Kenneth Tsang
Acting
Kenneth Tsang Kong (5 October 1935 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2015. Tsang was born in Hong Kong with family roots in Zhongshan, Guangdong. He attended high school in Texas, U.S. and received a degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to Hong Kong in the early 1960s but was bored by the work. His older sister, Jeanette Lin Tsui was a film star at the time and provided Tsang with several connections in the industry which boosted his acting career. In the media, Lin Tsui was always presented as Tsang's younger sister instead as it was moreover uncommon for female stars to reveal their age. Tsang's film debut was in the movie The Feud (1955), when he was just 16, which was followed by a role in Who Isn't Romantic? (1956). In the mid 1960s, Tsang starred in detective films and classic kung fu movies with (at the time) Hong Kong teen idols Connie Chan Po-chu and Josephine Siao. Tsang also appeared in a few Wong Fei-Hung movies in the late 1960s. In the 1986, Tsang worked as taxi cab owner, Ken, in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow. Subsequent collaborations with Woo included the role of Ken in A Better Tomorrow 2 in 1987, police officer Danny Lee's murdered partner in The Killer in 1989, and the strict adoptive father of Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung in Once a Thief in 1991. Tsang also filmed several Singaporean Chinese dramas during the 1990s, one of his most notable works there was the 1995 epic The Teochew Family and The Unbeatables II. Up to this point, Tsang had played roles in mainly Hong Kong movies. His first Hollywood film was The Replacement Killers (1998), also the Hollywood debut of co-star Chow Yun-fat. Tsang appeared alongside Chow once again in Anna and the King as well as Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2. Tsang played General Moon in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), and he continued to appear in films from his native Hong Kong. In 1994 Tsang married Chiao Chiao (焦姣), a Chinese-born Taiwanese actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Tsang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieDeliverance
2024
Brian Lam
movieThe Modelizer
2023
Wellington Koo
movieA Sealed Book
2022
Governor Zhang
movieSong of the Assassins
2022
Chai Sheng
movieMan on the Edge
2022
Senior LegCo member
movieThe Attorney
2021
Tsang Kwok-Shan
movieDaily Fantasy
2021
[A Zhen's car]
tvThe Dragnet
2021
Mr. Guo
movieTriple Identity
2020
Xun Yunchang
tvThe Code of Siam
2019
Deng Jianguo
movieNapping Kid
2018
Chik Kuen
movieI Am Your Mom
2018
Qin Zhenhua
tvHappiness Chocolate
2018
Duan Hao
movieDetective Chinatown 2
2018
Uncle Seven
tvLove of Aurora
2017
Li Zhengquan
movieChasing the Dragon
2017
Sir Chow
movieFor a Few Bullets
2016
Oda Koki
movieOverheard 3
2014
Uncle To
tvShi Li Xiang Da Jiu Fang
2014
Wang Tianhao
movieSomething Good
2013
Signor Feng
movieSupercapitalist
2012
Victor Chang
movieInseparable
2012
Mr. Wang
movieJoyful Reunion
2012
Tan Shichje
movieStarry Starry Night
2011
Xiao Mei's Grandfather
movieOverheard 2
2011
Tony Wong
movieMotherland
2011
Stanley Tang
movieThe Treasure Hunter
2009
Tu Lao-dai
movieBlood Ties
2009
Woon Sir
moviePrince of Tears
2009
General Liu
