, but he chooses to retreat, because he knows the rules of the power struggle.

Lee Rock II

1991

Gun n' Rose poster
5.7

Mr Lung, the boss of a criminal family, decides that his adopted son Alan should be his successor. However, this decision doesn’t suit Mr Lung’s biological sons Simon and Bowie, so they intend to get rid of their adopted brother. Alan manages to escape death and flee; he is determined to start new peaceful life. But will he be able to escape his past?

Gun n' Rose

1992

Lee Rock poster
6.2

Lee Rock starts his career in the Hong Kong police force as an incorruptible officer. However, he becomes desperate for money and slowly starts to dive into corruption.

Lee Rock

1991

Young and Dangerous 3 poster
6.5

This time taking on the rival Tung Sing triad, who is attempting to usurp Hung Hing influence in Hong Kong by having Tung Sing member Crow frame Ho Nam for the murder of Hung Hing Chairman Chiang Tin Sang. On the plus side, Chicken finds a new love interest in Wasabi, the daughter of the comedic priest, Father Lethal Weapon Lam.

Young and Dangerous 3

1996

The Unmatchable Match poster
7.3

Chow is an undercover cop who must befriend former triad kingpin Chan Wai-Man to investigate a brutal diamond heist. It turns out that Chan is innocent of the theft, but not of the fencing of the stolen goods

The Unmatchable Match

1990

The Mad Monk poster
5.9

The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.

The Mad Monk

1993

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel poster
5.8

Showcasing the earlier years of Chan Ho Nam and Chicken, this prequel tells of their time during their willingness to follow Hung Hing's Uncle Bee.

Young and Dangerous: The Prequel

1998

What a Hero! poster
6.2

Yuen Tak Wah (Andy Lau) has been practicing Taekwondo since he was a kid and becomes an expert at it with his best trick being the 720 Degree Whirlwind Kick. Wah later becomes a cop and uses his good skills to contribute in cracking cases which leads to the jealousy of Officer Cheung Yeung (Roy Cheung), the leader of the rival team. Cheung is also a Taekwondo expert who has a won a championship at the Hong Kong Police Force's Taekwondo Tournament.

What a Hero!

1992

Truant Heroes poster
7.1

Undercover cop, Kin, infiltrates a Hong Kong school to root out an underworld presence. Things get tricky when he falls for a charming teacher, adding a romantic twist to the fight against organized crime within the school's vibrant walls.

Truant Heroes

1992

A True Mob Story poster
7.0

A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss's life in a gang fight. Despite his wife's death in this attack, he appears to be moving up in the Triad family until he discovers the other bosses are not looking out for him when he is double crossed and the gangster he previously hospitalized in the gang fight comes back for revenge.

A True Mob Story

1998

The Wild Girls poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Wild Girls

1993

To Be No. 1 poster
7.0

Fai Chuen is a young man who wants to rise in the triad of Hong Kong. He's tough; he's respected by his friends; he loves Apple, daughter of his boss in the small-time Hung Lok gang in Wanchai; and, he encourages the studies of Chun, the son of his mother's closest relative. When Chuen comes to the attention of Piu, a top triad boss, the Hung Lok gang is assigned a hit; Chuen commits the murder and then is frustrated when Apple's father takes the fall. Chuen's cockiness gets him in trouble again when he disobeys Piu to revenge a friend's death. Chuen, who's reached the police bulletin board's most wanted, is now expendable. Can he and Apple escape to the Mainland?

To Be No. 1

1996

Mr Vampire 1992 poster
6.2

Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires in order to get the teeth dust needed to cure an ailing general. Meanwhile, the general's wife is pregnant, and the evil spirit of an aborted baby wants to possess the unborn child's body for its resurrection.

Mr Vampire 1992

1992

Beyond the Copline poster
3.8

A Hong Kong policewoman, Carmen, returns from England and goes undercover as a dancing girl to infiltrate a ruthless criminal group led by the mean-spirited Ma Liang and his fiery new recruit, Chiang. As she gains Chiang's trust, risking her life in intense hand-to-hand combat, he begins to suspect her true motives after a series of botched crimes.

