Chua Kah Joo
Actor
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
| 1991 | To Be the Best · as Electrician |
| 1988 | Soursweet · as Lo |
| 1987 | Scoop · as Lascar Steward |
| 1987 | Rockliffe's Babies · as First Chinaman |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners · as Dancer |
| 1985 | Tenko Reunion · as Medical Orderly |
| 1985 | EastEnders · as Chinese Man |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom · as Chen |
| 1983 | High Road to China · as Wong's Aide |
| 1981 | Tenko · as Jo |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses · as Takeaway Owner |
| 1981 | The Chinese Detective · as Li Wo |
| 1980 | Keep It in the Family · as Waiter |
| 1979 | Room Service (1979) · as Triad |
| 1978 | Spearhead · as Private Ling |
| 1978 | The Little and Large Show · as Cast |
| 1977 | The Professionals · as ChoyEn Plex |
| 1976 | Gangsters · as Red Stick |
| 1963 | Doctor Who · as Chinaman |
| 1963 | The Dick Emery Show · as Cast |