Poon Yau Sing

Biography

Poon Yau Sing is a Hong Kong Cantonese opera and film actor, born on July 13, 1938. He began his artistic career in the late 1940s as a film actor and continued until the early 1980s. His screen debut was in the 1949 film "The Monkey King Creates Havoc in Heaven," where he played the lead role of Sun Wukong. He appeared in approximately 13 films throughout his career, with his final film being "The Superstar Emperor" in 1983, in which he played David's father. Alongside his film work, Poon Yau Sing was a prominent figure in Cantonese opera as a "Wenwu Sheng" (martial and singing male role). In 1956, he led the Golden Dragon Troupe with actors Su Chun-han and Fu Yung-lai to perform Cantonese opera in Singapore and Malaya for two years, returning to Hong Kong in July 1958. In 1964, he joined the Shuangsheng Troupe to perform Cantonese opera in Macau, presenting "The Enfeoffment of Six Kingdoms" and "The Precious Branch." He was also part of the "Seven Brothers" group formed in 1964 with fellow opera performers.