Mark Houghton
Acting
Biography
Mark Houghton is a British former action actor, stunt man and fight choreographer. In 1989, he moved to Hong Kong to train in Kung Fu under Lau Kar Leung, and soon began working in the Hong Kong film industry. He is known as the "White Tiger" of Martial Arts films. He retired from his career in cinema in 2000.
Born: March 8, 1962
Place of Birth: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK
Known For
In the Heat of Summer
Five cops work and get on each other's nerves during a hot summer. Tak is a gambler, too much so for his girlfriend to risk marriage. Daddy, a single father, is harsh with his son who reminds him of the woman who abandoned them. Monk is mercurial, talkative, a show-off. Kong, a steady family man, keeps the peace. Sam is new, hoping to fit in and make it as a cop. Three brutal and murderous robbers are on the loose, and so is a former soldier, embittered over the loss of his pension, using very real bombs to extort what's due him. It's a dangerous job, and the cops must watch each other's back, regardless of their personal problems.
Will of Iron
Maggie came back to Hong Kong and gathered her grandmother back to Vancouver for good. She took this opportunity to bunch up with her boyfriend Michael, best friends Jackie and his wife Carol. Although Michael convinced her that the couple had moved to Macau, incidentally they met each other on the street. Maggie couldn't believe her own bare eyes that Jackie was already addicted to cocaine. And the most absurd fact that Michael was the drug dealer himself. Jackie owed the mob a great deal of money; and one of the gangster, Chau Sung was determined to force Jackie to the corner.
The Legend of Drunken Master
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Outlaw Brothers
Frankie Chan and Max Mok are high-class car thieves whose sticky fingers get them in trouble with some gangsters, and then some really nasty gangsters. Tough policewoman Yukari Oshima wants to put the thieves behind bars, but realizes that by working together against the gangsters they can both benefit more.
Dreaming the Reality
An expert assassin - trained since childhood to be the perfect killer - loses her memory during a mission in Thailand, and ends up in the care of a wry ex-policewoman and her boxing cohort. The equally lethal sister of the assassin pursues her, uncertain of her intentions and whether to kill her.
I Am the White Tiger
Stuntman, action director, and martial arts legend Mark Houghton tells his story of breaking into the Hong Kong film industry, his struggle with injuries and depression, and the promise he made his teacher, the legendary filmmaker Lau Kar Leung.
Fight Back to School 2
Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to complete the case and realizes a bumbling detective is also undercover as a student.
Angel On Fire
A beautiful supermodel-turned-gangster double crosses her ruthless partners after the gang steals a precious relic from a Manila museum. Now an enterprising young Interpol agent, with the help of a comical taxi driver, must stop the vicious gang and return the relic to its rightful owners.
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
Fatty and Baldy, a pair of undercover detectives, infiltrate a Triad drug syndicate but are put on a leave of absence after apprehending the kingpin, Tak, in the middle of the police commander's wedding. They return to find that Tak has been bailed out and has hired a team of assassins to exact revenge.
Killer Angels
Three female cops form a special unit and get their main witness out of the clutches of a gang. The witness holds the key to Chu Chung Sing, a gang-lord who runs a night-club. They will have to face a ruthless but sentimental killer.
Filmography
as Self
as Bear
as Blackie Yiu's Thug
as Mark
as Foreign buyers bodyguard
as Mr. Tie's Henchman
as Thai gang leader's thug
as British Military Officer
as Mark
as Jonathan
as Sex trader's thug
as Mak
as Kick-boxer
as Hitman
as FBI agent Jacky
as Wing's Henchman
as Kidnapper (uncredited)
as Miego's man with sword
as Mark
as Thug
as Robinson's Thug
as Boss's Thug
as Villain