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Kenneth Tsang

Known for: Acting

Born 02/09/1934

Died 2022-04-27

Place of birth Hong Kong

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.

Filmography

Series ★ 7,0

Police Cadet

廉政公署調查主任

1984

Series ★ 8,1

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

黃藥師

1983

Series ★ 6,8

Soldier Soldier

Tak Cheng

1991

Series ★ 10,0

New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

謝遜

1986

Series ★ 7,9

The Greed of Man

龍成邦

1992

Film ★ 6,8

Rush Hour 2

Captain Chin

2001

Series ★ 8,9

The Yang's Saga

1985

Series ★ 7,0

The Price Of Growing Up

1987

Series ★ 10,0

The Rough Ride

1985

Series

On The Waterfront

1980

Series ★ 7,4

The Duke of Mount Deer

Chan Kan-nam

1984

Series ★ 7,5

The Smiling Proud Wanderer

1984

Series ★ 7,0

Deadly Secret

丁典

1989

Series ★ 8,0

Love & Passion

1982

Series ★ 7,5

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

西夏王

1982

Film ★ 7,6

The Killer

Sgt. Tsang Yeh

1989

Film ★ 6,0

Die Another Day

General Moon

2002

Series ★ 6,0

Racing Peak

李奇

1993

Series ★ 7,0

The Battle Among the Clans

1985

Film ★ 6,9

Police Story 3: Super Cop

Khun Chaibat

1992

Series ★ 7,6

The Return of the Condor Heroes

黃藥師

1983

Series

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

1976

Series ★ 7,0

The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra

玉皇大帝

2002

Series

The Return of the Condor Heroes

1976

Series ★ 8,2

Blood of Good and Evil

1990

Series

The Radio Tycoon

1983

Series

Woman on the Beat

1983

Series

The Chord to Victory

1993

Series ★ 6,0

Sandwiches

1983

Series ★ 7,0

The Sword Stained With Royal Blood

1985

Series

File Noir

1989

Series

Ultra Protection

Kei Chung-nam

1999

Film ★ 7,4

A Better Tomorrow

Kin

1986

Series

Summer Kisses Winter Tears

1984

Film ★ 7,6

Memoirs of a Geisha

The General

2005

Series ★ 6,0

It's A Long Way To Home

1984

Film ★ 6,9

Once a Thief

Chow / Dad

1991

Series ★ 7,5

The Witness Of Time

1990

Series ★ 10,0

Blood-Stained Intrigue

1986

Series

Destiny

1982

Series

Big Family

Jiang wen shan

1991

Series

Bet On Fate

1992

Series

The Brave Squad

1985

Series

The SIB Files

1987

Series ★ 2,0

Legend

2000

Series

The War Heroes

Mu bu fan

1989

Series

Stardust

1982

Series

The Legend Of Dik Ching

1986

Series

The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Digital Remaster)

黄药师

1983

Film ★ 6,2

Detective Chinatown 2

Uncle Seven

2018

Series

It Takes a Thief

1979

Series ★ 8,0

The Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain

1985

Series

The Legend of Wonder Lady

1981

Series ★ 10,0

Siblings of The Vice and Virtue

1986

Film ★ 6,3

The Replacement Killers

Terence Wei

1998

Film ★ 5,4

The Body Is Willing

Francis Chao(趙公子)

1983

Series ★ 6,8

Mystery of Antiques

黄克武

2018

Series ★ 7,3

Love of Aurora

Li Zhengquan

2017

Series

The Understudy

1981

Series

Jaws

马卓汉

1979

Series

The Unbeatables

Ye Zhong

1993

Film ★ 5,8

The Banquet

Chef

1991

Film ★ 7,0

Chasing the Dragon

Sir Chow

2017

Film ★ 7,4

Super Me

2021

Series ★ 5,5

The Dragnet

Mr. Guo

2021

Series

Meng's Palace

2013

Series

Flaming Butterfly

2008

Series

The Upheaval

1986

Film ★ 5,4

Song of the Assassins

Chai Sheng

2022

Film ★ 7,1

A Better Tomorrow II

Kin

1987

Series

Flame of Fury

1988

Series

To Where He Belongs

2001

Series

神鵰俠侶 (數碼修復版)

