Actress. She starter her career at 14 as an entertainer in the People's Liberation Army. She later performed in the theatre and film before her first starring role in 1989.  She went to New York University to study and played a minor role in The Crow. Her first major American starring role came with Red Corner, a thriller which painted an unflattering picture of China's legal system. As a result, Bai Ling had her Chinese passport cancelled and lost roles in two Chinese projects. She played minor roles in Wild, Wild West and Anna and the King. She has also made guest appearance on several TV programs and starred in the The Lost Empire mini-series.

Movie actor famed for his personification of cool character in Hong Kong and, more recently, Hollywood action films.  He started his career in Hong Kong TV but switched to films in the mid-1970s. His first major breakthrough came with John Woo's A Better Tomorrow, the start of the popular Hong Kong gangster film genre. He would star in its two sequels (A Better Tomorrow II, A Better Tomorrow III) but also play comedic and romantic roles at the same time in movies such as Dream Lovers and Once a Thief. However, what really established his international reputation were action films like Prison on Fire, The Killer, and Hard-Boiled.  He finally starred in his first American films in 1998 with The Replacement Killers, followed by the The Corruptors and Anna and the King. In 2000, he starred in his first martial arts film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.