Karl Maka Age, Birthday, Also Know as, Place of Birth, Biography, Wiki, Filmography, Date of Birth, Acting, Direction, Production info
Karl Maka Biography / Wiki
| Name | Karl Maka |
| Also Know | 麥嘉, Carl Mak, Mak Kar, Kar Mak, Kais Mak, Kar S. Mak, Mak Ka, Klar Mauk |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Chonglou, Jiangmen, China |
| Date of Birth | 1944-02-29 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 78 |
| Deathday |
Karl Maka Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Merry Christmas | Baldy Mak | 1984-12-12 | A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage to tell her until another man enters the picture … |
| The Thirty Million Dollar Rush | Baldy | 1987-07-02 | Treasury employee Fatty (Eric Tsang) discovered that bags of used 30 million in Hong Kong Dollars have not been incinerated due to a system error; the… |
| Crazy Crooks | Kong Koon Chat | 1980-02-14 | Slapstick movie about 2 swindlers, Kong Kun Chat (Karl Maka) and Moo Pi Chide (Dean Shek) who gambled with fake money with someone else to get back re… |
| Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit | Albert Au | 1989-01-28 | Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers…. |
| Aces Go Places | Albert Au | 1982-01-16 | King Kong, a clever thief who steals a cache of diamonds from some gangsters, frames another thief called White Glove for the crime. That’s when the b… |
| Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice | Albert Au | 1986-07-24 | Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers…. |
| Aces Go Places II | Albert Au | 1983-11-11 | An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by K… |
| Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Albert Au | 1984-01-25 | A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must h… |
| Lucky Stars Go Places | Chief Inspector Albert / Baldy | 1986-06-20 | Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the L… |
| Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon | Baldy Mak Sui Fu | 1990-06-28 | King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair … |
| The Good, the Bad and the Loser | Assassin | 1976-06-09 | The Good, the Bad and the Loser is a Hong Kong Martial Arts-Comedy starring Richard Ng…. |
| Kung Hei Fat Choy | Grabbing Gold | 1985-02-15 | Money God was being naughty in heaven and as a punishment, he was sent to Earth to do good deeds for humans. On Earth, he meets Fung, a restaurant own… |
| Laughing Times | Master Ting | 1980-12-24 | John Woo’s Chaplin film. A homeless wanderer just happens across various articles of clothing that make him resemble Charlie Chaplin much to the amus… |
| By Hook or By Crook | Butcher Wing | 1980-08-07 | ‘FLOWER KID’ was a ‘Robin Hood’ type of hero who robs the rich and gives the poor. He was adored by many people especially a kid named ‘FATSO’, who c… |
| All the Wrong Clues | Ah Capone | 1981-07-23 | A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valu… |
| Beware Of Pickpockets | 1981-02-06 | Mak Kar, a faithful and honest constable, was ordered to arrest Dean Saki, a pickpocket. However, each time he was caught, he was released by lack of … | |
| Winner Takes All | Inspector Stupid | 2000-01-29 | Winner Takes All is a Hong Kong comedy starring Karl Maka and Ricky and Samuel Hui… |
| It Takes Two | Albert | 1982-07-15 | It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng…. |
| Knockabout | Captain | 1979-04-12 | After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students…. |
| His Name is Nobody | Baldy | 1979-08-16 | Lau Kar-Wing plays “Nobody”, an orphan who grows up stealing food to survive, learning some meagre skills as a con artist. When he meets a true master… |
| No U-Turn | Officer Barry | 1982-02-02 | Comedy about a Taxi driver moonlighting as a race-car driver…. |
| Hello, Late Homecomers | 1978-11-16 | An omnibus of tales from the three directors, Sit, Maka and Woo. Each dealing with true love and romance. The third and the best one of the tales deal… | |
| Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | Sheriff | 1978-07-21 | Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone’s wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follow… |
| Chasing Girls | Man at airport | 1981-08-07 | Afro-haired Robert demonstrates over and over to his gawking cousin how easy it is to pick up girls. Robert eventually narrows the field down to two g… |
| All the Wrong Spies | Patriot | 1983-03-31 | In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin join a resistance group during the Japanese occupatio… |