黄药师

1983

Film ★ 6,9

To Be Number One

Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin

1991

Series

The Super Power

1983

Series

The Code of Siam

Deng Jianguo

2019

Series

Layout

2021

Film ★ 6,9

Royal Warriors

Captain Lau Chi-Shing

1986

Series

倚天屠龍記 (數碼修復版)

谢逊

1986

Series

Linglong Bureau

2019

Series

Love Me - Love Me Not

1984

Series

Tai Chi Master (II)

1981

Series ★ 6,5

The Final Verdict

1988

Series ★ 7,0

Middle Aged Fancy

1985

Series

Who's the Hero

雷亮

2010

Series

The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (Digital Remaster)

田归农/田安豹

1985

Series

Next Year, Next Kins

麦佳

1986

Series

Happiness Chocolate

Duan Hao

2018

Series

Ghost On The Loose

1983

Series

The New Adventure of Wisely

Chief Bai

1998

Film ★ 6,8

Anna and the King

Justice Phya Phrom

1999

Series

陌生人

1999

Series

笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)

岳不群

1984

Series

金钱本色

雷亮

2010

Film ★ 6,5

The Blacksheep Affair

Lone Moon / Tasta

1998

Series

The Greenhorns

1987

Film ★ 6,6

Overheard 2

Tony Wong

2011

Film ★ 5,9

Kung Fu Dunk

Wang Yiwuan

2008

Series ★ 10,0

Tiger Kung Fu of Wulin

2013

Series

Paternal Affairs

1988

Film ★ 4,9

Man on the Edge

Senior LegCo member

2022

Film ★ 7,1

Peking Opera Blues

General Cho

1986

Series ★ 4,0

Parental Guidance

Patrick Seto

2007

Series

错结良缘

乐子扬

1982

Film ★ 5,1

The Touch

Ping

2002

Series

Police Magazine

1993

Series

Four Amigos Bon Voyage

2015

Film ★ 5,9

Last Romance

Li Chih-Cheng

1988

Series

Heart Break At Long Beach

1980

Series

The Great Adventure

Fan Kan

2005

Series

Shi Li Xiang Da Jiu Fang

Wang Tianhao

2014

Film ★ 4,5

Colour Blossoms

2004

Film ★ 6,4

Butterfly

Flavia's Father

2004

Film ★ 5,8

Overheard 3

Uncle To

2014

Series ★ 8,0

Flower Grandpa

2014

Film ★ 5,0

The Modelizer

Wellington Koo

2023

Series

鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)

陈近南

1984

Series

The Teochew Family

Cai Qing-yang

1995

Series

Rainbow Connections

1980

Film ★ 6,0

Bury Me High

President of Carrinan

1991

Series

紫荆勋章

冯天源

2000

Series ★ 6,0

Crooks Don't Win

1989

Series

The Deadly Mystery (Digital Remaster)

丁典

1989

Film ★ 8,5

Legend of the Brothers

Detective Lui Kwok Tin

1991

Film ★ 6,1

Au Revoir, Mon Amour

Mui Yi's Father

1991

Film ★ 3,8

Fortune King Is Coming to Town!

Mr Liang

2010

Film ★ 6,3

The Bare-Footed Kid

Ke Hu Pu

1993

Film ★ 6,8

The Thief of Time

1992

Film ★ 6,0

The Awaken Punch

Goes to the Law

1973

Film ★ 6,6

Queen's High

Fan Yau Tim

1990

Film ★ 6,0

Long and Winding Road

Bosco Chow

1994

Series

柳云龙系列

2010

Film ★ 6,1

Inseparable

Mr. Wang

2012

Film ★ 6,3

Bishonen

Sam's Father

1998

Film ★ 3,8

Supercapitalist

Victor Chang

2012

Series

执位夫妻

成家立

1986

Film ★ 5,2

Angel Terminators

Ken Zheng

1992