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Kenneth Tsang

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.


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Born:
Sep 2, 1934 In Hong Kong, China
Movie/TV Credits:
257
First Appeared:
In the series It Takes A Thief
Latest Project:
Movie Deliverance 2024-01-18
Known For
Filmography
Series It Takes A Thief Unknown 2025
Series The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain Unknown 2025
Movie Deliverance 2024-01-18
Movie Man's Creed 2022-02-16
Movie Man on the Edge 2022-04-15
Movie A Sealed Book Governor Zhang 2022-11-12
Movie Song of the Assassins Chai Sheng 2022-05-13
Series The Dragnet 2021-01-24
Movie Daily Fantasy [A Zhen's car] 2021-09-19
Series Layout 2021-12-07
Movie The Attorney Tsang Kwok-Shan 2021-10-08
Movie Taste of Happiness 2020-01-01
Movie Triple Identity Xun Yunchang 2020-11-21
Series The Great Craftsman Zhang Bing Kun 2019-05-06
Movie Dearest Anita 2019-01-03
Movie Super Me 2019-04-09
Series The Code of Siam 2019-11-07
Series Linglong Bureau 2019-08-06
Movie Special Roles 2019-11-08
Movie No. 7 Cherry Lane 2019-09-02
Movie Detective Chinatown 2 Uncle Seven 2018-02-16
Movie I Am Your Mom Qin Zhenhua 2018-05-10
Movie Napping Kid Chik Kuen 2018-11-08
Series Mystery of Antiques 黄克武 2018-12-26
Movie 恐怖快递 2018-11-23
Movie Super Time and Space Rescue 2018-09-13
Series Love of Aurora 2017-11-27
Movie Chasing the Dragon Sir Chow 2017-09-28
Movie Baby Task Group 2017-11-03
Movie Three Men and Half Back in the Field 2016-01-01
Movie Return of the Heroes Unknown 2016-01-01
Movie For a Few Bullets Oda Koki 2016-07-15
Movie Legend of Poker King 2016-03-01
Movie Good Night 2016-12-09
Movie Fight Up 2015-11-06
Series Four Amigos Bon Voyage 2015-08-17
Movie Wonder Mama 2015-05-29
Movie The Eyes of Dawn 2014-09-18
Movie Overheard 3 Uncle To 2014-05-30
Movie You Are My Sassy Girl 2014-08-15
Movie The Summer of Our Graduation Sun Jian 2014-08-29
Series 花样爷爷 2014-06-15
Movie Something Good: The Mercury Factor Signor Feng 2013-11-07
Series Meng's Palace 2013-12-27
Movie Joyful Reunion Tan Shichje 2012-03-23
Movie 37 2012-06-01
Movie Inseparable Mr. Wang 2012-05-04
Movie Supercapitalist Victor Chang 2012-08-10
Movie My Wedding and Other Secrets Dr Chu 2011-03-17
Movie Motherland Stanley Tang 2011-03-18
Movie Overheard 2 Tony Wong 2011-08-18
Movie Starry Starry Night Xiao Mei's Grandfather 2011-11-03
Series 金钱本色 雷亮 2010-09-13
Movie Fortune King Is Coming to Town! Mr Liang 2010-02-09
Movie East Wind Rain 2010-04-22
Movie The Treasure Hunter Tu Lao-dai 2009-12-09
Movie Big City Little Romance 2009-01-01
Movie Blood Ties Woon Sir 2009-09-10
Movie Prince of Tears General Liu 2009-06-25
Movie Kung Fu Dunk Wang Yiwuan 2008-02-07
Series Flaming Butterfly 2008-04-21
Movie The Drummer Stephen Ma 2007-10-11
Movie Zhuibu 2007-01-01
Movie The Tokyo Trial Hsiang Che-Chun 2006-09-01
Series The Great Adventure Fan Kan 2005-12-05
Movie Memoirs of a Geisha The General 2005-12-06
Movie Six Strong Guys Rico 岳父 2004-09-02
Movie Butterfly Flavia's Father 2004-12-02
Movie Colour Blossoms 2004-10-28
Movie Die Another Day General Moon 2002-11-17
Series The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra 玉皇大帝 2002-07-10
Movie The Touch Ping 2002-08-01
Movie Rude Husband 2001-01-01
Series To Where He Belongs 2001-01-01
Movie Funeral March Wong Cheuk Kong 2001-09-25
Movie Rush Hour 2 Captain Chin 2001-08-03
Movie Killer Prince 2000-02-24
Series Legend 2000-12-18
Movie Anna and the King Justice Phya Phrom 1999-12-16
Series Ultra Protection Kei Chung-nam 1999-08-02
Series The New Adventure of Wisely Chief Bai 1998-09-15
Movie The Replacement Killers Terence Wei 1998-02-06
Movie Bishonen Sam's Father 1998-08-14