| The Victim | Abbot Silver Lining | 1980-02-28 | Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His bro… |
| He Has Nothing But Kung Fu | Sheriff | 1977-11-03 | He’s lost his memory, but not his skill: After a fierce battle with a local tong, Hoi is thrown over an embankment and left for dead. He survives the … |
| The Magnificent Scoundrels | Master | 1991-10-09 | Romeo is a mediocre con artist who crosses paths with Betsy Kwan, a fellow con artist. Together they impersonate various people and create numerous sc… |
| Odd Couple | Challenges Cloud Sabre | 1979-08-09 | Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, … |
| Winner Takes All! | 1977-12-29 | Winner Takes All! is a Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Sammo Hung and Richard Ng…. | |
| The Bodyguard | Old Man | 2016-04-01 | A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new … |
| Can’t Stop the War | 1982-02-25 | In 1945, Japan had surrendered but the news did not reach a small village in China. The local guerrilla force still put up a hilarious fight with the … | |
| Dirty Kung Fu | 1978-11-16 | Dirty Kung Fu is about a young bounty hunter who uses his kung fu skills or lack thereof to capture criminals…. | |
| The Eighth Happiness | Audience member (cameo) | 1988-02-11 | Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in the way!… |
| The Banquet | Mr. Mak | 1991-11-30 | Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. … |
Karl Maka Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | Director | 1978-07-21 | Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone’s wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follow… |
| By Hook or By Crook | Director | 1980-08-07 | ‘FLOWER KID’ was a ‘Robin Hood’ type of hero who robs the rich and gives the poor. He was adored by many people especially a kid named ‘FATSO’, who c… |
| His Name is Nobody | Director | 1979-08-16 | Lau Kar-Wing plays “Nobody”, an orphan who grows up stealing food to survive, learning some meagre skills as a con artist. When he meets a true master… |
| Iron Fists | Director | 1979-03-29 | Chen Kuan-Tai and Mang Fei team up to bring justice to a ruthless gang of martial arts experts…. |
| The Thirty Million Dollar Rush | Director | 1987-07-02 | Treasury employee Fatty (Eric Tsang) discovered that bags of used 30 million in Hong Kong Dollars have not been incinerated due to a system error; the… |
| Chasing Girls | Director | 1981-08-07 | Afro-haired Robert demonstrates over and over to his gawking cousin how easy it is to pick up girls. Robert eventually narrows the field down to two g… |
| It Takes Two | Director | 1982-07-15 | It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng…. |
| The Good, the Bad and the Loser | Director | 1976-06-09 | The Good, the Bad and the Loser is a Hong Kong Martial Arts-Comedy starring Richard Ng…. |
| Winner Takes All! | Director | 1977-12-29 | Winner Takes All! is a Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Sammo Hung and Richard Ng…. |
| Crazy Crooks | Director | 1980-02-14 | Slapstick movie about 2 swindlers, Kong Kun Chat (Karl Maka) and Moo Pi Chide (Dean Shek) who gambled with fake money with someone else to get back re… |
Karl Maka Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Aces Go Places II | Producer | 1983-11-11 | An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by K… |
| Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street | Producer | 1984-01-25 | A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuable gem from a heavily guarded location then must h… |
| Aces Go Places | Producer | 1982-01-16 | King Kong, a clever thief who steals a cache of diamonds from some gangsters, frames another thief called White Glove for the crime. That’s when the b… |
| Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit | Producer | 1989-01-28 | Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers…. |
| City on Fire | Producer | 1987-02-13 | Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; … |
| Kidnapped | Producer | 1983-04-01 | After her six year old son is kidnapped, a successful fashion designer must work with a detective to clear up the terrifying mystery and get her son b… |
| Tiger on the Beat 2 | Producer | 1990-02-10 | Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sis… |
| The Victim | Producer | 1980-02-28 | Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His bro… |
| Send in the Clowns | Production Supervisor | 1983-04-01 | Two sisters are part of a cabaret act that is rapidly declining in attendance, and although the older sisteris constantly trying to push her younger s… |
