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
Die Another Day
(2002)
General Moon
Rush Hour 2
(2001)
Captain Chin
Memoirs of a Geisha
(2005)
The General
A Better Tomorrow II
(1987)
Ken
The Killer
(1989)
Sgt. Tsang Yeh
Police Story 3: Super Cop
(1992)
Khun Chaibat
A Better Tomorrow
(1986)
Ken
The Replacement Killers
(1998)
Terence Wei
Kung Fu Dunk
(2008)
Wang Yiwuan
Anna and the King
(1999)
Justice Phya Phrom
Once a Thief
(1991)
Chow / Dad
Detective Chinatown 2
(2018)
Uncle Seven
The Body Is Willing
(1983)
Francis Chao(趙公子)
Super Me
(2019)
Peking Opera Blues
(1986)
General Cho
Royal Warriors
(1986)
Captain Lau Chi-Shing
Full Filmography
Acting
Tragedy of Vendetta
(1955)
The Big Circus
(1964)
Master Cute
(1965)
Mimi-Private Eye
(1965)
Book Without Words
(1965)
White Wolf
The Black Musketeer 'F'
(1966)
Ko Cheung
The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon
(1966)
Ko Cheung
Paragon of Sword and Knife
(1967)
The Witch
(1967)
Gold Hand Scholar
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
(1967)
Ko Cheung
Romance of a Teenage Girl
(1967)
Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
(1968)
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)
(1968)
Hotel Lavender
(1968)
Purple Night
(1968)
The Tin Long Gang
(1968)
Lung
The Chivalrous Whip
(1968)
Kwok Ching-hwa
Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
(1968)
A Romantic Thief
(1968)
Tsang Tai Hsiung
That Frightening Sword
(1968)
The Vengeful Spirit
(1968)
Famous Swordsman Tin Kiu
(1969)
Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
(1969)
Teddy Girls
(1969)
Happy Wedlock
(1969)
The Youth
(1969)
Chow Hoi-Kit
The Prodigal
(1969)
Oi-Lun
Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands
(1969)
Alan Lee Si Kong
Sky Dragon Castle
(1969)
Ngo Sei Hoi
Sword of Emei
(1969)
Au Gong
The Little Warrior
(1969)
General Sheung Kwun Hung
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
(1970)
Choi Lee Fat
(1970)
I'll Get You One Day
(1970)
Wong Dai Wai
Misunderstood
(1970)
To Crack the Dragon Gate
(1970)
The Brave and the Evil
(1971)
Bandit Jie Fei
The Playful Girl
(1971)
Demonstrator
(1971)
Thao Kimalayo
My Beloved
(1971)
Love Is Smoke
(1972)
The Call-Girls
(1973)
The Awaken Punch
(1973)
Goes to the law
The Money-tree
(1973)
Hsiao-cheung
We Visited Southeast Asia
(1973)
Blood Reincarnation
(1974)
The Paradise
(1974)
Sup Sap Bup Dap
(1975)
The Hooker and the Hustler
(1975)
Wang Kuo-Chun
Divorce Hong Kong Style
(1976)
The Eternal Obsession
(1976)
The Extras
(1978)
Ting Chung
ICAC: A Man
(1978)
ICAC: Section Nine
(1978)
The Secret
(1979)
Policeman
Wild Cherry
(1982)
Trap
(1982)
The Body Is Willing
(1983)
Francis Chao(趙公子)
My Mother
(1983)
Royal Warriors
(1986)
Captain Lau Chi-Shing
Peking Opera Blues
(1986)
General Cho
My Will, I Will
(1986)
A Better Tomorrow
(1986)
Ken
Silver Dragon Ninja
(1986)
Mark
A Better Tomorrow II
(1987)
Ken
Amnesty Decree
(1987)
Tsai
Return of the Lucky Stars
(1988)
Uncle Kin
Last Romance
(1988)
Li Chih-Cheng
Goodbye My Friend
(1988)
Lung
The Story of Hay Bo
(1988)
The Killer
(1989)
Sgt. Tsang Yeh
I Am Sorry
(1989)
Return to Action
(1989)
Triads: The Inside Story
(1989)
Supt. Chan Tin-Lok
Thank You Sir
(1989)
Mr Tsang
Dark Side of China Town
(1989)
Uncle Kwan
The Immigrant Policeman
