Kenneth Tsang

Acting • Born 1934-09-02 – Died 2022-04-27

Acting2Hong 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.

Filmography

326 credits

Special Roles

Movie • 2019

The Killer

Movie • 1989

Sgt. Tsang Yeh

Police Story 3: Super Cop

Movie • 1992

Khun Chaibat

For a Few Bullets

Movie • 2016

Oda Koki

Rush Hour 2

Movie • 2001

Captain Chin

Drugs Area

Movie • 1991

The Attorney

Movie • 2021

Tsang Kwok-Shan

The Replacement Killers

Movie • 1998

Terence Wei

The Touch

Movie • 2002

Ping

The Summer of Our Graduation

Movie • 2014

Sun Jian

Bishonen

Movie • 1998

Sam's Father

My Beloved

Movie • 1971

Die Another Day

Movie • 2002

General Moon

Legend of the Brothers

Movie • 1991

Detective Lui Kwok Tin

The Treasure Hunter

Movie • 2009

Tu Lao-dai

Dead End

Movie • 1995

The Blacksheep Affair

Movie • 1998

Lone Moon / Tasta

Angel Terminators

Movie • 1992

Ken Zheng

Royal Warriors

Movie • 1986

Captain Lau Chi-Shing

Fortune King Is Coming to Town!

Movie • 2010

Mr Liang

The Prince of Temple Street

Movie • 1992

San

I Am Your Mom

Movie • 2018

Qin Zhenhua

To Be Number One

Movie • 1991

Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin

Once a Thief

Movie • 1991

Chow / Dad

A Romantic Thief

Movie • 1968

Tsang Tai Hsiung

Blood Ties

Movie • 2009

Woon Sir

37

Movie • 2012

Second to None

Movie • 1992

Julian's Father

Overheard 2

Movie • 2011

Tony Wong

Man's Creed

Movie • 2022

Starry Starry Night

Movie • 2011

Xiao Mei's Grandfather

Up for the Rising Sun

Movie • 1997

Colour Blossoms

Movie • 2004

Good Night

Movie • 2016

Man on the Edge

Movie • 2022

Senior LegCo member

The Chivalrous Whip

Movie • 1968

Kwok Ching-hwa

Joyful Reunion

Movie • 2012

Tan Shichje

The Story of Hay Bo

Movie • 1988

Remains of a Woman

Movie • 1993

The Thief of Time

Movie • 1992

The Story of Taipei Women

Movie • 1992

Zhuibu

Movie • 2007

Trap

Movie • 1982

Ma Man-Rei

Rude Husband

Movie • 2001

Super Me

Movie • 2021

Funeral March

Movie • 2001

Wong Cheuk Kong

Supercapitalist

Movie • 2012

Victor Chang

Sleazy Dizzy

Movie • 1990

Chief Inspector Lee

I Am Sorry

Movie • 1989

Edward Sung

Return of the Heroes

Movie • 2016

ICAC: A Man

Movie • 1978

ICAC: Section Nine

Movie • 1978

My Mother

Movie • 1983

Big City Little Romance

Movie • 2009

恐怖快递

Movie • 2018

Prince of Tears

Movie • 2009

General Liu

Deliverance

Movie • 2024

Brian Lam

Demonstrator

Movie • 1971

Thao Kimalayo

The Bare-Footed Kid

Movie • 1993

Ke Hu Pu

Fight Up

Movie • 2015

Super Time and Space Rescue

Movie • 2018

Granddad

Three Men and Half Back in the Field

Movie • 2016

No. 7 Cherry Lane

Movie • 2019

Taste of Happiness

Movie • 2020

Point of No Return

Movie • 1990

Uncle Min

Overheard 3

Movie • 2014

Uncle To

Tragedy of Vendetta

Movie • 1955

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Movie • 1970

Health Department Chief Zhou

Romance of a Teenage Girl

Movie • 1967

To Crack the Dragon Gate

Movie • 1970

The Eternal Obsession

Movie • 1976

Sup Sap Bup Dap

Movie • 1975

A Better Tomorrow

Movie • 1986

Kin

A Better Tomorrow II

Movie • 1987

Kin

Bury Me High

Movie • 1991

President of Carrinan

That Frightening Sword

Movie • 1968

Long and Winding Road

Movie • 1994

Bosco Chow

The Extras

Movie • 1978

Ting Chung

Return to Action

Movie • 1990

Promising Miss Bowie

Movie • 1990

Mr. Chow

The Body Is Willing

Movie • 1983

Francis Chao(趙公子)

Inspector Pink Dragon

Movie • 1991

Chief Insp Pao

Lover of the Swindler

Movie • 1993

Return of the Lucky Stars

Movie • 1989

Uncle Kin

Silver Dragon Ninja

Movie • 1986

Mark

The Hooker and the Hustler

Movie • 1975

Wang Kuo-Chun

Triads: The Inside Story

Movie • 1989

Supt. Chan Tin- Lok

Wonder Mama

Movie • 2015

The Plot

Movie • 1991

Kiu (The Boss)

