Zhao Lei

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China

Born

1/1/1928

Age

97

Credit(s)

66

Biography

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 ...Show More