| The Perfect Wife?! | Producer | 1983-08-05 | The Perfect Wife?! is a 1983 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed Dean Shek and starring Shek, Eric Tsang and Linda Lau…. |
| Kung Hei Fat Choy | Producer | 1985-02-15 | Money God was being naughty in heaven and as a punishment, he was sent to Earth to do good deeds for humans. On Earth, he meets Fung, a restaurant own… |
| All the Wrong Clues | Producer | 1981-07-23 | A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valu… |
| Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | Producer | 1978-07-21 | Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone’s wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follow… |
| Life After Life | Producer | 1981-12-22 | When a man is hired to enhance a fashion show, he decides to go to a puppeteer and use Chinese puppets as accents to the models and the clothes. His i… |
| Merry Christmas | Producer | 1984-12-12 | A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage to tell her until another man enters the picture … |
| He Lives by Night | Producer | 1982-05-08 | A happily married graphic designer discovers his wife’s adultery with a man who dresses up in woman’s white fish-net stockings. He is shocked into kil… |
| Till Death Do We Scare | Producer | 1982-10-21 | Irene has had lots of bad luck with her husbands. Her first husband, B-actor Walter Fink was run over by a construction truck. Her second husband, mob… |
| The Magnificent Scoundrels | Executive Producer | 1991-10-09 | Romeo is a mediocre con artist who crosses paths with Betsy Kwan, a fellow con artist. Together they impersonate various people and create numerous sc… |
| Crazy Crooks | Producer | 1980-02-14 | Slapstick movie about 2 swindlers, Kong Kun Chat (Karl Maka) and Moo Pi Chide (Dean Shek) who gambled with fake money with someone else to get back re… |
| Run Tiger Run | Producer | 1985-01-01 | Two street urchins meet up with a sad and lonely rich kid. They become friends when the kid’s shady uncle mistakes them for his nephews…. |
| No U-Turn | Producer | 1982-02-02 | Comedy about a Taxi driver moonlighting as a race-car driver…. |
| Spooky Kookies | Producer | 1981-10-30 | Early ghost comedy from Cinema City…. |
| Cupid One | Producer | 1985-05-17 | Sally Yeh is a socialite who accidentally stows away on board “Cupid One”, a small boat making a ten day trip to Thailand. Mark Cheng (in his film deb… |
| Esprit D’amour | Producer | 1983-12-15 | A young woman has a tragic accident, slipping on a skateboard and falling off the roof of a tall building. Koo Chi Ming, an insurance investigator, is… |
| Prison on Fire II | Producer | 1991-06-22 | Ching is a prisoner in a Hong Kong jail that has a large population of Mainland Chinese prisoners. Ching escapes to see his young son, who he has been… |
| Odd Couple | Producer | 1979-08-09 | Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, … |
| Laughing Times | Producer | 1980-12-24 | John Woo’s Chaplin film. A homeless wanderer just happens across various articles of clothing that make him resemble Charlie Chaplin much to the amus… |
| Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? | Producer | 1983-04-01 | A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and … |
| Tiger on the Beat | Executive Producer | 1988-03-19 | A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of ‘Lethal Weapon’. The wacky two… |
| By Hook or By Crook | Producer | 1980-08-07 | ‘FLOWER KID’ was a ‘Robin Hood’ type of hero who robs the rich and gives the poor. He was adored by many people especially a kid named ‘FATSO’, who c… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice | Screenplay | 1986-07-24 | Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers…. |
| Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | Writer | 1978-07-21 | Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone’s wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follow… |
| All the Wrong Clues | Story | 1981-07-23 | A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valu… |
| His Name is Nobody | Writer | 1979-08-16 | Lau Kar-Wing plays “Nobody”, an orphan who grows up stealing food to survive, learning some meagre skills as a con artist. When he meets a true master… |
| Winner Takes All! | Writer | 1977-12-29 | Winner Takes All! is a Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Sammo Hung and Richard Ng…. |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Love, Lone Flower | Presenter | 1985-06-22 | Wau Fong and Pak Yuk are attractive hostesses in a cabaret with a great following. One of Wan’s suitors, Or Ah Chun is a powerful and prominent figure… |