Movie The Blacksheep Affair Lone Moon / Tasta 1998-10-31
Movie Up for the Rising Sun 1997-06-04
Series The Teochew Family Cai Qing-yang 1995-08-08
Movie Dead End 1994-01-01
Movie Long and Winding Road Bosco Chow 1994-08-04
Series The Unbeatables Ye Zhong 1993-11-04
Movie Combat at Heaven Gate 1993-01-07
Movie The Trail 1993-12-09
Movie The Bare-Footed Kid Ke Hu Pu 1993-04-03
Series Police Magazine 1993-01-01
Movie Shadow Cop 1993-01-08
Movie The Top Lady of Sword 1993-05-12
Movie No Regret, No Return Lau Sin 1993-10-20
Series Racing Peak 李奇 1993-10-11
Movie Remains of a Woman 1993-10-14
Series The Chord to Victory 1993-08-09
Movie Lover of the Swindler 1993-07-15
Movie Changing Partner 1992-01-23
Movie The Thief of Time 1992-01-01
Movie The Story of Taipei Women 1992-01-01
Movie Megaforce from Highland 1992-03-04
Movie Angel Terminators Ken Zheng 1992-10-10
Movie Second to None 1992-10-08
Movie Police Story 3: Super Cop Khun Chaibat 1992-07-04
Series The Greed of Man 龙成邦 1992-10-05
Movie The Night Rider 1992-12-17
Movie The Prince of Temple Street San 1992-08-20
Series Bet On Fate 1992-08-10
Movie Once a Thief Chow / Dad 1991-02-02
Movie Bury Me High 加里南总统 1991-01-10
Movie Au Revoir, Mon Amour Mooi Yi's father 1991-03-28
Movie Drugs Area 1991-01-01
Movie The Banquet Chef 1991-11-30
Movie Legend of the Brothers Detective Lui Kwok Tin 1991-11-20
Movie To Be Number One Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin 1991-04-15
Movie Inspector Pink Dragon Chief Insp Pao 1991-11-07
Series Big Family Jiang wen shan 1991-10-28
Movie The Plot Kiu (The Boss) 1991-05-11
Series The Witness Of Time 1990-05-07
Movie Brief Encounter In Shinjuku Mr Tseng 1990-02-16
Series Blood of Good and Evil 1990-05-14
Movie Promising Miss Bowie Mr. Chow 1990-06-14
Movie Queen's High Fan Yau Tim 1990-09-08
Movie Point of No Return Uncle Min 1990-10-25
Movie Sleazy Dizzy Chief Inspector Lee 1990-06-15
Movie The Killer Sgt. Tsang Yeh 1989-03-24
Movie The Immigrant Policeman 1989-01-19
Series The Deadly Mystert 丁典 1989-01-02
Movie The First Time is the Last Time Jenny's father 1989-04-15
Movie Dark Side of China Town Uncle Kwan 1989-01-14
Series Crooks Don't Win 1989-08-28
Movie Princess Madam Cheung 1989-11-23
Series The War Heroes Mu bu fan 1989-09-04
Movie Return to Action 1989-04-25
Movie Thank You Sir Mr Tsang 1989-08-19
Series File Noir 1989-05-01
Movie I Am Sorry 1989-05-10
Movie Triads: The Inside Story Supt. Chan Tin-Lok 1989-08-03
Series Flame of Fury 1988-04-18
Series The Final Verdict 1988-01-06
Movie Reunion 1988-07-07
Movie Last Romance Li Chih-Cheng 1988-12-08
Series Paternal Affairs 1988-12-26
Movie Return of the Lucky Stars Uncle Kin 1988-12-24
Movie Goodbye My Friend Lung 1988-10-05
Movie The Story of Hay Bo 1988-08-11
Series The Greenhorns 1987-06-01
Movie Amnesty Decree Tsai 1987-11-12
Series The Price Of Growing Up 1987-08-27
Movie A Better Tomorrow II Ken 1987-12-17
Series The Legend Of Dik Ching 1986-02-17
Series Next Year, Next Kins 麦佳 1986-02-10
Movie Silver Dragon Ninja Mark 1986-01-01
Series Siblings of The Vice and Virtue 1986-03-17
Series 执位夫妻 成家立 1986-01-25
Series The Upheaval 1986-06-06
Series The New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre 謝遜 1986-11-03
Movie My Will, I Will 1986-11-20
Movie Peking Opera Blues General Cho 1986-09-06
Series Blood-Stained Intrigue 1986-08-11
Series The SIB Files Unknown 1986-06-07
Movie Royal Warriors Captain Lau Chi-Shing 1986-06-26
Movie A Better Tomorrow Ken 1986-08-02
Series The Sword Stained With Royal Blood 1985-03-25
Series Middle Aged Fancy 1985-04-15
Series The Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain 1985-10-14
Series The Yang's Saga 1985-09-23
Series The Battle Among the Clans 1985-07-18
