When Biao got back to Hong Kong, he contacted Sammo. Biao started working under Sammo as his assistant choreographer, while he did some stunt works on the side. Soon he became chief choreographer and worked in various movies. In 1978, Sammo Hung was approached by Raymond Chow, the head of Golden Harvest, and was given the offer to make another Bruce Lee movie with some left-over footage. Sammo accpeted this, and had in mind of one and only person who could be the perfect action-double for the late Bruce Lee - It was Yuen Biao. Thus, Biao was chosen as the double for Bruce Lee and starred in Game of Death. Then when Sammo was starring in Knockabouts(1978), he told Biao that he should become an actor and offered him the lead role. Lucky as he was, this movie in which he played his first leading role became a fairly good hit. By this time, Jackie Chan was already a star in Hong Kong after the boxoffice hits of Snake in the Tiger's Eye and Drunken Master. With these, the Hong Kong movie industry was suddenly filled with the "comical kung-fu" trend. Biao also went along with this trend, as he starred in The Magnificent Butcher(1979), a Yuen Woo-Ping directed film, and performed the Cat Fist. On the other hand, Biao also took on the serious sort of action, by doubling Bruce Lee in Tower of Death(1981). Biao can be seen in many Sammo movies around this time, such as Enter the Fat Dragon(1978), Warriors Two(1978) and The Prodigal Son(1982), but Jackie Chan also called him to star in his directorial piece The Young Master(1980), a great period movie that became the first Hong Kong movie to gross over 10 million HK$, ever. He performed his brilliant skills using the sawhorse, and the great chemistry between the two, perfect timing, rhythm, and understanding was pleasantly captured on silver screen.

The 80's was a marvelous time for us fans. The Three Brothers, Jackie, Sammo and Biao, continuously made movies together, starting with Sammo's Winners and Sinners(1983). Biao did not have a large role in this one, although he choreographed some action scenes. And, it was good-bye to the old kung-fu two beat type of action. Instead the fights were devloped into something with a faster pace, with various rhythms and with a modern touch. Then came Project A(1983). Jackie, Sammo and Biao were all main casts and while each of them showed great fight sequences, it was perhaps from this movie that another trend, to have big stunts in a movie and not just fights, came out.

Biao recalls about Project A;
Every scene was tough to do. The director required a lot, and the audience expected high standards so we couldn't do the same sort of things that had been done before. And if no one has ever done it, then of course I haven't done it either. So Jackie, Sammo and I thought and thought and came out with our best. Especially the last scene inside the hideout was tough.

The Three Brothers continued to make movies together. Wheels on Meals(1984), My Lucky Stars(1985), Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars(1985).....In Heart of Dragon(1985), Biao stepped behind the camera, concentrating more on the action choreography. Jackie and Sammo were really able to concentrate on their acting, and I think that is partly why Heart of Dragon turned out to be such a wonderful drama piece. (On the right is Biao and Chan, working out the moves.)

Biao has taken part in the stunt field, too. In Millionaire's Express(1986), he jumped off a two storey building, and as soon as he landed, he stood up and walked off. In Righting Wrongs(1988), you can see him hang on to a plane flying 1000ft above without wearing a parachute!

After starring in a couple of other movies, Yuen Biao went on to direct. A Kid from Tibet(1992) is the first and only film he has directed till this day. He has mentioned about how difficult it was to film in Tibet, and says that that is why A Kid from Tibet is one of his favourite movies. Biao didn't have a good time in the 90's after that. Although he has starred in a number of movies such as Kickboxer(1993), Circus Kid(1994), Don't give a Damn(1995), Tough Beauty and the Sloppy Slop(1995), Hero(1997) and The Hunter Hunter(1997), none of them were really as great as his previous movies and his stardom unfortunately went down. In fact, this period was more for stars like Jet Li and Stephen Chow Sing-Chi. Jet Li had regained his popularity working in the Once Upon a Time in China series, and Stephen Chow became the comedian with unshakable stardom, taking the no.1 seat in the boxoffice over Jackie Chan.
Biao also became more of a supporting role in this period. He was in Once Upon a Time in China(1992) as Leung Foon, but not as the main character. In A Man Called Hero(1998), a Golden Harvest movie starring E-Kin Cheng and Shu Kei(Hsu Chi), Biao was not the leading actor but had a decent role and a fair amont of action. His character was a guy called Yuen Mo, who would fight for the rights of Chinese people in America. Biao said he was happy with this charcter.

Biao talks about starring in A Man Called Hero:
"I had been dividing my time between Hong Kong and Canada. I've got some other business interests, as well as making films. Its good to be back at Golden Harvest, though, and in such a big production."

After A Man Called Hero, it was another bad movie that we saw. Millennium Dragon(2000), was a low-budget, bad-effort, etc...a typical Ko Fei movie, which didn't gross much in the boxoffice. True, the plot, fights, camera work, such and such were all terribly done. After all, it could have been better for Biao if he hadn't starred in this movie....
Still, I'm sure he still has his acrobatics fully charged and as sharp as ever, and it is true that we are all waiting for another movie from him, or perhaps if our wishes would become true, another smashing flick from the Three Brothers in the near future. Let's keep our figers crossed on this one.