
Acting
Apr 30, 1948
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Shum Wai
Acting
Biography
Shum Wai (Chinese: 沈威) was born on 1 May 1951 in Hong Kong. He was an actor and writer, known for Long Arm of the Law (1984), Triad Story (1990) and City Warriors (1988). He died on 9 June 2022 in Hong Kong.
Feature Films (102)

Law and Chan are gamblers and friends. Forced into a battle with the Yakuza, How far will friendship go? A high stakes card game will settle it all.
Casino Raiders

Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick sends Hung (Cherie Chung) as a bait to kill Ho Lung. Swore to take revenge for his best friend, Kwok Wah works with Ho Lung's partner Mother (Kent Cheng) to unveil the enemy. Kwok Wah saves Hung during an operation and Hung starts to like Kwok Wah. Kwok Wah and Mother follow their plan to capture Dick, but it ends in vain and both of them get into a gunfight. Hung is killed for saving Kwok Wah during the gunfight. Though heart-broken, Kwok Wah and Mother go on fighting the villain...
Walk on Fire

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Police Story 3: Super Cop

Fong Kit Ying is an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who inadvertently angers a gang of drunken patrons. They follow her home after her shift and mount a viscous gang assault. After her traumatic ordeal, she vows to hunt them down one by one.
Her Vengeance

An aging crime boss discovers his rebellious daughter is dating a punk. His former gang members try to bring her back using tricks and force, only to find out the punk is tied to the drug business in America, and is not to be messed with.
Triad Story

Three high-octane cops--an unorthodox one from Hong Kong, a straitlaced one from the Mainland, and one from the Philippines--join forces to demolish an insidious counterfeiting ring. Cops-and-robbers action fare taken to its most gleefully bullet-ridden extreme.
Tough Beauty And The Sloppy Slop

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
The Protector

Yuen Shang is trying to kill tough guy Ting Sai Hung, because he killed her father. But Yuen's attempt is foiled by recently-reincarnated Shum Key. Ting then hires Key as a bodyguard, but Key's entry to the Ting household causes problems. Ting's daughter Carrie is mad about Key, but Key is hot for Ting's pretty wife Cindy. And Horse, one of Ting's henchman, spends lots of time trying to get on with Carrie and repel Key. Inbetween all this, Ting finds a nightclub dancer who "drives his dicky wild", Tong Yan. He invites Tong to be his concubine, not knowing she is Yuen Shang's cousin, and bent on helping to bump off Ting.
Erotic Passion

Alex is happily married to maternal doctor Hiu-Tung for five years. When Alex is fatally wounded in an accident, he reveals to Hiu-Tung about his affair with Black, who is impregnated with his baby.
Tragic Commitment

A group of desperate Chinese criminals hope to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of an undercover cop.
Long Arm of the Law
Television & Series (11)

Before Dawn was an American Champion racehorse bred and raced by Lucille Markey's Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky.
Before Dawn

The Romantic Swordsman is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Gu Long's novel Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian of the Xiaoli Feidao Series. It was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong in September 1995.
The Romantic Swordsman

Emperor Yung Ching elects his fourth son, Prince Wang Lik, to succeed his throne. However, Wang Sin and Chow King On are against his decision.
War And Remembrance

The Criminal Investigator II is a 1996 Hong Kong police procedural television drama. Produced by Jonathan Chik and edited by Chow Yuk-ming and Chiu Ching-yung, the drama is a TVB production and the direct sequel to 1995's The Criminal Investigator. The story follows a team of investigators from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau unit of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force.
The Criminal Investigator II

Set in 1930s Shanghai, the story opens with legendary gambler Gon and his vow to recover his father's casino from Shanghai tycoon Fung In his quest, he becomes acquainted with Sou and uncovers her fiance's nefarious conspiracy. Sou gives her heart to Gon, but he can't forget his old love Gu. Meanwhile, up-and-coming gangster Hui Man Keung is quickly making his name in Shanghai. Crossing paths during chaotic times, Hui, Gon, and Ding Lik become brothers and business partners, but Fung recruits Hui and Ding to his side through backhanded methods. Though deeply in love with Fung's daughter Ching Ching, Hui can only turn away from love and friendship when Fung's true nature is revealed. Fung, however, is not about to just let Hui walk away.