movieKung Fu Dunk
2008
Wang Yiwuan
movieThe Drummer
2007
Stephen Ma
tvParental Guidance
2007
Patrick Seto
movieThe Tokyo Trial
2006
Hsiang Che-Chun
movieMemoirs of a Geisha
2005
The General
tvThe Great Adventure
2005
Fan Kan
movieButterfly
2004
Flavia's Father
movieSix Strong Guys
2004
Rico 岳父
movieDie Another Day
2002
General Moon
movieFuneral March
2001
Wong Cheuk Kong
movieRush Hour 2
2001
Captain Chin
tv紫荆勋章
2000
冯天源
movieAnna and the King
1999
Justice Phya Phrom
tvUltra Protection
1999
Kei Chung-nam
movieThe Blacksheep Affair
1998
Lone Moon / Tasta
tvThe New Adventure of Wisely
1998
Chief Bai
movieBishonen
1998
Sam's Father
movieThe Replacement Killers
1998
Terence Wei
tvThe Teochew Family
1995
Cai Qing-yang
movieLong and Winding Road
1994
Bosco Chow
tvThe Unbeatables
1993
Ye Zhong
movieThe Bare-Footed Kid
1993
Ke Hu Pu
movieAngel Terminators
1992
Ken Zheng
movieSecond to None
1992
Julian's Father
moviePolice Story 3: Super Cop
1992
Khun Chaibat
movieChanging Partner
1992
Chief Inspector Wong Kwok Wing
movieLegend of the Brothers
1991
Detective Lui Kwok Tin
movieInspector Pink Dragon
1991
Chief Insp Pao
tvBig Family
1991
Jiang wen shan
tvSoldier Soldier
1991
Tak Cheng
movieThe Plot
1991
Kiu (The Boss)
movieTo Be Number One
1991
Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin
movieAu Revoir, Mon Amour
1991
Mui Yi's Father
movieOnce a Thief
1991
Chow / Dad
movieBury Me High
1991
President of Carrinan
moviePoint of No Return
1990
Uncle Min
movieQueen's High
1990
Fan Yau Tim
movieSleazy Dizzy
1990
Chief Inspector Lee
moviePromising Miss Bowie
1990
Mr. Chow
movieShadow of China
1990
Mr. Lau
moviePrincess Madam
1989
Cheung
tvThe War Heroes
1989
Mu bu fan
movieThank You Sir
1989
Mr Tsang
movieTriads: The Inside Story
1989
Supt. Chan Tin- Lok
movieI Am Sorry
1989
Edward Sung
movieReturn of the Lucky Stars
1989
Uncle Kin
movieThe First Time is the Last Time
1989
Jenny's Father
movieThe Killer
1989
Sgt. Tsang Yeh
movieDark Side of China Town
1989
Uncle Kwan
movieLast Romance
1988
Li Chih-Cheng
moviePeking Opera Blues
1986
General Cho
movieRoyal Warriors
1986
Captain Lau Chi-Shing
tv执位夫妻
1986
成家立
tvPolice Cadet
1984
廉政公署調查主任
tvThe Duke of Mount Deer
1984
Chan Kan-nam
movieThe Body Is Willing
1983
Francis Chao(趙公子)
movieTrap
1982
Ma Man-Rei
tv错结良缘
1982
乐子扬
tvJaws
1979
马卓汉
movieThe Secret
1979
Policeman
movieThe Extras
1978
Ting Chung
movieThe Hooker and the Hustler
1975
Wang Kuo-Chun
The Money-tree
1973
Hsiao-cheung
movieThe Awaken Punch
1973
Goes to the Law
movieDemonstrator
1971
Thao Kimalayo
movieThe Brave and the Evil
1971
Bandit Jie Fei
movieYesterday, Today, Tomorrow
1970
Health Department Chief Zhou
movieI'll Get You One Day
1970
Wong Dai Wai
相思甜如蜜
1969
Tong Chi-Hung
movieThe Prodigal
1969
Oi-Lun
movieSword of Emei
1969
Au Gong
movieHappy Wedlock
1969
Kwok-wai
movieSky Dragon Castle
1969
Ngo Sei Hoi
movieLovely Husbands
1969
Alan Lee Si Kong
movieThe Little Warrior
1969
General Sheung Kwun Hung
movieThe Youth
1969
Chow Hoi-Kit
movieThe Chivalrous Whip
1968
Kwok Ching-hwa
movieA Romantic Thief
1968
Tsang Tai Hsiung
movieGirl with Cat's Eye
1967
Sit Bong
movieThe Witch
1967
Gold Hand Scholar
movieThe Black Musketeer 'F'
1966
Ko Cheung
Directing3
Crew1
tvARK: The Animated Series
2024
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