Kenneth Tsang
Known for Acting · 327 credits
- Born
- 1934-09-02
- Died
- 2022-04-27
- Place of birth
- Hong Kong
- Also known as
- Kenneth Tsang Kong · 曾貴一 · کنت تسانگ
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.
Known For
TV Shows (97)
Police Cadet
1984
as 廉政公署調查主任
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983
as 黃藥師
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Tak Cheng
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
1986
as 謝遜
The Greed of Man
1992
as 龍成邦
The Yang's Saga
1985
The Price Of Growing Up
1987
The Rough Ride
1985
On The Waterfront
1980
The Duke of Mount Deer
1984
as Chan Kan-nam
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1984
Deadly Secret
1989
as 丁典
Love & Passion
1982
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1982
as 西夏王
Racing Peak
1993
as 李奇
The Battle Among the Clans
1985
The Return of the Condor Heroes
1983
as 黃藥師
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1976
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
2002
as 玉皇大帝
The Return of the Condor Heroes
1976
Blood of Good and Evil
1990
The Radio Tycoon
1983
Woman on the Beat
1983
The Chord to Victory
1993
Sandwiches
1983
The Sword Stained With Royal Blood
1985
File Noir
1989
Ultra Protection
1999
as Kei Chung-nam
Summer Kisses Winter Tears
1984
It's A Long Way To Home
1984
The Witness Of Time
1990
Blood-Stained Intrigue
1986
Destiny
1982
Big Family
1991
as Jiang wen shan
Bet On Fate
1992
The Brave Squad
1985
The SIB Files
1987
Legend
2000
The War Heroes
1989
as Mu bu fan
Stardust
1982
The Legend Of Dik Ching
1986
The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Digital Remaster)
1983
as 黄药师
It Takes a Thief
1979
The Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain
1985
The Legend of Wonder Lady
1981
Siblings of The Vice and Virtue
1986
Mystery of Antiques
2018
as 黄克武
Love of Aurora
2017
as Li Zhengquan
The Understudy
1981
Jaws
1979
as 马卓汉
The Unbeatables
1993
as Ye Zhong
The Dragnet
2021
as Mr. Guo
Meng's Palace
2013
Flaming Butterfly
2008
The Upheaval
1986
Flame of Fury
1988
To Where He Belongs
2001
神鵰俠侶 (數碼修復版)
1983
as 黄药师
The Super Power
1983
The Code of Siam
2019
as Deng Jianguo
Movies (230)
Rush Hour 2
2001
as Captain Chin
The Killer
1989
as Sgt. Tsang Yeh
Die Another Day
2002
as General Moon
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992
as Khun Chaibat
A Better Tomorrow
1986
as Kin
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as The General
Once a Thief
1991
as Chow / Dad
Detective Chinatown 2
2018
as Uncle Seven
The Replacement Killers
1998
as Terence Wei
The Body Is Willing
1983
as Francis Chao(趙公子)
The Banquet
1991
as Chef
Chasing the Dragon
2017
as Sir Chow
Super Me
2021
Song of the Assassins
2022
as Chai Sheng
A Better Tomorrow II
1987
as Kin
To Be Number One
1991
as Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin
Royal Warriors
1986
as Captain Lau Chi-Shing
Anna and the King
1999
as Justice Phya Phrom
The Blacksheep Affair
1998
as Lone Moon / Tasta
Overheard 2
2011
as Tony Wong
Kung Fu Dunk
2008
as Wang Yiwuan
Man on the Edge
2022
as Senior LegCo member
Peking Opera Blues
1986
as General Cho
The Touch
2002
as Ping
Last Romance
1988
as Li Chih-Cheng
Colour Blossoms
2004
Butterfly
2004
as Flavia's Father
Overheard 3
2014
as Uncle To
The Modelizer
2023
as Wellington Koo
Bury Me High
1991
as President of Carrinan
Legend of the Brothers
1991
as Detective Lui Kwok Tin
Au Revoir, Mon Amour
1991
as Mui Yi's Father