Series The Rough Ride 1985-04-22
Series The Brave Squad 1985-06-03
Series The Smiling Proud Wanderer 1984-04-02
Series Love Me - Love Me Not 1984-06-11
Series Summer Kisses Winter Tears 1984-12-24
Series The Duke of Mount Deer Chan Kan-nam 1984-07-09
Series It's A Long Way To Home 1984-07-02
Series The Radio Tycoon 1983-01-03
Movie My Mother 1983-01-01
Series The Legend of the Condor Heroes 黃藥師 1983-02-21
Series The Man in the Middle 1983-01-03
Series Woman on the Beat 1983-06-13
Series The Return of the Condor Heroes 黃藥師 1983-10-31
Movie The Body Is Willing Francis Chao(趙公子) 1983-11-19
Series The Super Power 1983-08-01
Series Ghost On The Loose 1983-10-17
Movie Wild Cherry 1982-03-18
Series 错结良缘 乐子扬 1982-01-01
Series Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 西夏王 1982-03-22
Movie Trap 1982-04-30
Series Love & Passion 1982-11-29
Series 星塵 1982-05-03
Series The Legend of Wonder Lady 1981-11-16
Series The Understudy 1981-12-28
Series Tai Chi Master (II) 1981-09-07
Series On The Waterfront 1980-03-24
Series Rainbow Connections 1980-01-07
Series Heart Break At Long Beach 1980-08-11
Series Jaws 1979-11-05
Series It Takes a Thief 1979-09-08
Movie The Secret Policeman 1979-10-31
Movie ICAC: A Man 1978-03-01
Movie ICAC: Section Nine 1978-03-01
Movie The Extras Ting Chung 1978-12-14
Series The Legend of the Condor Heroes 1976-04-12
Series The Return of the Condor Heroes 1976-05-10
Movie The Eternal Obsession Unknown 1976-12-11
Movie Divorce Hong Kong Style 1976-07-15
Movie Sup Sap Bup Dap 1975-09-18
Movie The Hooker and the Hustler Wang Kuo-Chun 1975-03-08
Movie The Paradise 1974-07-19
Movie Blood Reincarnation 1974-10-03
Movie The Call-Girls 1973-04-19
Movie The Awaken Punch Goes to the law 1973-05-23
Movie We Visited Southeast Asia 1973-08-02
Movie The Money-tree Hsiao-cheung 1973-06-16
Movie Love Is Smoke 1972-06-14
Movie The Brave and the Evil Bandit Jie Fei 1971-02-01
Movie Demonstrator 1971-04-05
Movie The Playful Girl 1971-09-15
Movie My Beloved 1971-04-16
Movie Misunderstood 1970-04-25
Movie I'll Get You One Day Wong Dai Wai 1970-05-12
Movie To Crack the Dragon Gate Unknown 1970-05-06
Movie Choi Lee Fat 1970-11-04
Movie Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 1970-12-10
Movie Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands Alan Lee Si Kong 1969-03-26
Movie The Little Warrior General Sheung Kwun Hung 1969-03-10
Movie The Youth Chow Hoi-Kit 1969-02-23
Movie Teddy Girls 1969-04-03
Movie The Prodigal Oi-Lun 1969-09-23
Movie Sky Dragon Castle Ngo Sei Hoi 1969-04-23
Movie Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu 1969-12-04
Movie Sword of Emei Au Gong 1969-09-10
Movie Happy Wedlock 1969-07-17
Movie Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves 1969-05-20
Movie Purple Night 1968-04-10
Movie Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer 1968-04-02
Movie A Romantic Thief Tsang Tai Hsiung 1968-05-01
Movie That Frightening Sword 1968-07-03
Movie Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship 1968-11-15
Movie The Tin Long Gang Lung 1968-11-24
Movie The Sword and Knife (Conclusion) 1968-09-06
Movie The Chivalrous Whip Kwok Ching-hwa 1968-08-13
Movie Hotel Lavender 1968-05-22
Movie Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell Ko Cheung 1967-03-29
Movie Paragon of Sword and Knife 1967-12-20
Movie The Witch Gold Hand Scholar 1967-04-11
Movie Romance of a Teenage Girl 1967-08-02
Movie The Black Musketeer 'F' Ko Cheung 1966-03-09
Movie The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon Ko Cheung 1966-06-11
Movie Mimi-Private Eye 1965-07-22
Movie Book Without Words White Wolf 1965-12-29
Movie Master Cute 1965-08-04
Movie The Big Circus 1964-03-26
Movie Tragedy of Vendetta 1955-12-31