Kenneth Tsang
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-09-02
Day of Death
2022-04-27 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Hong Kong
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 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Deliverance
as Brian Lam
(2023)
The Modelizer
as Wellington Koo
(2023)
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
A Sealed Book
as Governor Zhang
(2022)
(2021)
(2021)
The Attorney
as Tsang Kwok-Shan
(2021)
Daily Fantasy
as [A Zhen's car]
(2020)
Triple Identity
as Xun Yunchang
(2020)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
Detective Chinatown 2
as Uncle Seven
(2018)
Napping Kid
as Chik Kuen
(2018)
I Am Your Mom
as Qin Zhenhua
(2018)
(2018)
Super Time and Space Rescue
as Granddad
(2018)
(2017)
Chasing the Dragon
as Sir Chow
(2017)
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
For a Few Bullets
as Oda Koki
(2016)
(2016)
(2016)
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Overheard 3
as Uncle To
(2014)
The Summer of Our Graduation
as Sun Jian
(2014)
(2014)
(2013)
Something Good
as Signor Feng
(2013)
(2012)
Inseparable
as Mr. Wang
(2012)
(2012)
Joyful Reunion
as Tan Shichje
(2012)
Supercapitalist
as Victor Chang
(2011)
Overheard 2
as Tony Wong
(2011)
Starry Starry Night
as Xiao Mei's Grandfather
(2011)
Motherland
as Stanley Tang
(2011)
My Wedding and Other Secrets
as Dr Chu
(2010)
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
as Mr Liang
(2010)
(2009)
The Treasure Hunter
as Tu Lao-dai
(2009)
Blood Ties
as Woon Sir
(2009)
Prince of Tears
as General Liu
(2009)
(2008)
Kung Fu Dunk
as Wang Yiwuan
(2007)
The Drummer
as Stephen Ma
(2007)
(2006)
The Tokyo Trial
as Hsiang Che-Chun
(2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha
as The General
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
Butterfly
as Flavia's Father
(2004)
Six Strong Guys
as Rico 岳父
(2002)
Die Another Day
as General Moon
(2002)
The Touch
as Ping
(2001)
Rush Hour 2
as Captain Chin
(2001)
Funeral March
as Wong Cheuk Kong
(2001)
(2000)
Killer
as Prince
(1999)
Anna and the King
as Justice Phya Phrom
(1998)
The Replacement Killers
as Terence Wei
(1998)
The Blacksheep Affair
as Lone Moon / Tasta
(1998)
Bishonen
as Sam's Father
(1997)
(1995)
(1994)
Long and Winding Road
as Bosco Chow
(1993)
(1993)
The Bare-Footed Kid
as Ke Hu Pu
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
No Regret, No Return
as Lau Sin
(1993)
(1993)
(1992)
Police Story 3: Super Cop
as Khun Chaibat
(1992)
Changing Partner
as Chief Inspector Wong Kwok Wing
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
Angel Terminators
as Ken Zheng
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
Second to None
as Julian's Father
(1992)
(1991)
The Banquet
as Chef
(1991)
Once a Thief
as Chow / Dad
(1991)
To Be Number One
as Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin
(1991)
Au Revoir, Mon Amour
as Mui Yi's Father
(1991)
The Plot
as Kiu (The Boss)
(1991)
Bury Me High
as 加里南总统
(1991)
Inspector Pink Dragon
as Chief Insp Pao
(1991)
Legend of the Brothers
as Detective Lui Kwok Tin
(1991)
(1990)
Sleazy Dizzy
as Chief Inspector Lee
(1990)
Queen's High
as Fan Yau Tim
(1990)
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
as Mr Tseng
(1990)
Point of No Return
as Uncle Min
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
Promising Miss Bowie
as Mr. Chow
(1989)
The Killer
as Sgt. Tsang Yeh
(1989)
Princess Madam
as Cheung
(1989)
I Am Sorry
as Edward Sung
(1989)
Triads: The Inside Story
as Supt. Chan Tin- Lok
(1989)
The First Time is the Last Time
as Jenny's Father
(1989)
Thank You Sir
as Mr Tsang
(1989)
Dark Side of China Town
as Uncle Kwan
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
Last Romance
as Li Chih-Cheng
(1988)
Return of the Lucky Stars
as Uncle Kin
(1988)
(1988)
Goodbye My Friend
as Lung
(1987)
A Better Tomorrow II
as Kin
(1987)
Amnesty Decree
as Tsai
(1986)
A Better Tomorrow
as Kin
(1986)
Royal Warriors
as Captain Lau Chi-Shing
(1986)
Peking Opera Blues
as General Cho
(1986)
(1986)
Silver Dragon Ninja
as Mark
(1983)
The Body Is Willing
as Francis Chao(趙公子)
(1983)
(1982)
Trap
as Ma Man-Rei
(1982)
(1979)
The Secret
as Policeman
(1978)
The Extras
as Ting Chung
(1978)
(1978)
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
(1975)
The Hooker and the Hustler
as Wang Kuo-Chun
(1975)
(1974)
(1974)
(1973)
The Awaken Punch
as Goes to the Law
(1973)
The Money-tree
as Hsiao-cheung
(1973)
(1973)
(1972)
(1971)
The Brave and the Evil
as Bandit Jie Fei
(1971)
(1971)
Demonstrator
as Thao Kimalayo
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
I'll Get You One Day
as Wong Dai Wai
(1970)
(1970)
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
as Health Department Chief Zhou
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands
as Alan Lee Si Kong
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
Sky Dragon Castle
as Ngo Sei Hoi
(1969)
Sword of Emei
as Au Gong
(1969)
Happy Wedlock
as Kwok-wai
(1969)
(1969)
The Little Warrior
as General Sheung Kwun Hung
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
The Youth
as Chow Hoi-Kit
(1969)
(1969)
The Prodigal
as Oi-Lun
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1969)
(1968)
The Chivalrous Whip
as Kwok Ching-hwa
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
A Romantic Thief
as Tsang Tai Hsiung
(1968)
(1968)
The Tin Long Gang
as Lung
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
as Ko Cheung
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
The Witch
as Gold Hand Scholar
(1967)
(1967)
The Lady with a Cat's Eyes
as Sit Bong
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
The Black Musketeer 'F'
as Ko Cheung
(1966)
The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon
as Ko Cheung
(1965)
Book Without Words
as White Wolf
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
(1955)
Crew
(1978)
Funny Kung Fu
Director
(1976)
The Eternal Obsession
Director
(1975)
Frigidity
Director