沈威（Shum Wai）

沈威（Shum Wai）1948年出生，于1970年代涉足香港电影圈，成为国泰电影公司当时的新晋演员。但基于有一次接拍导演屠光启执导的电影时被指不遵从导演指示，使他感受到当演员的委屈，加上薪酬不高，于是决定转行，当过龙虎武师和潜水员。从1975年开始，沈威当过国泰公司宣传部文员（与女记者兼专栏作家林冰为同事），1980年起任职法律行政人员。自1984年回归影圈期间，他一边继续于律师楼工作，一边参演电影，1986年更以停薪留职方式集中拍摄电影。 1984年，沈威参演由麦当雄执导的《省港旗兵》，凭借饰演两面派阿泰一角，于1985年获得第4届香港电影金像奖最佳男配角奖项。在拍摄电影《省港旗兵》期间，导演麦当雄让人把沈威绑在淋满汽油的车上，然后趁沈威不觉突然点火，险些把沈威烧死在车内。沈威在车上挣扎时真实的惊慌表情全部被摄入镜头之中，虽然成为该出电影的一大亮点，却因此令他和麦当雄发生争执。而沈威此后并未因此而走红，仍然长期在各类电影中出演配角或反派角色。他另一方面曾涉足监制、编剧，同期还当上武术指导。执导电影时期则曾获台资“嘉氏影业（香港）公司”出资拍摄作品，如《新龙争虎斗》，担任副导演与导演的电影合计7部。 1994年至1998年，沈威加入无线电视，演出十多部电视剧，至2002年淡出影视圈，并定居北京。及后他在2017年曾复出接拍两套中国内地电视剧。2019年4月一度因肺炎与呼吸衰竭而被送到首都医科大学附属北京潞河医院深切治疗部接受治疗。2022年6月9日，沈威于九龙油麻地广华医院离世，享寿74岁。沈威有1名女儿，前妻陈慧玲是一名商人。 Shum Wai was born in 1948. He entered the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s and became a new actor at Cathay Film Company. However, because he was accused of not following the director's instructions when he was filming a movie directed by Tu Guangqi, he felt the grievances of being an actor, and the salary was not high, so he decided to change careers and worked as a dragon and tiger warrior and a diver. Starting in 1975, Shum Wai worked as a clerk in the publicity department of Cathay Pacific (with female reporter and columnist Lin Bing as a colleague), and since 1980, he has worked as a legal administrator. Since his return to the film industry in 1984, he continued to work in a law firm while participating in movies. In 1986, he took a leave of absence without pay to focus on filming movies. In 1984, Shum Wai participated in "The Flag Soldiers of Hong Kong" directed by McDonald. For his role as the two-faced Artest, he won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1985. During the filming of the movie "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", director Danny Mak tie Shum Wai to a car filled with gasoline, and then suddenly lit a fire while Shum Wai was unaware, almost burning Shum Wai to death in the car. The real panic expression of Shum Wai when he was struggling in the car was all captured in the camera. Although it became a highlight of the movie, it also caused a dispute between him and McDonald. However, Shum Wai did not become popular because of this, and still played supporting roles or villains in various movies for a long time. On the other hand, he has been involved in producing, screenwriting, and also served as a martial arts instructor during the same period. During his film directing period, he was funded by the Taiwanese-owned "Jia's Film (Hong Kong) Company" to shoot films, such as "Enter the Dragon", and served as assistant director and director of a total of 7 films. From 1994 to 1998, Shum Wai joined TVB and performed in more than ten TV series. In 2002, he faded out of the film and television industry and settled in Beijing. Later, he returned to film two mainland Chinese TV series in 2017. In April 2019, he was sent to the Intensive Care Department of Beijing Luhe Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University for treatment due to pneumonia and respiratory failure. On June 9, 2022, Shum Wai passed away at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon at the age of 74. Shum Wai has a daughter, and his ex-wife Chen Huiling is a businessman.