A Sealed Book

Movie • 2022

Governor Zhang

The Revenge

Movie • 2023

Suz Impression

Movie • 2005

Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer

Movie • 1968

The Modelizer

Movie • 2023

Wellington Koo

Song of the Assassins

Movie • 2022

Chai Sheng

Motherland

Movie • 2011

Stanley Tang

Thank You Sir

Movie • 1989

Mr Tsang

The Vengeful Spirit

Movie • 1968

Peking Opera Blues

Movie • 1986

General Cho

You Are My Sassy Girl

Movie • 2014

The Tokyo Trial

Movie • 2006

Hsiang Che-Chun

The Brave and the Evil

Movie • 1971

Bandit Jie Fei

Kung Fu Dunk

Movie • 2008

Wang Yiwuan

My Will, I Will

Movie • 1986

Brief Encounter In Shinjuku

Movie • 1990

Mr Tseng

Queen's High

Movie • 1990

Fan Yau Tim

Killer

Movie • 2000

公子

Anna and the King

Movie • 1999

Justice Phya Phrom

Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu

Movie • 1969

Happy Wedlock

Movie • 1969

Kwok-wai

The Gilded Cage

Movie • 1968

The Call Girls

Movie • 1973

Hotel Lavender

Movie • 1968

Teddy Girls

Movie • 1969

The Secret

Movie • 1979

Policeman

Last Romance

Movie • 1988

Li Chih-Cheng

The Money-tree

Movie • 1973

Hsiao-cheung

Wild Cherry

Movie • 1982

Purple Night

Movie • 1968

The Trail

Movie • 1993

The Eyes of Dawn

Movie • 2014

I'll Get You One Day

Movie • 1970

Wong Dai Wai

Choi Lee Fat

Movie • 1970

The Youth

Movie • 1969

Chow Hoi-Kit

Lovely Husbands

Movie • 1969

Alan Lee Si Kong

Sky Dragon Castle

Movie • 1969

Ngo Sei Hoi

The Prodigal

Movie • 1969

Oi-Lun

Blood Reincarnation

Movie • 1974

Butterfly

Movie • 2004

Flavia's Father

Goodbye My Friend

Movie • 1988

Lung

Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves

Movie • 1969

Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship

Movie • 1968

The Awaken Punch

Movie • 1973

Goes to the Law

Paragon of Sword and Knife

Movie • 1967

The Banquet

Movie • 1991

Chef

Something Good

Movie • 2013

Signor Feng

The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)

Movie • 1968

Sword of Emei

Movie • 1969

Au Gong

Dark Side of China Town

Movie • 1989

Uncle Kwan

The Witch

Movie • 1967

Gold Hand Scholar

The Top Lady of Sword

Movie • 1993

Amnesty Decree

Movie • 1987

Tsai

The Immigrant Policeman

Movie • 1989

Master Cute

Movie • 1965

Detective Chinatown 2

Movie • 2018

Uncle Seven

Inseparable

Movie • 2012

Mr. Wang

We Visited Southeast Asia

Movie • 1973

The Big Circus

Movie • 1964

Napping Kid

Movie • 2018

Chik Kuen

The Drummer

Movie • 2007

Stephen Ma

Dearest Anita

Movie • 2019

Love Is Smoke

Movie • 1972

Misunderstood

Movie • 1970

Divorce Hong Kong Style

Movie • 1976

Baby Task Group

Movie • 2017

Princess Madam

Movie • 1989

Cheung

The Night Rider

Movie • 1992

The Little Warrior

Movie • 1969

General Sheung Kwun Hung

Chasing the Dragon

Movie • 2017

Sir Chow

The First Time is the Last Time

Movie • 1989

Jenny's Father

East Wind Rain

Movie • 2010

Au Revoir, Mon Amour

Movie • 1991

Mui Yi's Father

Combat at Heaven Gate

Movie • 1993

Megaforce from Highland

Movie • 1992

The Black Musketeer 'F'

Movie • 1966

Ko Cheung

Memoirs of a Geisha

Movie • 2005

The General

Shadow Cop

Movie • 1993

The Playful Girl

Movie • 1971

The Paradise

Movie • 1974

No Regret, No Return

Movie • 1993

Lau Sin

Legend of Poker King

Movie • 2016

Triple Identity

Movie • 2020

Xun Yunchang

The Tin Long Gang

Movie • 1968

Lung

Six Strong Guys

Movie • 2004

Rico 岳父

My Wedding and Other Secrets

Movie • 2011

Dr Chu

Book Without Words

Movie • 1965

White Wolf

Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

Movie • 1967

Ko Cheung

Mimi-Private Eye

Movie • 1965

The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon

Movie • 1966

Ko Cheung

Daily Fantasy

Movie • 2021

[A Zhen's car]