Beyond the Copline

1994

Legend of the Brothers poster
8.5

Chronicles the rise of two brothers from their start in the 1940'sas illegal immigrants from China to the 1970's when they became the heads of the most powerful triad group in Hong Kong. Kent Cheng is the wise brother who must constantly help out his rash younger brother, Ray Lui. Another one of these true-life stories that seems to glorify triad life. Predictable at best.

Legend of the Brothers

1991

Hong Kong Adam's Family poster
7.0

Mad mix of comedy and action as a family of thugs and Triads can't see eye to eye and so end up going fist to fist.

Hong Kong Adam's Family

1994

Cinema of Vengeance poster
6.2

A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favorite Chow Yun-Fat.

Cinema of Vengeance

1994

Don't Fool Me poster
6.5

A gangster and a broker change jobs.

Don't Fool Me

1991

1980s · 20 titles

Dragon Lord poster
6.5

Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.

Dragon Lord

1982

Project A - Part II poster
7.1

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

Project A - Part II

1987

Royal Warriors poster
7.0

When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and a Japanese detective, does everything it takes to take them down.

Royal Warriors

1986

Five Element Ninjas poster
6.8

A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master and brothers. He finds a new teacher and faces, together with his new brothers, the Five Element Ninja challenge.

Five Element Ninjas

1982

Legacy of Rage poster
7.3

A man is framed for murder by his drug-dealing best friend who covets his girlfriend, leading to eight years in jail and a vow of revenge upon release.

Legacy of Rage

1986

Devil Hunters poster
6.8

A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.

Devil Hunters

1989

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose poster
7.3

The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin’s unwilling moll and he travels to the Philippines to work as a contract killer. Six years later, the two are reunited in a chance encounter, but their rekindled emotions and people from their past lead them into extreme danger.

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

1989

Triads: The Inside Story poster
6.3

Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world he tried so long to avoid.

Triads: The Inside Story

1989

Unreal Dream poster
NR

A small group of people from the Chinese Mainland escape into Hong Kong and get involved in robbery, prostitution and murder.

Unreal Dream

1982

Mercenaries from Hong Kong poster
6.4

Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task which consists of who's who of the Shaw Brother's action stars (Lo Lieh, Johnny Wang Lung Wei, Wong Yue, Chan Wei Man and comedy relief Nat Chan). However once they arrived for the mission nothing is what it seems with the standard plot-twists and turns as we find out who's the traitor among the group.

Mercenaries from Hong Kong

1982

The Body Is Willing poster
5.4

A wealthy playboy sets out to sleep with Japan's foremost recording artist, Mari Yamasaki, despite her wishes to the contrary. Will he succeed in adding her to his list of famous conquests?

The Body Is Willing

1983

The Master Strikes Back poster
5.7

In The Master Strikes Back, Hong Kong's Steadicam pioneering director Sun Chung brings back legendary Ti Lung to play famous weapons instructor Tung Tieh-cheng, who is invited to teach a Ching official's soldiers, in this unofficial sequel to The Kung-fu Instructor. But after his son is kidnapped and castrated what follows is a chaotic, human whirlwind of slicing and dicing compliments of the highly touted martial arts director and one of Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates, Yuan Te.

The Master Strikes Back

1985

Ninja Strike poster
5.8

During World War II, a valuable pendant is taken into hiding to protect it from those who would use it for evil. Years later, men are still trying to retrieve the pendant, now separated into two parts for safekeeping, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. A young tournament fighter who is traveling to a big event unwittingly becomes involved in the recovery of the mysterious pendant.

Ninja Strike

1985

Spiritually a Cop poster
7.0

A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.

Spiritually a Cop

1989

My Rebellious Son poster
6.2

Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.

My Rebellious Son

1982

The Ghost Snatchers poster
6.0

Vengeful spirits of Japanese soldiers from World War II haunt a new high-rise office building in Hong Kong.

