Collin Chou mini-bio: Collin Chou was born in Taiwan. He has eight brothers and four sisters. He began
training in Martial Arts when he was four years old. By the age of twelve, he began
his film career as a stunt man. After six years of being a stunt man, he finally
landed his first leading role. Then he left acting for two years, he went and served
in the Taiwan Army. After he left the Army, he moved to Hong Kong to continue his
acting career.
Chou, who performs a majority of his own stunts, exploded into the action scene and
appeared in more than thirty featured films, by action directors such as Sammo Hung,
Tony Ching, Corey Yuen, Tsui Hark, and Yuen Wo Ping. Chou was also a former member
of Sammo Hung's Stuntman Team. Some of Chou's action work include the garage fight
from "License to Steal" and his two fights with Jet Li in "Bodyguard from Beijing"
and "My Father is a Hero".
"The Matrix" was a first American film that Chou played a part in. He then was put
in the sequal to "The Matrix", "The Matrix Reloaded" where he played Seraph, the
guardian of the Oracle.
Collin Chou is also fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
