George Chung
George Chung is an American actor, businessman, film director and TV show producer. He is also a five times world martial arts champion. He was the executive producer for the American reality television series, Call to Cosplay. He is also the executive producer of Bushido Battleground. Chung had the lead role in the 1988 film Hawkeye.
Background
George Chung, a member of the Black Belt Hall of Fame was a 5-time world Karate champion. He is CEO and co-founder of JungoTV.Chung, along with Cynthia Rothrock ran a martial arts academy which was destroyed by fire in the 1980s. A new one was opened in Los Gatos, California, and was in operation in 1986. Both Chung and Rothrock are the co-authors of the book, Advanced Dynamic Kicks. Chung and Rothrock were actually an item and lived together as a couple. By late 1989, their relationship was over.
As a Tae Kwon Do instructor, Chung has trained people such as former San Francisco 49ers football players Bill Romanowski, Charles Haley, Ronnie Lott, and Dwight Clark.
Films
Chung's earliest film was Eyes of the Dragon, a Leo Fong directed film about a martial artist vying for a prized statue. It was also released as Fight to Win and '"Dangerous Passages.Chung directed and acted in the 1988 film Jungle Heat, a film about a man whose on is kidnapped. It also featured Leo Fong, Richard Norton, Cynthia Rothrock, and Stan Wertlieb. He played the lead character Alexander “Hawkeye” Hawkamoto in the film Hawkeye which was also released that year. His character teams up with Charles Wilson, a fellow policeman to track down the killers of his friend. Along with Leo Fong, he co-directed the film Blood Street, a direct-to-video action film starring Fong in his reprised role as Joe Wong, a character from Low Blow. The film also starred Stack Pierce, Kim Paige, Chuck Jeffrys and Richard Norton. He played an Elvis impersonator in the 1992 film Honeymoon in Vegas''.
Television
In the late 90s, Chung was producing the children's series Adventures with Kanga Roddy. Chung was the executive producer for the series Call to Cosplay, which debuted on Myx TV.Films
| Title | Role | Year | Notes # |
| Jungle Heat | Director | 1988 | |
| Hawkeye | Director, writer | 1988 | |
| Blood Street | Director, writer | 1988 | |
| Kindergarten Ninja | 1994 |
| Title | Role | Director | Year | Notes # |
| Low Blow | Fight choreographer / Stunts | Leo Fong | 1986 | |
| Hawkeye | Editor | Leo Fong George Chung | 1988 | |
| Blood Street | Stunt coordinator | Leo Fong George Chung | 1988 |
Television
| Title | Episode | Role | Director | Year | Notes # |
| S.W.A.T. | The Chinese Connection | Han | Bruce Bilson | 1976 |
| Title | Role | Year | Notes # |
| Adventures with Kanga Roddy | Executive producer 39 episodes | 1998 - 2000 | |
| Call to Cosplay | Director 11 episodes Producer 11 episodes Writer 4 episodes | 2015 to 2016 2015 to 2016 2015 | |
| Movies So Good | Director 3 episodes Director 3 episodes Executive producer 3 episodes | 2015 |
Publications
- George Chung, Cynthia Rothrock, Advanced Dynamic Kicks, Black Belt Communications, 1986,