The Ghost Snatchers

1986

Carry On Doctors and Nurses poster
6.5

This film is a Hong Kong version of the British Carry On films, this one specifically set in a hospital. The hospital is full of inept people, so Miss Kuk (Meg Lam) vows to the board that she will reform it. This involves the recruitment of student nurses, keeping in check some silly interns and dealing with Dr. Chen, whose wife just left him.

Carry On Doctors and Nurses

1985

Three Stooges Go Undercover poster
7.7

Two police officers and an informant go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeiting ring.

Three Stooges Go Undercover

1984

Bloody Brotherhood poster
7.7

Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth.

Bloody Brotherhood

1989

Mission Thunderbolt poster
7.5

Explosive early Hong Kong actioner about a mysterious criminal known as the White Tycoon, who hires three top assassins to help him eliminate his rivals in two local mobs, the Scorpions and the Serpents. Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1982 Taiwanese Film "別愛陌生人 " (Don't Love Any Stranger) with new scenes.

Mission Thunderbolt

1983

1970s · 9 titles

Broken Oath poster
7.1

Lotus never had a chance. Her mother seethed with anger at being unjustly imprisoned for turning her attemped rapist into a cyclops. Mother repeatedly asked her good friend and fellow prisoner, Pickpocket, to urge Lotus to take revenge for her as an adult. Lotus is given to a monastery and grows up there, but twenty years of peace and love make no impression on Lotus, who skips classes to practice pole and sword skills. Joining forces with Pickpocket and Big Rat, Lotus gets her chance at revenge.

Broken Oath

1977

All Men Are Brothers poster
7.0

Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring mythic characters familiar to every Chinese, and with a cast that has achieved an equally celebrated status among Shaw Brothers devotees.

All Men Are Brothers

1975

The Big Boss Part II poster
5.8

In the last "Big Boss" (AKA "Fists of Fury"), Cheng Chao-On was arrested after killing Hsiao Mi, "The Big Boss." In this unofficial sequel, his brother, Cheng Chao-Chun, visits his brother in Thailand, finds a job at the same ice factory that his brother worked at and avenges the death of their father.

The Big Boss Part II

1976

The Ming Patriots poster
5.4

Bruce Li stars as a kung fu fighter who with a group friends defies the Ching Dynasty, using his martial arts and sense of honor he succeeds though not without some personal losses.

The Ming Patriots

1976

Bruce Lee The Invincible poster
3.9

After turning against friends of his Kung Fu teacher, Cheung Li Kung is banished to Malaysia, but instead of reforming, Cheung sets up a casino to steal wages back from the miners who work for him. When he also kidnaps the local store owner's daughter, and beats her after she refuses his advances, only those familiar with the invincible techniques of Bruce Lee can stop Cheung's evil use of Kung Fu. They must battle the menacing Malaysian bullwhip expert, and even berserk apes, in furious non-stop action that demonstrates the Shaolin Grand Master's deadly dragon fist, snake and tiger techniques.

Bruce Lee The Invincible

1978

Devil and Angel poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Devil and Angel

1973

Shaolin Hand Lock poster
5.8

As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the 'Shaolin Handlock' while an old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing friend Fang Yun-piao pays the unwitting Li a visit. Armed with the deadly Handlock maneuver, Cheng-ying & Kun Shih joins forces to exact revenge on the evil Ling Hao after the truth is unraveled.

Shaolin Hand Lock

1978

Freedom Strikes a Blow poster
5.4

A martial arts fighter, haunted by his past, takes a job as a dock worker in a small village. His vow never to fight again is tested by the cruel owner of the pier.

Freedom Strikes a Blow

1973

The Proud Youth poster
6.8

Sun Chung had made a name for himself directing satirical comedies and modern day crime thrillers when he started exploring the kung-fu genre with this fascinating tale which mixes music and martial arts. Revered choreographer Tang Chia leads a great action cast in a tale of conflicting clans and a mysterious song called "The Proud One" which leads to slowly blossoming love as well as sudden death.

