Kenneth Tsang

Birthday:

09/02/1934

Place of birth:

Hong Kong, China:

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.



Credits

Deliverance (2024)
A Sealed Book (2022)
Governor Zhang
Song of the Assassins (2022)
Chai Sheng
Man on the Edge (2022)
Man's Creed (2022)
The Attorney (2021)
Tsang Kwok-Shan
Daily Fantasy (2021)
[A Zhen's car]
Triple Identity (2020)
Xun Yunchang
Taste of Happiness (2020)
Special Roles (2019)
No. 7 Cherry Lane (2019)
Super Me (2019)
Dearest Anita (2019)
恐怖快递 (2018)
Napping Kid (2018)
Chik Kuen
Super Time and Space Rescue (2018)
I Am Your Mom (2018)
Qin Zhenhua
Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)
Uncle Seven
Baby Task Group (2017)
Chasing the Dragon (2017)
Sir Chow
Good Night (2016)
For a Few Bullets (2016)
Oda Koki
Legend of Poker King (2016)
Three Men and Half Back in the Field (2016)
Return of the Heroes (2016)
Fight Up (2015)
Wonder Mama (2015)
The Eyes of Dawn (2014)
The Summer of Our Graduation (2014)
Sun Jian
You Are My Sassy Girl (2014)
Overheard 3 (2014)
Uncle To
Something Good: The Mercury Factor (2013)
Signor Feng
Supercapitalist (2012)
Victor Chang
37 (2012)
Inseparable (2012)
Mr. Wang
Joyful Reunion (2012)
Tan Shichje
Starry Starry Night (2011)
Xiao Mei's Grandfather
Overheard 2 (2011)
Tony Wong
My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011)
Dr Chu
East Wind Rain (2010)
Fortune King Is Coming to Town! (2010)
Mr Liang
The Treasure Hunter (2009)
Tu Lao-dai
Blood Ties (2009)
Woon Sir
Prince of Tears (2009)
General Liu
Big City Little Romance (2009)
Kung Fu Dunk (2008)
Wang Yiwuan
The Drummer (2007)
Stephen Ma
Zhuibu (2007)
The Tokyo Trial (2006)
Hsiang Che-Chun
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
The General
Butterfly (2004)
Flavia's Father
Colour Blossoms (2004)
Six Strong Guys (2004)
Rico 岳父
Die Another Day (2002)
General Moon
The Touch (2002)
Ping
Funeral March (2001)
Wong Cheuk Kong
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Captain Chin
Rude Husband (2001)
Killer (2000)
Prince
Anna and the King (1999)
Justice Phya Phrom
The Blacksheep Affair (1998)
Lone Moon / Tasta
Bishonen (1998)
Sam's Father
The Replacement Killers (1998)
Terence Wei
Up for the Rising Sun (1997)
Long and Winding Road (1994)
Bosco Chow
Dead End (1994)
The Trail (1993)
No Regret, No Return (1993)
Lau Sin
Remains of a Woman (1993)
Lover of the Swindler (1993)
The Top Lady of Sword (1993)
The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
Ke Hu Pu
Shadow Cop (1993)
Combat at Heaven Gate (1993)
The Night Rider (1992)
Angel Terminators (1992)
Ken Zheng
Second to None (1992)
The Prince of Temple Street (1992)
San
Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)
Khun Chaibat
Megaforce from Highland (1992)
Changing Partner (1992)
The Story of Taipei Women (1992)
The Thief of Time (1992)
The Banquet (1991)
Chef
Legend of the Brothers (1991)
Detective Lui Kwok Tin
Inspector Pink Dragon (1991)
Chief Insp Pao
The Plot (1991)
Kiu (The Boss)
To Be Number One (1991)
Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin
Au Revoir, Mon Amour (1991)
Mooi Yi's father
Once a Thief (1991)
Chow / Dad
Bury Me High (1991)
加里南总统
Drugs Area (1991)
Point of No Return (1990)
Uncle Min
Queen's High (1990)
Fan Yau Tim
Sleazy Dizzy (1990)
Chief Inspector Lee
Promising Miss Bowie (1990)
Mr. Chow
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku (1990)
Mr Tseng
Princess Madam (1989)
Cheung
Thank You Sir (1989)
Mr Tsang
Triads: The Inside Story (1989)
Supt. Chan Tin-Lok
I Am Sorry (1989)
Return to Action (1989)
The First Time is the Last Time (1989)
Jenny's father
The Killer (1989)
Sgt. Tsang Yeh
The Immigrant Policeman (1989)
Dark Side of China Town (1989)
Uncle Kwan
Return of the Lucky Stars (1988)
Uncle Kin
Last Romance (1988)
Li Chih-Cheng
Goodbye My Friend (1988)
Lung
The Story of Hay Bo (1988)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Ken
Amnesty Decree (1987)
Tsai
My Will, I Will (1986)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
General Cho
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Ken
Royal Warriors (1986)
Captain Lau Chi-Shing
Silver Dragon Ninja (1986)
Mark
The Body Is Willing (1983)
Francis Chao(趙公子)
My Mother (1983)
Trap (1982)
Wild Cherry (1982)
The Secret (1979)
Policeman
The Extras (1978)
Ting Chung
ICAC: A Man (1978)
ICAC: Section Nine (1978)
The Eternal Obsession (1976)
Divorce Hong Kong Style (1976)
Sup Sap Bup Dap (1975)
The Hooker and the Hustler (1975)
Wang Kuo-Chun
Blood Reincarnation (1974)
The Paradise (1974)
We Visited Southeast Asia (1973)
The Money-tree (1973)
Hsiao-cheung
The Awaken Punch (1973)
Goes to the law
The Call-Girls (1973)
Love Is Smoke (1972)
The Playful Girl (1971)
My Beloved (1971)
Demonstrator (1971)
The Brave and the Evil (1971)
Bandit Jie Fei
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (1970)
Choi Lee Fat (1970)
I'll Get You One Day (1970)
Wong Dai Wai
To Crack the Dragon Gate (1970)
Misunderstood (1970)
Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu (1969)
The Prodigal (1969)
Oi-Lun
Sword of Emei (1969)
Au Gong
Happy Wedlock (1969)
Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves (1969)
Sky Dragon Castle (1969)
Ngo Sei Hoi
Teddy Girls (1969)
Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands (1969)
Alan Lee Si Kong
The Little Warrior (1969)
General Sheung Kwun Hung
The Youth (1969)
Chow Hoi-Kit
The Tin Long Gang (1968)
Lung
Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship (1968)
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion) (1968)
The Chivalrous Whip (1968)
Kwok Ching-hwa
That Frightening Sword (1968)
Hotel Lavender (1968)
A Romantic Thief (1968)
Tsang Tai Hsiung
Purple Night (1968)
Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer (1968)
Paragon of Sword and Knife (1967)
Romance of a Teenage Girl (1967)
The Witch (1967)
Gold Hand Scholar
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell (1967)
Ko Cheung
The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon (1966)
Ko Cheung
The Black Musketeer 'F' (1966)
Ko Cheung
Book Without Words (1965)
White Wolf
Master Cute (1965)
Mimi-Private Eye (1965)
The Big Circus (1964)
Tragedy of Vendetta (1955)
Funny Kung Fu (1978)
Director
The Eternal Obsession (1976)
Director
Frigidity (1975)
Director