Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor)

For other people of the same name, see Anthony Wong.
Anthony Wong

Chinese name 黃秋生 (traditional)
Jyutping Wong4 Cau1-sang1 (Cantonese)
Birth name Anthony Perry
Ancestry British, Chinese (Taishan, Guangdong)
Born (1961-09-02) 2 September 1961
Hong Kong
Occupation Actor, screenwriter, film director, TV Host
Years active 1985–present
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wong.

Anthony Perry (born 2 September 1961), better known professionally as Wong Chau-sang (黃秋生) or Anthony Wong, is a Hong Kong film, stage and TV Awards winning British-Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director.[1][2][3][4] Wong is perhaps best known in the West for his roles in the 1992 action film Hard Boiled, the 2002 critically acclaimed Infernal Affairs, and as General Yang in the 2008 Hollywood film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Biography

Childhood

Anthony Perry was born on 2 September in 1961 to an English-born sailor, Frederick Perry, and a Hong Kong Chinese mother whose surname Wong adopted as part of his current name, Anthony Wong. His father walked out on the family when he was four, which prompted his mother to relocate the family to Hong Kong. Wong has revealed in his microblog that during his first year in Hong Kong, he lived with his mother "in the staircase of a pre-war building in Wan Chai" until he was sent to live with various relatives for two years while his mother "held down three jobs".

In his acting career, Wong's established a reputation for openly critiquing the Hong Kong film industry and its practices, actors' performances and pop culture in interviews and his personal microblog. In some of those critiques, he's revealed his experiences of being bullied and discriminated against—for being a "mixed race foreigner" and "during the 1960s, English-Chinese mixed-race people like me were regarded as bastards", and for being born outside Hong Kong—while growing up in Hong Kong and during the early years of his acting career.[5][6]

During his late teens, Wong moved to Britain to attend a college of further education.[6] He returned to Hong Kong to attend a training course in hairdressing until he quit to join ATV's training programme when he was 21.[5]

Career

After completing ATV's training programme, he continued his training at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.[6] He had stated in an interview that his mixed ethnicity initially caused him to be typecast as a villain, due to institutionalised racism in the Hong Kong film industry during this period.[7] He, however, won an Hong Kong Film Award for his performance as a real-life serial killer, who made meat buns from his victims' flesh, in The Untold Story in 1993.

In the following years, Wong appeared in a wide range of genre films including Rock n' Roll Cop, Hard Boiled, The Heroic Trio, Infernal Affairs, The Mission and The Medallion. He had also several appearances in the popular Young and Dangerous film series as Tai Fei; a rival Triad gangster to Ekin Cheng's character Chan Ho-nam, an ambitious Triad gangster, whom Tai Fei eventually befriends.

Wong had also appeared in a number of international English-language films including The Painted Veil and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

In 1995, Wong made his directorial debut with The New Tenant.

In 2014, Wong made his culinary debut in Dinner Confidential, where he would prepare one dish out of a table d'hote candle-lit dinner menu for guests.

In 2015, Wong became the first Hong Kong Actor to had won the Best lead actor role in TV and movies when he won 2015 TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor and Best Drama for Lord of Shanghai, marking his triumphant return to TVB. He also became the first Hong Kong actor to had won Best Actor awards in films, stage theatre and TV. He also became the first Hong Kong actor to ever won TVB's Best Actor award on his first nomination.

Personal life

Wong is the lead singer of a local Hong Kong punk rock band. Wong is married and has three sons called Omar Wong, Ulysses Wong and William Wong.[8]

In a 2005 interview with Star eCentral, Wong stated that amongst his prolific output during the 1980s and the 1990s, a considerable number of films he appeared in were poor and exploitative.[9] He, however, has no regrets because he needed the money to support his wife, their sons and his mother.[9]

Awards

Year Award Category Film Result
199312th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorLove: Now You See It... Now You Don'tNominated
199413th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActorThe Untold StoryWon
Best Supporting ActorRong shi qi anNominated
199616th Hong Kong Film AwardsHong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActorYoung and Dangerous 3Nominated
199918th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActorBeast CopsWon
5th Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActorWon
200019th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActorOrdinary HeroesNominated
200239th Golden Horse AwardsBest Supporting Actor Seung fei Won
200322nd Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorJust One LookNominated
Best Supporting Actor Seung fei Nominated
Best Supporting ActorInfernal AffairsWon
40th Golden Horse AwardsBest Supporting ActorWon
9th Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActorWon
2005 42nd Golden Horse AwardsBest Supporting ActorInitial DWon
Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Won
2006 25th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
2015 2015 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor Lord of Shanghai Won