(1989)
Princess Madam
(1989)
Cheung
The First Time is the Last Time
(1989)
Jenny's father
Sleazy Dizzy
(1990)
Chief Inspector Lee
Point of No Return
(1990)
Uncle Min
Promising Miss Bowie
(1990)
Mr. Chow
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
(1990)
Mr Tseng
Queen's High
(1990)
Fan Yau Tim
To Be Number One
(1991)
Chief Inspector Lui Ko-Tin
Once a Thief
(1991)
Chow / Dad
Bury Me High
(1991)
加里南总统
Inspector Pink Dragon
(1991)
Chief Insp Pao
The Banquet
(1991)
Chef
Au Revoir, Mon Amour
(1991)
Mooi Yi's father
The Plot
(1991)
Kiu (The Boss)
Drugs Area
(1991)
Legend of the Brothers
(1991)
Detective Lui Kwok Tin
Police Story 3: Super Cop
(1992)
Khun Chaibat
Angel Terminators
(1992)
Ken Zheng
The Night Rider
(1992)
Megaforce from Highland
(1992)
Second to None
(1992)
The Prince of Temple Street
(1992)
San
The Thief of Time
(1992)
The Story of Taipei Women
(1992)
Changing Partner
(1992)
Lover of the Swindler
(1993)
The Bare-Footed Kid
(1993)
Ke Hu Pu
The Trail
(1993)
The Top Lady of Sword
(1993)
Combat at Heaven Gate
(1993)
Shadow Cop
(1993)
No Regret, No Return
(1993)
Lau Sin
Remains of a Woman
(1993)
Long and Winding Road
(1994)
Bosco Chow
Dead End
(1995)
Up for the Rising Sun
(1997)
The Replacement Killers
(1998)
Terence Wei
Bishonen
(1998)
Sam's Father
The Blacksheep Affair
(1998)
Lone Moon / Tasta
Anna and the King
(1999)
Justice Phya Phrom
Killer
(2000)
Prince
Rush Hour 2
(2001)
Captain Chin
Funeral March
(2001)
Wong Cheuk Kong
Rude Husband
(2001)
The Touch
(2002)
Ping
Die Another Day
(2002)
General Moon
Butterfly
(2004)
Flavia's Father
Six Strong Guys
(2004)
Rico 岳父
Colour Blossoms
(2004)
Memoirs of a Geisha
(2005)
The General
Suz Impression
(2005)
The Tokyo Trial
(2006)
Hsiang Che-Chun
The Drummer
(2007)
Stephen Ma
Zhuibu
(2007)
Kung Fu Dunk
(2008)
Wang Yiwuan
The Treasure Hunter
(2009)
Tu Lao-dai
Blood Ties
(2009)
Woon Sir
Prince of Tears
(2009)
General Liu
Big City Little Romance
(2009)
Fortune King Is Coming to Town!
(2010)
Mr Liang
East Wind Rain
(2010)
Overheard 2
(2011)
Tony Wong
Starry Starry Night
(2011)
Xiao Mei's Grandfather
My Wedding and Other Secrets
(2011)
Dr Chu
Motherland
(2011)
Stanley Tang
Joyful Reunion
(2012)
Tan Shichje
Supercapitalist
(2012)
Victor Chang
Inseparable
(2012)
Mr. Wang
37
(2012)
Something Good: The Mercury Factor
(2013)
Signor Feng
You Are My Sassy Girl
(2014)
Overheard 3
(2014)
Uncle To
The Eyes of Dawn
(2014)
The Summer of Our Graduation
(2014)
Sun Jian
Wonder Mama
(2015)
Fight Up
(2015)
Legend of Poker King
(2016)
For a Few Bullets
(2016)
Oda Koki
Good Night
(2016)
Return of the Heroes
(2016)
Three Men and Half Back in the Field
(2016)
Baby Task Group
(2017)
Chasing the Dragon
(2017)
Sir Chow
Detective Chinatown 2
(2018)
Uncle Seven
Napping Kid
(2018)
Chik Kuen
I Am Your Mom
(2018)
Qin Zhenhua
恐怖快递
(2018)
Super Time and Space Rescue
(2018)
Granddad
Dearest Anita
(2019)
Special Roles
(2019)
Super Me
(2019)
No. 7 Cherry Lane
(2019)
Triple Identity
(2020)
Xun Yunchang
Taste of Happiness
(2020)
Daily Fantasy
(2021)
[A Zhen's car]
The Attorney
(2021)
Tsang Kwok-Shan
Man's Creed
(2022)
Man on the Edge
(2022)
A Sealed Book
(2022)
Governor Zhang
Song of the Assassins
(2022)
柴胜
The Revenge
(2023)
The Modelizer
(2023)
Wellington Koo
Deliverance
(2024)
Directing