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
2010
as Mr Liang
The Bare-Footed Kid
1993
as Ke Hu Pu
The Thief of Time
1992
The Awaken Punch
1973
as Goes to the Law
Queen's High
1990
as Fan Yau Tim
Long and Winding Road
1994
as Bosco Chow
Inseparable
2012
as Mr. Wang
Bishonen
1998
as Sam's Father
Supercapitalist
2012
as Victor Chang
Angel Terminators
1992
as Ken Zheng
The Black Musketeer 'F'
1966
as Ko Cheung
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
1990
as Mr Tseng
For a Few Bullets
2016
as Oda Koki
The Secret
1979
as Policeman
I Am Your Mom
2018
as Qin Zhenhua
Triads: The Inside Story
1989
as Supt. Chan Tin- Lok
Sleazy Dizzy
1990
as Chief Inspector Lee
Point of No Return
1990
as Uncle Min
The Story of Hay Bo
1988
Return of the Lucky Stars
1989
as Uncle Kin
The Attorney
2021
as Tsang Kwok-Shan
The Tokyo Trial
2006
as Hsiang Che-Chun
I Am Sorry
1989
as Edward Sung
A Sealed Book
2022
as Governor Zhang
The First Time is the Last Time
1989
as Jenny's Father
Lover of the Swindler
1993
Starry Starry Night
2011
as Xiao Mei's Grandfather
Shadow Cop
1993
Killer
2000
as 公子
My Will, I Will
1986
No. 7 Cherry Lane
2019
Princess Madam
1989
as Cheung
Return to Action
1990
The Night Rider
1992
The Prince of Temple Street
1992
as San
Inspector Pink Dragon
1991
as Chief Insp Pao
Dearest Anita
2019
Amnesty Decree
1987
as Tsai
Shadow of China
1990
as Mr. Lau
Drugs Area
1991
Deliverance
2024
as Brian Lam
Joyful Reunion
2012
as Tan Shichje
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
1967
as Ko Cheung
Man's Creed
2022
Remains of a Woman
1993
Six Strong Guys
2004
as Rico 岳父
The Plot
1991
as Kiu (The Boss)
Up for the Rising Sun
1997
Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu
1969
Funeral March
2001
as Wong Cheuk Kong
Megaforce from Highland
1992
Something Good
2013
as Signor Feng
The Treasure Hunter
2009
as Tu Lao-dai
Blood Ties
2009
as Woon Sir
Wonder Mama
2015
Tragedy of Vendetta
1955
My Wedding and Other Secrets
2011
as Dr Chu
The Chivalrous Whip
1968
as Kwok Ching-hwa
Thank You Sir
1989
as Mr Tsang
The Drummer
2007
as Stephen Ma
Book Without Words
1965
as White Wolf
Daily Fantasy
2021
as [A Zhen's car]
Dark Side of China Town
1989
as Uncle Kwan
Good Night
2016
恐怖快递
2018
The Call Girls
1973
The Paradise
1974
Big City Little Romance
2009
Blood Reincarnation
1974
The Immigrant Policeman
1989
Dead End
1995
Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned
1968
as 柳靜
那个少女不多情
1967
No Regret, No Return
1993
as Lau Sin
The Brave and the Evil
1971
as Bandit Jie Fei
You Are My Sassy Girl
2014
Combat at Heaven Gate
1993
成家立室
1969
Mimi-Private Eye
1965
Taste of Happiness
2020
Purple Night
1968
Changing Partner
1992
as Chief Inspector Wong Kwok Wing
Master Cute
1965
ICAC: Section Nine
1978
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)
1968
The Money-tree
1973
as Hsiao-cheung
Second to None
1992
as Julian's Father
Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
1968
About 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 a… With 327 credits spanning from 1955 to 2024, Kenneth Tsang has appeared in 230 films and 97 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kenneth Tsang Movies
- Rush Hour 2 (2001) — as Captain Chin
- The Killer (1989) — as Sgt. Tsang Yeh
- Die Another Day (2002) — as General Moon
- Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992) — as Khun Chaibat
- A Better Tomorrow (1986) — as Kin
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