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Best known by Western moviegoers for his role as '', the head general of the Crazy 88, O-Ren Ishii's ( Lucy Liu ) personal army. Elsewhere, Liu is known for his role as San Te from '' The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin '' and its sequels from which he adopted his shaved head style. Some fans call him the "Master Killer" after the alternate title to ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin''. YOUTH In his youth, he skipped school to train in Martial Arts without his parents' knowledge. He trained at Lau Charn 's martial arts school of Hung Gar discipline that descended from Wong Fei Hung 's grand student (father to Lau Kar Leung ). Lau Charn's wife assisted in his training and their friendship eventually lead to his adoption into Lau's family and received the name Lau Kar Fei. As he grew up, he found a job as a Shipping Clerk to make ends meet. His interests had always been towards martial arts was eventually offered a role by Lau Kar Leung. CAREER Over the years Gordon's movie roles dwindled as younger and more agile martial artists emerged. During the 80's, he was forced to take smaller roles such as in Lau Kar-leung 's '' Tiger On The Beat ''. However, Liu has been active in television, and was contracted to Hong Kong's TVB company for many years, continuing playing roles as a martial arts master. Though he still commonly plays roles in some martial arts capacity, he's also at home in playing comedic, self-depreciative or emotional characters. His second common role in TVB has been playing a HK police officer. Quentin Tarantino has long been a fan of Liu, and had one day hoped to find him a role in one of his movies. This eventually came to pass with the roles of Johnny Mo and Master Pai Mei in both ''Kill Bill'' movies. His roles in ''Kill Bill'' raised Liu's profile again and a renewed interest was shown by Chinese producers. Since Gordon's Kill Bill fame, Gordon has returned to doing movies while continue doing television for Hong Kong's TVB station. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
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