Joseph Chi Chiong Chavez
Actor
Biography
Joseph Chi Chiong Chavez was born in South America in 1953. His father practiced as a doctor in Ecuador while his mother was a Peruvian-Chinese. Chi dropped out of college in his junior year to become an amateur race car driver in Hong Kong, and got to know a group of stunt drivers.
In 1978, while visiting friends on a film set, he volunteered to take part in a stunt involving a car hitting a wall of glass, which marked his initiation into the film business. Chi began working as a stuntman and in the early 1980s, he was promoted to the position of action choreographer.
Filmography
Knock Off
1998
Once Upon a Time in China II
as White Lotus Sect Regiment Commander 1992
City on Fire
as Tsai 1987
Prison on Fire
as Billy 1987
A Moment of Romance
1990
All About Ah-Long
as Motorcycle Racer 1989
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
1986
Wild Search
1989
School on Fire
as Sa Pei 1988
All of a Sudden
as Choi's hired thug 1996
Working Class
as Driver 1985
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
as Joe (archive footage) 1994
Fire Dragon
as Rat 1994
Law with Two Phases
1984
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
For Your Heart Only
1985
My Hero II
as Gang Member 1993