Kenneth Tsang

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 ow…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Rush Hour 2 (2001) — Captain Chin
2. Die Another Day (2002) — General Moon
3. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) — The General
4. The Killer (1989) — Sgt. Tsang Yeh
5. Anna and the King (1999) — Justice Phya Phrom
6. A Better Tomorrow (1986) — Kin
7. Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992) — Khun Chaibat
8. The Replacement Killers (1998) — Terence Wei
9. A Better Tomorrow II (1987) — Kin
10. Kung Fu Dunk (2008) — Wang Yiwuan
11. Once a Thief (1991) — Chow / Dad
12. Detective Chinatown 2 (2018) — Uncle Seven
13. Chasing the Dragon (2017) — Sir Chow
14. Super Me (2021)
15. Overheard 2 (2011) — Tony Wong
16. Peking Opera Blues (1986) — General Cho
17. Royal Warriors (1986) — Captain Lau Chi-Shing
18. Angel Terminators (1992) — Ken Zheng
19. Overheard 3 (2014) — Uncle To
20. Starry Starry Night (2011) — Xiao Mei's Grandfather
21. Inseparable (2012) — Mr. Wang
22. The Touch (2002) — Ping
23. The Treasure Hunter (2009) — Tu Lao-dai
24. The Bare-Footed Kid (1993) — Ke Hu Pu
25. Butterfly (2004) — Flavia's Father
26. To Be Number One (1991) — Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin
27. Bishonen (1998) — Sam's Father
28. Song of the Assassins (2022) — Chai Sheng
29. Return of the Lucky Stars (1989) — Uncle Kin
30. The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983) — 黃藥師
31. The Blacksheep Affair (1998) — Lone Moon / Tasta
32. No. 7 Cherry Lane (2019)
33. The Banquet (1991) — Chef
34. The Drummer (2007) — Stephen Ma
35. Triads: The Inside Story (1989) — Supt. Chan Tin- Lok
36. Princess Madam (1989) — Cheung
37. Colour Blossoms (2004)
38. Man on the Edge (2022) — Senior LegCo member
39. The Greed of Man (1992) — 龍成邦
40. Soldier Soldier (1991) — Tak Cheng

Directed

1. The Eternal Obsession (1976) — Director
2. Funny Kung Fu (1978) — Director
3. Frigidity (1975) — Director