Biography
Xing Yu, also credited as Shi Xingyu or Shi Yanneng, is a Chinese actor and martial artist. Born Zhang Shuwu on 27 December 1978 in Zhangqiu, Shandong, he trained at the Shaolin Temple from the age of 12 for around ten years and is a 32nd-generation Shaolin monk.
He began appearing in films in the late 1990s and gained prominence after Stephen Chow cast him as the Coolie in Kung Fu Hustle (2004). He has since appeared in numerous action films, including Flash Point (2007), Ip Man (2008) as Master Zealot Lin, Bodyguards and Assassins (2009), Shaolin (2011), Kung Fu Jungle (2014) and Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018). He has also worked as an action director and lives in Shenzhen.
