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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hong Kong, 1934-09-02

Died: 2022-04-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Tragedy of Vendetta		0
2	1964	The Big Circus		0
3	1965	Mimi-Private Eye		0
4	1965	Master Cute		20
5	1965	Book Without Words	White Wolf	0
6	1966	The Black Musketeer 'F'	Ko Cheung	0
7	1966	The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon	Ko Cheung	0
8	1967	Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell	Ko Cheung	0
9	1967	The Witch	Gold Hand Scholar	0
10	1967	Romance of a Teenage Girl		0
11	1967	The Lady with a Cat's Eyes	Sit Bong	0
12	1967	Paragon of Sword and Knife		0
13	1968	The Gilded Cage		0
14	1968	Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned	柳靜	0
15	1968	Buddhist Spiritual Palm		100
16	1968	Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer		0
17	1968	Purple Night		0
18	1968	A Romantic Thief	Tsang Tai Hsiung	0
19	1968	Hotel Lavender		0
20	1968	That Frightening Sword		0
21	1968	The Chivalrous Whip	Kwok Ching-hwa	0
22	1968	The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)		0
23	1968	Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship		0
24	1968	The Tin Long Gang	Lung	70
25	1968	The Vengeful Spirit		0
26	1969	The Youth	Chow Hoi-Kit	0
27	1969	The Little Warrior	General Sheung Kwun Hung	0
28	1969	Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands	Alan Lee Si Kong	0
29	1969	Teddy Girls		100
30	1969	Sky Dragon Castle	Ngo Sei Hoi	0
31	1969	Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves		0
32	1969	Happy Wedlock	Kwok-wai	0
33	1969	Sword of Emei	Au Gong	0
34	1969	The Prodigal	Oi-Lun	0
35	1969	Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu		60
36	1970	Misunderstood		0
37	1970	To Crack the Dragon Gate		0
38	1970	I'll Get You One Day	Wong Dai Wai	0
39	1970	Choi Lee Fat		0
40	1970	Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow	Health Department Chief Zhou	0
41	1971	The Brave and the Evil	Bandit Jie Fei	60
42	1971	Demonstrator	Thao Kimalayo	0
43	1971	My Beloved		0
44	1971	The Playful Girl		0
45	1972	Love Is Smoke		0
46	1973	The Call Girls		0
47	1973	The Awaken Punch	Goes to the Law	55
48	1973	The Money-tree	Hsiao-cheung	0
49	1973	We Visited Southeast Asia		0
50	1974	The Paradise		0
51	1974	Blood Reincarnation		57
52	1975	The Hooker and the Hustler	Wang Kuo-Chun	0
53	1975	Sup Sap Bup Dap		0
54	1976	Divorce Hong Kong Style		0
55	1976	The Eternal Obsession		0
56	1978	ICAC: A Man		0
57	1978	ICAC: Section Nine		0
58	1978	The Extras	Ting Chung	70
59	1979	The Secret	Policeman	59
60	1982	Wild Cherry		35
61	1982	Trap	Ma Man-Rei	50
62	1983	My Mother		0
63	1983	The Body Is Willing	Francis Chao(趙公子)	65
64	1986	Silver Dragon Ninja	Mark	41
65	1986	Royal Warriors	Captain Lau Chi-Shing	67
66	1986	A Better Tomorrow	Kin	74
67	1986	Peking Opera Blues	General Cho	70
68	1986	My Will, I Will		0
69	1987	Amnesty Decree	Tsai	70
70	1987	A Better Tomorrow II	Kin	71
71	1988	The Story of Hay Bo		0
72	1988	Goodbye My Friend	Lung	0
73	1988	Last Romance	Li Chih-Cheng	56
74	1988	Return of the Lucky Stars	Uncle Kin	64
75	1989	Dark Side of China Town	Uncle Kwan	0
76	1989	The Immigrant Policeman		0
77	1989	叠恋		0
78	1989	The Killer	Sgt. Tsang Yeh	76
79	1989	The First Time is the Last Time	Jenny's Father	52
80	1989	I Am Sorry	Edward Sung	58
81	1989	Triads: The Inside Story	Supt. Chan Tin- Lok	58
