
Kim Tae-Jeong
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-06-05
Day of Death
2011-08-27 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Kim Tae-Jeong
Biography
Korean taekwondo stylist Kim Tae-Jeong was discovered by Raymond Chow, who was looking for a "double" to replace the late Bruce Lee when Golden Harvest opted to finish GAME OF DEATH (1978). Kim was a very nice kicking stylist who would later play Bruce's "brother" and play his double in a sequel entitled TOWER OF DEATH. His final fight scene against fellow Korean Hwang Jang-Lee is hailed as one of his best fight scenes. In 1985, Corey Yuen selected Kim to play the ghost of Bruce Lee in his Hong Kong-U.S. crossover NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. His voice was dubbed by a voice actor because Kim spoke no English so he spoke all of his lines in his native Korean with American actor Kurt McKinney. Kim had also worked in his native Korea, his most popular film there being PLEASE MISS BE PATIENT (1981), a martial arts action comedy. Sadly on the weekend of August 27, 2011, Kim passed away after suffering a hemorrhage after having a stomach ache. Kim was 54 years old.
Known For
Acting
(1986)
No Retreat, No Surrender
as Sensei Lee
(1985)
Ninja USA
as Tan Lung
(1982)
Fist of Death
as Master Bruce
(1981)
Game of Death II
as Lee Chen-kwok / Bobby Lo
(1981)
(1979)
(1978)
Game of Death
as Billy Lo
(1978)
Crew
(1981)
Game of Death II
Stunts, Stunt Double
(1978)
Game of Death
Stunt Double