叠恋

Movie • 1989

Changing Partner

Movie • 1992

Chief Inspector Wong Kwok Wing

Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned

Movie • 1968

柳靜

Buddhist Spiritual Palm

Movie • 1968

Shadow of China

Movie • 1990

Mr. Lau

The Lady with a Cat's Eyes

Movie • 1967

Sit Bong

美少女战队

Movie • 2017

扯淡侠

Movie • 2015

你是我兄弟巅峰决战

Movie • 2018

大明诡事录

Movie

回家看看

Movie • 2005

失恋狂想曲

Movie • 2013

你是我兄弟之牌王

Movie • 2017

盗爱空间之私人电影

Movie • 2016

蓬门淑女

Movie • 1967

成家立室

Movie • 1969

Movie • 1969

奪命雌雄劍

Movie • 1969

相思甜如蜜

Movie • 1969

Tong Chi-Hung

The Dragnet

TV • 2021

Mr. Guo

The Great Adventure

TV • 2005

Fan Kan

The Unbeatables

TV • 1993

Ye Zhong

The Teochew Family

TV • 1995

Cai Qing-yang

Flower Grandpa

TV • 2014

Bet On Fate

TV • 1992

The Greenhorns

TV • 1987

Siblings of The Vice and Virtue

TV • 1986

The Smiling Proud Wanderer

TV • 1984

Police Magazine

TV • 1993

Flame of Fury

TV • 1988

The Understudy

TV • 1981

Woman on the Beat

TV • 1983

Love & Passion

TV • 1982

File Noir

TV • 1989

The Witness Of Time

TV • 1990

The Price Of Growing Up

TV • 1987

Paternal Affairs

TV • 1988

Summer Kisses Winter Tears

TV • 1984

Heart Break At Long Beach

TV • 1980

The Sword Stained With Royal Blood

TV • 1985

The Return of the Condor Heroes

The War Heroes

TV • 1989

Mu bu fan

The Super Power

TV • 1983

Stardust

TV • 1982

Meng's Palace

TV • 2013

The Upheaval

TV • 1986

Jaws

TV • 1979

马卓汉

Ghost On The Loose

TV • 1983

执位夫妻

TV • 1986

成家立

Linglong Bureau

TV • 2019

Layout

TV • 2021

Four Amigos Bon Voyage

TV • 2015

The Final Verdict

TV • 1988

The Legend Of Dik Ching

TV • 1986

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

TV • 1982

西夏王

Blood-Stained Intrigue

TV • 1986

New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

TV • 1986

謝遜

Deadly Secret

TV • 1989

丁典

The Code of Siam

TV • 2019

Deng Jianguo

错结良缘

TV • 1982

乐子扬

The Radio Tycoon

TV • 1983

The Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain

TV • 1985

Destiny

TV • 1982

Legend

TV • 2000

Mystery of Antiques

TV • 2018

黄克武

Tai Chi Master (II)

TV • 1981

Rainbow Connections

TV • 1980

金钱本色

TV • 2010

雷亮

Who's the Hero

TV • 2010

雷亮

The Greed of Man

TV • 1992

龍成邦

To Where He Belongs

TV • 2001

Tiger Kung Fu of Wulin

TV • 2013

Ultra Protection

TV • 1999

Kei Chung-nam

Soldier Soldier

TV • 1991

Tak Cheng

Blood of Good and Evil

TV • 1990

The Yang's Saga

TV • 1985

Next Year, Next Kins

TV • 1986

麦佳

The New Adventure of Wisely

TV • 1998

Chief Bai

Shi Li Xiang Da Jiu Fang

TV • 2014

Wang Tianhao

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

TV • 1983

黃藥師

Racing Peak

TV • 1993

李奇

It Takes a Thief

TV • 1979

Sandwiches

TV • 1983

On The Waterfront

TV • 1980

The Legend of Wonder Lady

TV • 1981

Big Family

TV • 1991

Jiang wen shan

The Battle Among the Clans

TV • 1985

Love of Aurora

TV • 2017

Li Zhengquan

The Duke of Mount Deer

TV • 1984

Chan Kan-nam

Parental Guidance

TV • 2007

Patrick Seto

陌生人

TV • 1999

Happiness Chocolate

TV • 2018

Duan Hao

Police Cadet

TV • 1984

廉政公署調查主任

世纪末的童话

TV • 1997

柳云龙系列

TV • 2010

玛嘉烈与大卫系列绿豆

TV • 2016

紫荆勋章

TV • 2000

冯天源

The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (Digital Remaster)

TV • 1985

田归农/田安豹

The Deadly Mystery (Digital Remaster)

TV • 1989

丁典

鹿鼎記 (數碼修復版)

TV • 1984

陈近南

The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Digital Remaster)

TV • 1983

黄药师

笑傲江湖 (數碼修復版)

TV • 1984

岳不群

神鵰俠侶 (數碼修復版)

TV • 1983

黄药师

倚天屠龍記 (數碼修復版)

TV • 1986

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