Chua Kah Joo
Known for: Acting
Chua Kah Joo is a Singaporean actor who is a trained professional Ballet dancer and Kung Fu Master (Grand Sifu of Wing Chun). He worked with with Germany's Wuppertal Ballet, the Scottish Ballet and London City Ballet in the 1970s and also collaborated with famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev for several years. He taught Wing Chun Kung Fu in London (starting in 1980), and it was there that he was cast as "Chen", an evil henchman, in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1990 he returned to Singapore to teach Kung Fu at his studios there.
Filmography
Series
EastEnders
Chinese Man
1985
Series
The Professionals
Choy
1977
Series
Only Fools and Horses
Takeaway owner
1981
Film
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Chen
1984
Series
Tenko
Jo
1981
Film
High Road to China
Wong's Aide
1983
Film
Absolute Beginners
Dancer
1986
Film
Scoop
Lascar Steward
1987
Film
Soursweet
Lo
1988
Elphida
Chinese Man
1987