李兆基

繁體中文

李兆基1949年生於廣東順德，2019年6月喺伊利沙伯醫院病逝，終年六十九歲。佢外號「高飛」、「基哥」，後生時係童黨組織「慈雲山十三太保」成員，仲有過吸毒紀錄，戒毒之後重投社會。1980年代佢獲導演林嶺東邀請演出電影，自此加入影圈，亦曾喺無綫電視做幕後同參與劇集演出。因為草根外形同江湖背景，佢多數演黑幫小頭目或者有勇無謀嘅角色，最為人熟悉係《古惑仔》電影系列入面嘅牆頭草「吹水基」；佢又演過周星馳嘅《食神》、《算死草》、《行運一條龍》，同黃光亮、成奎安、何家駒並稱「香港影圈四大惡人」。除咗演戲，佢亦係電影投資公司負責人，做過監製同編劇；2015年前後因中風減少露面，2018年確診肝癌。

English

Keith Lee Siu-kei (1949–2019) was born in Shunde, Guangdong, and died of liver cancer at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 June 2019, aged 69. Known as 'Ko Fei' and 'Kei Gor', he belonged in his youth to the Tsz Wan Shan gang 'Thirteen Tai Po' and had a drug problem before turning his life around. Invited into films by director Ringo Lam in the 1980s, he also worked behind the scenes at TVB and appeared in its dramas. His grass-roots looks and gangland background led to roles as small-time hoods and blustering toughs; he is best remembered as the fence-sitting 'Chui Shui Kei' in the Young and Dangerous series, and he appeared in Stephen Chow comedies including God of Cookery and The Lucky Guy. With Wong Kwong-leung, Shing Fui-on and Ho Ka-kui he was counted one of the 'Four Great Villains' of Hong Kong cinema. He also ran a film investment company as producer and writer; after suffering strokes from around 2015 he was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2018.