Tsui Siu Ming

Biography

Tsui Siu Ming, also known as Tsui Yiu Ming and nicknamed "Brother Siu Ming," is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and director of Chinese Guangdong origin. Born in Hong Kong in 1953 to a family of Cantonese opera performers, his father was a teacher to the famous singer 阮兆輝. Raised in a Cantonese opera troupe, he began learning performance arts at age 5 or 6, and also studied multiple martial arts including Wing Chun, Mantis Boxing, Hung Ga, Choy Li Fut, and Xingyiquan, becoming the ninth-generation practitioner of Tai Chi Mantis Boxing. He started his career as a child actor in cinema at age 5, appearing in dozens of films, with his first film in 1961. He worked with his brother 徐二牛 at Asia Television as an actor, stuntman, and martial arts choreographer. In the 1970s, he moved to television, signing with RTV in 1974, and began taking on more behind-the-scenes production roles from 1975. He transitioned to a behind-the-scenes producer in the 1980s and became an entertainment company executive in the 1990s. He received martial arts training from 鳳凰女, who adopted him as a godson and sponsored his education.