
Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China
Zhao Lei (simplified Chinese: 赵雷; traditional Chinese: 趙雷) was a Chinese actor born in 1928 as Wang Yumin (王育民). He moved to Hong Kong in 1947, joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1953. He was one of the most popular male leads in the cinema of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s. He frequently played the role of an Emperor and is often called the "Film Emperor". He died in Hong Kong on 24 June 1996.

as Assassin

as Self
1962

as Boss Cao
1989

as Assassin
1962

as Emperor Tang Kao Tsung
1963

as Wen Zi-Yang
1954

1965

1973

as Emperor
1975
1979

as Lung's Father
1973

as Chu Te Cheng
1959

1978
1979

as Boss Cao
1989

1982
as Emperor
1980
1979

1978

as Captain
1978

as Master Jia
1978

1976

as Emperor
1975

1973

as Lung's Father
1973

as Kang Wai
1972

1970

as Deng Da-Shuo
1968

as Pei Shun-Ching
1968

as Chang Kuei-Yin
1968

as Xie Wu-Yang
1967

1967

as Liu Zigu
1967

1967

as Archer Hòu Yì
1966

1965

1965

as Mo Ji
1965