| School on Fire | Presenter | 1988-08-20 | A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this n… |
| Prison on Fire | Presenter | 1987-11-13 | Lo Ka Yiu, a young ad designer who is sentenced to jail for manslaughter, has gotten himself in trouble with the corrupted wardens and fellow inmates … |
| Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? | Presenter | 1983-04-01 | A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and … |
| Ghost Bustin | Presenter | 1985-07-13 | Dr. Tao, who has supernatural power, misses his wife a lot, whom disappeared on the day of their marriage. One day, an eagle flies into Dr. Tao’s hous… |
| Heaven Can Help | Presenter | 1984-05-05 | Mak is an optimist. He is driven to despair after a series of depressing events and got himself into a car accident. As he passed out, his spirit went… |
| Play Catch | Presenter | 1983-06-09 | Billionaire Law and his accomplices are conspiring the murder of a judge. The conspiracy is overheard by a inspector from ICAC who records the meeting… |
| My Little Sentimental Friend | Presenter | 1984-07-09 | Rocky Chan (Eric Tsang), is a shy character who is always nervous and awkward. On his 1st wedding anniversary, Rocky returns home and finds that his w… |
| The Happy Ghost | Presenter | 1984-07-14 | From a camping trip, a college girl took home an ancient rope to use to keep her torn backpack in place, not knowing it was used by a disgraced schola… |
| Happy Ghost II | Presenter | 1985-07-18 | A high school teacher constantly has pranks played on him by the students. He becomes a ghost with magical powers, but they keep getting him in troubl… |
| Happy Ghost III | Presenter | 1986-07-03 | A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musical family. Her spirit must get to the hospital wh… |
| The Occupant | Presenter | 1984-09-30 | The Occupant is about a young woman (Sally Yeh) who is trying to write a book/thesis on chinese superstitions. So she arrives in HK and rents a really… |
| Lifeline Express | Presenter | 1984-12-28 | Kind-hearted Fatso Ng earnestly entreats Buddha to save his midget brother Tiger from an early death. In a passionate outburst, he pledges half his li… |
| The Time You Need a Friend | Presenter | 1985-01-10 | John Woo’s melodramatic tragicomedy The Time You Need a Friend (1985) stands at the crucial crossroads in the director’s career. Woo had been churning… |
| Happy Union | Presenter | 1984-07-07 | … |
| Mummy Dearest | Presenter | 1985-07-04 | Lee Kam Lun (Alan Tam) is an intelligent but psychologically unstable young man who is very filial and loves his mum(Pik Wan Tang) dearly. Trouble bre… |
| For Your Heart Only | Presenter | 1985-07-09 | Disco jockey Piggy Chan, mechanic Sapi and cousin Hayden are good friends. They three form a trio-Lovebursters. Some day, Piggy met a girl Jane Yu and… |
| Why Me? | Presenter | 1985-10-29 | The tragic story of Fat Cat, a mentally retarded man who endures the mistreatment of the local villagers, and Koko, the idealistic social worker who t… |
| The Isle of Fantasy | Presenter | 1985-12-21 | A bunch of teenyboppers are stranded on the Isle of Fantasy, where they join forces with Chappie the Gorilla and his long-haired old master to overcom… |
| Super Citizen | Presenter | 1985-04-01 | A young man from the country comes to Taipei to search for his sister from whom he has heard nothing during the past year. Beginning in a tenement slu… |
| Abracadabra | Presenter | 1986-01-01 | In 1980, a crack team of Taoists (garbed like ninjas!) successfully vanquish a mob of ghosts — except for female demon Pinkish Red, who manages to es… |
| A Book of Heroes | Presenter | 1986-06-18 | In one of her first film appearances Yukari plays an undercover Japanese criminal police officer investigating the gang led by Yamashita (Yasuaki Kura… |
| Pom Pom | Presenter | 1984-02-22 | Chau and Beethoven, two Hong Kong police detectives, go through misadventures to protect a young girl from a ruthless crime lord, as she possesses a l… |
| Undeclared War | Presenter | 1990-09-01 | A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist…. |
| Banana Cop | Presenter | 1984-04-19 | Two owners of a gambling club in London’s Chinatown are killed by an unknown killer. Edward (Lam), a policeman of heads the investigation. He arrive… |
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