Joseph Chi Chiong Chavez
Acting
Biography
Joseph Chi Chiong Chavez was born in South America in 1953. His father practiced as a doctor in Ecuador while his mother was a Peruvian-Chinese. Chi dropped out of college in his junior year to become an amateur race car driver in Hong Kong, and got to know a group of stunt drivers. In 1978, while visiting friends on a film set, he volunteered to take part in a stunt involving a car hitting a wall of glass, which marked his initiation into the film business. Chi began working as a stuntman and in the early 1980s, he was promoted to the position of action choreographer.
Filmography
26 credits
Once Upon a Time in China II
Movie • 1992
White Lotus Sect Regiment Commander
Energetic-21
Movie • 1982
Old K's Friend
City on Fire
Movie • 1987
Tsai / Joe
Prison on Fire
Movie • 1987
Billy
Knock Off
Movie • 1998
My Hero II
Movie • 1993
Gang Member
Wild Search
Movie • 1989
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
Movie • 1994
Joe (archive footage)
Fire Dragon
Movie • 1994
Rat
A Moment of Romance
Movie • 1990
Today's Hero
Movie • 1991
Man in Car Race
Working Class
Movie • 1985
Driver
For Your Heart Only
Movie • 1985
Law with Two Phases
Movie • 1984
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Movie • 1987
Rhythm of Destiny
Movie • 1992
Pub guest fighting Bee
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
Movie • 1986
The Legal Illegals
Movie • 1981
Son on the Run
Movie • 1991
Lover of the Swindler
Movie • 1993
School on Fire
Movie • 1988
Sa Pei
All About Ah-Long
Movie • 1989
Motorcycle Racer
Five Lonely Hearts
Movie • 1992
Big Brother
All of a Sudden
Movie • 1996
Choi's hired thug
The Perfect Match
Movie • 1982
Silent Romance
Movie • 1984
Car driver