Forest Chan Dick Hark

Biography

Forest Chan Dick Hark was born in a working-class family in Hong Kong during the 1940s and grew up in Sha Tan. He was fond of martial arts since childhood, which led his family to find a master for him. He joined Shaw Brothers as a martial arts stuntman in the late 1960s, where he met Liu Jialiang and worked with Liu Jia's team and martial arts director Tang Jia. In 1973, he joined RTV as a martial arts director and later starred in the 1976 series "Chinese Killer King," which earned him his famous nickname. He joined TVB in 1979, specialized in gangster roles, and won the "Mafia King" award on the show "Sunday好戏王." He passed away in March 2024.