Kenneth Tsang
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-09-02
- Died:
- 2022-04-27
- Place of birth:
- Hong Kong
Biography
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
Filmography
Deliverance
The Revenge
The Modelizer
A Sealed Book
Song of the Assassins
Man on the Edge
Man's Creed
Layout
The Attorney
Daily Fantasy
Super Me
The Dragnet
Triple Identity
Taste of Happiness
The Code of Siam
Special Roles
No. 7 Cherry Lane
Linglong Bureau
Dearest Anita
Mystery of Antiques
古董局中局
恐怖快递
Napping Kid
Super Time and Space Rescue
I Am Your Mom
Happiness Chocolate
你是我兄弟巅峰决战
Detective Chinatown 2
Love of Aurora
Baby Task Group
你是我兄弟之牌王
Chasing the Dragon
Good Night
For a Few Bullets
盗爱空间之私人电影
玛嘉烈与大卫系列 绿豆
Legend of Poker King
Return of the Heroes
Three Men and Half Back in the Field
扯淡侠
Fight Up
Four Amigos Bon Voyage
Wonder Mama
The Eyes of Dawn
The Summer of Our Graduation
You Are My Sassy Girl
Flower Grandpa
Overheard 3
Shi Li Xiang Da Jiu Fang
Meng's Palace
Something Good
Tiger Kung Fu of Wulin
失恋狂想曲
Supercapitalist
37
Inseparable
Joyful Reunion
Starry Starry Night
Overheard 2
Motherland
My Wedding and Other Secrets
金钱本色
Who's the Hero
East Wind Rain
柳云龙 系列
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
The Treasure Hunter
Blood Ties
Prince of Tears
Big City Little Romance
Flaming Butterfly
Kung Fu Dunk
The Drummer
Parental Guidance
Zhuibu
The Tokyo Trial
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Great Adventure
Suz Impression
回家看看
Butterfly
Colour Blossoms
Six Strong Guys
Die Another Day
The Touch
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
Funeral March
Rush Hour 2
Rude Husband
To Where He Belongs
Legend
Killer
紫荆勋章
Anna and the King
Ultra Protection
陌生人
The Blacksheep Affair
The New Adventure of Wisely
Bishonen
The Replacement Killers
世纪末的童话
Up for the Rising Sun
The Teochew Family
Dead End
Long and Winding Road
The Trail
The Unbeatables
No Regret, No Return
Remains of a Woman
Racing Peak
The Chord to Victory
Lover of the Swindler
The Top Lady of Sword
The Bare-Footed Kid
Shadow Cop
Combat at Heaven Gate
Police Magazine
The Night Rider
Angel Terminators
Second to None
The Greed of Man
The Prince of Temple Street
Bet On Fate
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Megaforce from Highland
Changing Partner
The Story of Taipei Women
The Thief of Time
The Banquet
Legend of the Brothers
Inspector Pink Dragon
Big Family
Soldier Soldier
The Plot
To Be Number One
Au Revoir, Mon Amour
Once a Thief
Bury Me High
Drugs Area
Point of No Return
Queen's High
Sleazy Dizzy
Promising Miss Bowie
Blood of Good and Evil
Shadow of China
The Witness Of Time
Return to Action
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
Princess Madam
The War Heroes
Crooks Don't Win
Thank You Sir
Triads: The Inside Story
I Am Sorry
File Noir
Return of the Lucky Stars
The First Time is the Last Time
The Killer
叠恋
The Immigrant Policeman
Dark Side of China Town
Deadly Secret
The Deadly Mystery (Digital Remaster)
Paternal Affairs
Last Romance
Goodbye My Friend
The Story of Hay Bo
Flame of Fury
The Final Verdict
A Better Tomorrow II
Amnesty Decree
The Price Of Growing Up
The SIB Files
The Greenhorns
My Will, I Will
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
倚天屠龍記 (數碼修復版)
Peking Opera Blues
Blood-Stained Intrigue
A Better Tomorrow
Royal Warriors
The Upheaval
Siblings of The Vice and Virtue
The Legend Of Dik Ching
Next Year, Next Kins
执位夫妻
Silver Dragon Ninja
The Yang's Saga
The Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain
The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (Digital Remaster)
The Brave Squad
The Battle Among the Clans
The Rough Ride
Middle Aged Fancy
The Sword Stained With Royal Blood
Summer Kisses Winter Tears
香江花月夜(數碼修復版)
Police Cadet
The Duke of Mount Deer
鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)
It's A Long Way To Home
Love Me - Love Me Not
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)
The Body Is Willing
Sandwiches
The Return of the Condor Heroes
神鵰俠侶 (數碼修復版)
Ghost On The Loose
The Super Power
Woman on the Beat
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Digital Remaster)
The Radio Tycoon
播音人 (數碼修復版)
My Mother
Love & Passion
萬水千山總是情 (數碼修復版)
Destiny
Stardust
Trap
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Wild Cherry
错结良缘
The Understudy
The Legend of Wonder Lady
Tai Chi Master (II)
Heart Break At Long Beach
On The Waterfront
Rainbow Connections
Jaws
The Secret
It Takes a Thief
The Extras
ICAC: A Man
ICAC: Section Nine
The Eternal Obsession
Divorce Hong Kong Style
The Return of the Condor Heroes
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Sup Sap Bup Dap
The Hooker and the Hustler
晨星
Blood Reincarnation
The Paradise
We Visited Southeast Asia
The Money-tree
The Awaken Punch
The Call Girls
Love Is Smoke
The Playful Girl
My Beloved
Demonstrator
The Brave and the Evil
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Choi Lee Fat
我永远记着你
The Wedding Gown
I'll Get You One Day
To Crack the Dragon Gate
Misunderstood
小金剛
飞剑神童
飞凤狂龙
相思甜如蜜
Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu
成家立室
The Prodigal
Sword of Emei
三招了
Happy Wedlock
Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
雌雄妙贼
Sky Dragon Castle
Teddy Girls
Lovely Husbands
The Little Warrior
The Youth
血羅巾
七彩红男绿女
黃飛鴻浴血硫磺谷
鐵髮紅姑
黄飞鸿神威伏三煞
黄飞鸿巧夺鲨鱼青
七彩姑娘十八一朵花
玉女剑
艷俠紅玫瑰
飛賊白菊花
奪命雌雄劍
The Vengeful Spirit
The Tin Long Gang
Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
小五義大破銅網陣
The Magnificent Five
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)
The Chivalrous Whip
That Frightening Sword
Hotel Lavender
A Romantic Thief
Purple Night
Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
Buddhist Spiritual Palm
Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned
The Gilded Cage
黄飞鸿肉搏黑霸王
黄飞鸿醉打八金刚
黄飞鸿威震五羊城
Paragon of Sword and Knife
殺手粉紅鑽
Girl with Cat's Eye
Romance of a Teenage Girl
蓬门淑女
大師姐
The Witch
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
那个少女不多情
姐姐的情人
旺财嫂
渔港恩仇
玉女的秘密
黄飞鸿虎爪会群英
The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon
The Black Musketeer 'F'
Book Without Words
Master Cute
Mimi-Private Eye
玉女英魂(上集)
玉女英魂(下集)
The Big Circus
Tragedy of Vendetta
大明诡事录