82	1989	Thank You Sir	Mr Tsang	55
83	1989	Princess Madam	Cheung	52
84	1990	Brief Encounter In Shinjuku	Mr Tseng	80
85	1990	Return to Action		50
86	1990	Shadow of China		70
87	1990	Promising Miss Bowie	Mr. Chow	0
88	1990	Sleazy Dizzy	Chief Inspector Lee	49
89	1990	Queen's High	Fan Yau Tim	55
90	1990	Point of No Return	Uncle Min	67
91	1991	Drugs Area		0
92	1991	Bury Me High	加里南总统	54
93	1991	Once a Thief	Chow / Dad	67
94	1991	Au Revoir, Mon Amour	Mooi Yi's Father	57
95	1991	To Be Number One	Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin	67
96	1991	The Plot	Kiu (The Boss)	50
97	1991	Inspector Pink Dragon	Chief Insp Pao	0
98	1991	Legend of the Brothers	Detective Lui Kwok Tin	70
99	1991	The Banquet	Chef	52
100	1992	The Thief of Time		40
101	1992	The Story of Taipei Women		0
102	1992	Changing Partner	Chief Inspector Wong Kwok Wing	50
103	1992	Megaforce from Highland		0
104	1992	Police Story 3: Super Cop	Khun Chaibat	69
105	1992	The Prince of Temple Street	San	55
106	1992	Second to None	Julian's Father	50
107	1992	Angel Terminators	Ken Zheng	50
108	1992	The Night Rider		45
109	1993	Combat at Heaven Gate		0
110	1993	Shadow Cop		0
111	1993	The Bare-Footed Kid	Ke Hu Pu	62
112	1993	The Top Lady of Sword		0
113	1993	Lover of the Swindler		0
114	1993	Remains of a Woman		30
115	1993	No Regret, No Return	Lau Sin	42
116	1993	The Trail		60
117	1994	Long and Winding Road	Bosco Chow	58
118	1995	Dead End		50
119	1997	Up for the Rising Sun		60
120	1998	The Replacement Killers	Terence Wei	63
121	1998	Bishonen	Sam's Father	64
122	1998	The Blacksheep Affair	Lone Moon / Tasta	60
123	1999	Anna and the King	Justice Phya Phrom	68
124	2000	Killer	Prince	65
125	2001	Rude Husband		0
126	2001	Rush Hour 2	Captain Chin	67
127	2001	Funeral March	Wong Cheuk Kong	50
128	2002	The Touch	Ping	51
129	2002	Die Another Day	General Moon	60
130	2004	Six Strong Guys	Rico 岳父	48
131	2004	Colour Blossoms		41
132	2004	Butterfly	Flavia's Father	64
133	2005	回家看看		0
134	2005	Suz Impression		0
135	2005	Memoirs of a Geisha	The General	77
136	2006	The Tokyo Trial	Hsiang Che-Chun	60
137	2007	Zhuibu		60
138	2007	The Drummer	Stephen Ma	62
139	2008	Kung Fu Dunk	Wang Yiwuan	59
140	2009	Big City Little Romance		0
141	2009	Prince of Tears	General Liu	50
142	2009	Blood Ties	Woon Sir	61
143	2009	The Treasure Hunter	Tu Lao-dai	34
144	2010	Fortune King Is Coming to Town!	Mr Liang	43
145	2010	East Wind Rain		50
146	2011	My Wedding and Other Secrets	Dr Chu	47
147	2011	Motherland	Stanley Tang	0
148	2011	Overheard 2	Tony Wong	65
149	2011	Starry Starry Night	Xiao Mei's Grandfather	63
150	2012	Joyful Reunion	Tan Shichje	47
151	2012	Inseparable	Mr. Wang	62
152	2012	37		0
153	2012	Supercapitalist	Victor Chang	40
154	2013	失恋狂想曲		0
155	2013	Something Good	Signor Feng	58
156	2014	Overheard 3	Uncle To	58
157	2014	You Are My Sassy Girl		0
158	2014	The Summer of Our Graduation	Sun Jian	60
159	2014	The Eyes of Dawn		0
160	2015	Wonder Mama		0
161	2015	Fight Up		0
162	2015	扯淡侠		0
163	2016	Return of the Heroes		0
164	2016	Three Men and Half Back in the Field		0
165	2016	Legend of Poker King		0
166	2016	盗爱空间之私人电影		0
167	2016	For a Few Bullets	Oda Koki	50
168	2016	Good Night		0
169	2017	美少女战队		0
170	2017	Chasing the Dragon	Sir Chow	69
171	2017	你是我兄弟之牌王		0
172	2017	Baby Task Group		0
173	2018	Detective Chinatown 2	Uncle Seven	62
174	2018	你是我兄弟巅峰决战		0
175	2018	I Am Your Mom	Qin Zhenhua	50
176	2018	Super Time and Space Rescue	Granddad	0
