- George Lucas originally wanted him to be the lightsaber fight choreographer for the Star Wars prequels.
- He got the distinctive scar on his upper lip and at the corner of his mouth in a street fight. Someone shoved a broken Coke bottle in his face.
- Longtime friends with Jackie Chan and directed Chan in First Mission (1985), among several.
- When his work first started getting released in the West, he was billed as Samo Hung. It was not until years later, after English-speakers kept mispronouncing his first name as 'say-mo', that the M was doubled to get the 'Sammo' that we are more familiar with now.
- He is trained in Karate, Wushu, Aikido, Taekwondo, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Hapkido and Sanda, a form of Chinese kickboxing.
- He received the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival.
- He was first called Sammo in Hong Kong because of his resemblance to a popular Chinese cartoon character. The character's name was "Sam Mo" which is Cantonese for "three hairs," which is all the cartoon character had.
- Has three sons and one daughter; Timmy Hung, Jimmy Hung, Sammy Hung and Stephanie Hung.
- Family roots are from Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
- Eldest grandson of actress Chien Szu-Ying and writer/director Chung-Ho Hung.
- He is the elder brother of Chi Kit Lee.
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