The Proud Youth

1978

Series credits

Mayday poster
8.2

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Mayday

2003

Star Trek: Discovery poster
6.9

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

Star Trek: Discovery

2017

Expats poster
6.7

Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, a multifaceted group of women sets off a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigating the intricate balance between blame and accountability.

Expats

2024

Blood & Treasure poster
6.7

An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.

Blood & Treasure

2019

Interpol poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Interpol

1997

OCTB poster
9.2

Undercover detective Chen Feng Xiang in a crack after a large group of cadres transferred to civilian, but in eight years after being an anti-black group to recapture. As the current rivers and lakes on the most troublesome triad leader are Chen Feng Xiang then younger brother Zhang Zhi Qiang, Feng Xiang re-out of the "rivers and lakes." He joined Zhang Shaojun led by the anti-black team and the new villain tostart dealing with the hands of the old friends and enemies, which makes Feng Xiang once dilemma. There are three years since the return of Hong Kong, gangs intend to take advantage of a big ticket. Feng Xiang in the investigation of a case of the disappearance of the leader, but found a century of Hong Kong triad history of the shaking big conspiracy.

OCTB

2017

The Legend of the Condor Heroes poster
NR

The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CTV in Hong Kong in 1976.

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

1976

长缨在手 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

长缨在手

2000

The Spirit of the Sword poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Spirit of the Sword

1978

A Lawyer to be Good poster
NR

Li Zhipeng is the son of Li Jide who used to be a taxi driver, but he was engaged in a profession different from his dad's identity—lawyer. He has the talent to be a lawyer and has the characteristics of a rogue.

A Lawyer to be Good

1998

Hero Without Tears poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hero Without Tears

1979

The Boxer poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Boxer

1984

血債血償 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

血債血償

1982

金牌律師 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

金牌律師

1998

Behind the camera

Gangland Odyssey poster
7.5

A retired cop is summoned by his former boss to save his kidnapped son from the hands of a deadly Japanese triad.

Gangland Odyssey

1990

Unforgetful Holiday poster
5.7

A sleazy PR Man shows a businessman a fun time in Hong Kong for a co-working opportunity. Cho finds him three lovely hostesses and they go on an island tour, where they forget their moral standards..

Unforgetful Holiday

1992

The Handcuff poster
8.5

Chan Wai Man is Ah Keung, a thug and assassin who tries to go straight after his job becomes to dangerous. A series of events plunges him back into his former lifestyle and he find himself up against his old buddy who has now become a cop. Fights choreographed by Chan Wai Man.

The Handcuff

1979

Carry On Yakuza poster
9.0

Charlie Chan is a boxer who goes to Japan to take on a local hotshot in the ring. A gang of yakuzas pressure him to take a dive, but Charlie beats his opponent senseless instead, resulting in a life-or-death chase in which Charlie and his coach try to escape from the angry gangsters. They are spared by the yakuza boss Yakoda, and their eagerness to impress him leads them to pretend that they are the leaders of an influential triad organization known as the Marlboro Gang. That gang doesn't really exist, and their ruse only leads them to further endangerment after Yakoda is murdered by one of his employees. Yakoda's widow sends their daughter (who speaks Cantonese) to Hong Kong so that she won't be next on the hit list, and Charlie -- still pretending to be a powerful triad gangster -- agrees to protect her. He and his friends must save the girl from assassination attempts and kidnapping along the way, as well as coming to the rescue of Yakoda's widow.

Carry On Yakuza

1989

Deadly Chase for Justice poster
NR

When Lin and his bride are murdered during their honeymoon in Macao by three Japanese men. Inspector Tsung Hsuan-tung, quits his post and goes alone to Japan for revenge.

Deadly Chase for Justice

1977

Deadly Chase for Justice poster
NR

When Lin and his bride are murdered during their honeymoon in Macao by three Japanese men. Inspector Tsung Hsuan-tung, quits his post and goes alone to Japan for revenge.

Deadly Chase for Justice

1977