177	2018	Napping Kid	Chik Kuen	57
178	2018	恐怖快递		0
179	2019	Dearest Anita		60
180	2019	Super Me		75
181	2019	No. 7 Cherry Lane		48
182	2019	Special Roles		50
183	2020	Taste of Happiness		0
184	2020	Triple Identity	Xun Yunchang	0
185	2021	Daily Fantasy	[A Zhen's car]	65
186	2021	The Attorney	Tsang Kwok-Shan	69
187	2022	Man's Creed		40
188	2022	Man on the Edge		50
189	2022	Song of the Assassins	柴胜	57
190	2022	A Sealed Book	Governor Zhang	30
191	2023	The Modelizer	Wellington Koo	47
192	2023	The Revenge		0
193	2024	Deliverance	Brian Lam	37
194		大明诡事录		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Legend of the Condor Heroes		0
2	1976	The Return of the Condor Heroes		0
3	1979	It Takes a Thief		0
4	1979	Jaws	马卓汉	0
5	1980	Rainbow Connections		0
6	1980	On The Waterfront		0
7	1980	Heart Break At Long Beach		0
8	1981	Tai Chi Master (II)		0
9	1981	The Legend of Wonder Lady		0
10	1981	The Understudy		0
11	1982	错结良缘	乐子扬	0
12	1982	Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils	西夏王	0
13	1982	Stardust		0
14	1982	Destiny		0
15	1982	Love & Passion		80
16	1983	The Radio Tycoon		0
17	1983	Sandwiches		0
18	1983	The Legend of the Condor Heroes	黃藥師	79
19	1983	Woman on the Beat		0
20	1983	The Super Power		0
21	1983	Ghost On The Loose		0
22	1983	The Return of the Condor Heroes	黃藥師	72
23	1984	The Smiling Proud Wanderer		0
24	1984	Love Me - Love Me Not		0
25	1984	It's A Long Way To Home		0
26	1984	The Duke of Mount Deer	Chan Kan-nam	60
27	1984	Summer Kisses Winter Tears		0
28	1985	The Sword Stained With Royal Blood		0
29	1985	Middle Aged Fancy		0
30	1985	The Rough Ride		100
31	1985	The Brave Squad		0
32	1985	The Battle Among the Clans		0
33	1985	The Yang's Saga		78
34	1985	The Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain		80
35	1986	执位夫妻	成家立	0
36	1986	Next Year, Next Kins	麦佳	0
37	1986	The Legend Of Dik Ching		0
38	1986	Siblings of The Vice and Virtue		100
39	1986	The Upheaval		0
40	1986	The SIB Files		0
41	1986	Blood-Stained Intrigue		100
42	1986	New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre	謝遜	100
43	1987	The Greenhorns		0
44	1987	The Price Of Growing Up		0
45	1988	The Final Verdict		70
46	1988	Flame of Fury		0
47	1988	Paternal Affairs		0
48	1989	Deadly Secret	丁典	0
49	1989	File Noir		0
50	1989	Crooks Don't Win		0
51	1989	The War Heroes	Mu bu fan	0
52	1990	The Witness Of Time		90
53	1990	Blood of Good and Evil		90
54	1991	Soldier Soldier	Tak Cheng	64
55	1991	Big Family	Jiang wen shan	0
56	1992	Bet On Fate		0
57	1992	The Greed of Man	龙成邦	81
58	1993	Police Magazine		0
59	1993	The Chord to Victory		0
60	1993	Racing Peak	李奇	60
61	1993	The Unbeatables	Ye Zhong	0
62	1995	The Teochew Family	Cai Qing-yang	0
63	1998	The New Adventure of Wisely	Chief Bai	0
64	1999	Ultra Protection	Kei Chung-nam	0
65	2000	Legend		0
66	2001	To Where He Belongs		0
67	2005	The Great Adventure	Fan Kan	0
68	2007	Parental Guidance	Patrick Seto	0
69	2008	Flaming Butterfly		0
70	2010	金钱本色	雷亮	0
71	2010	Who's the Hero	雷亮	0
72	2013	Tiger Kung Fu of Wulin		100
73	2013	Meng's Palace		0
74	2014	十里香大酒坊	Wang Tianhao	0
75	2014	Flower Grandpa		80
76	2015	Four Amigos Bon Voyage		0
77	2017	Love of Aurora	Li Zhengquan	65
78	2018	Happiness Chocolate	Duan Hao	0
79	2018	Mystery of Antiques	黄克武	69
80	2019	The Great Craftsman	Zhang Bingkun	80
81	2019	Linglong Bureau		0
82	2019	The Code of Siam		0
83	2021	The Dragnet	Mr. Guo	55
84	2021	Layout		0
85		陌生人		0