Filmography

Year Title Role
1985 My Name Ain't Suzie (花街時代) Jimmy Koch
1990 When Fortune Smiles (無敵幸運星) Wei (曹家大哥/飛飛大哥)
1990 No Risk, No Gain: Casino Raiders - The Sequel Yeung Sing
1990 Dancing Bull (舞牛) Ngau Ban-tsiu (牛品超)
1990 The Big Score (絕橋智多星) Ma Kwan (馬坤)
1991 Erotic Ghost Story II (聊齋艷譚續集五通神) Ng Tung/Chau-sang (五通(男魔)/秋生)
1991 Don't Fool Me Nerd's brother Su (黑幫小弟)
1991 Casino Raiders II Pow
1992 Sting of the Scorpion (蠍子) Chow Kin (周健)
1992 Now You See Love, Now You Don't Dunno
1992 What a Hero! Saucer
1992 Hard Boiled Johnny Wong
1992 Lucky Encounter (踢到寶) Cheap Chan (賤人陳)
1992 Full Contact (1992) Sam Sei (沈四)
1992 Angel Hunter (女校風雲之邪教入侵) Kwok/The Bishop
1993 Rong shi qi an Lau
1993 Biao jie, ni hao ye! III zhi da ren jia dao Inspector Lu Ping
1993 Fight Back to School III Tailor Lam
1993 The Heroic Trio Kau
1993 Fu gui kuang hua
1993 Huang Fei Hong dui Huang Fei Hong
1993 The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story Wong Chi Hang
1993 Mang nu: 72 xiao shi Sam Chu
1993 A Moment of Romance II Dino
1993 The Mad Monk Nine Lives Beggar
1993 Cheng shi nu lie ren Charlie Chan
1993 Executioners Mr. Kim/The Faceless Monster/Kau
1993 Di shi pan guan Kin
1993 Daughter of Darkness Officer Lui
1993 Love to Kill Sam Wai Wong
1994 Chai dan zhuan jia bao bei zha dan John Wu
1994 Meng chai ren
1994 Oh! My Three Guys Best Actor Winner
1994 Ti tian xing dao zhi sha xiong The prosecutor
1994 Xiang Gang qi an: Zhi xi xue gui li wang Tong Chi-Ming
1994 Yi xian sheng ji Inspector Kim Kuo-Hao
1994 Chung ngon sat luk: O gei Ho Kin Tung
1994 Guang Dong wu hu zhi tie quan wu di Sun Zhong Shan
1994 'Saang Gong yat ho tung chap faan Inspector Hung
1994 Gui mi xin qiao Liu Sheng-Ming
1994 Guai xia yi zhi mei
1995 Er yue san shi Raymond Shiu Chi-Li
1995 Hai shi jue de ni zui hao Wah Tino
1995 Jie fang chai ren Lau
1995 Ma lu ying xiong II: Fei fa sai che Doctor
1995 Xin fang ke Alan Tam
1995 The World of Treasure
1996 Tou tou ai ni
1996 Mongkok Story Lui Lone
1996 Xiu hua da dao
1996 Jing hua rou bo jiang jian dang
1996 Jin zhuang xiang jiao ju le bu Host/Inspector Wong/Mr. Shaw/John
1996 Zhong guo 'O' ji zhi xie xing qing ren Li Shu-pei
1996 Young and Dangerous 2 Tai Fai
1996 Ebola Syndrome Kai San
1996 Big Bullet Bird
1996 Young and Dangerous 3 Tai Fai
1996 Black Mask King Kau
1996 Viva Erotica Wong
1997 Armageddon Chiu Tai-Pang
1997 Hui zhuan shou shi Shing
1997 Young and Dangerous 4 Tai Fai
1997 Huo shao dao zhi heng hang Ba dao
1997 Ng yun ji dai
1997 Option Zero Sing
1998 The Untold Story 2 Officer Lazyboots
1998 Haunted Mansion Ah Gi's Husband
1998 God.com
1998 Maang gwai jeung yan toi Chin Hai
1998 Young and Dangerous 5 Tai Fei
1998 Beast Cops Tung
1998 Quan zhi da dao
1998 The Storm Riders Sword Saint
1998 Jiang jian xian jing Wong Lik-Tak
1999 Raped by an Angel 4: The Raper's Union Human Milk Drinking Doctor
1999 Wai Goh dik goo si
1999 A Lamb in Despair Charles
1999 Hak do fung wan ji sau chuk wong Chiu-chau Tsam
1999 Fascination Amour Eric
1999 Ordinary Heroes Peter Kam
1999 Gou hun e meng
1999 A Man Called Hero Pride
1999 Heaven of Hope Ah-Wah
1999 Baan gwat chai
1999 Hei she hui dang an zhi hei jin di guo
1999 Century of the Dragon Lam
1999 The Deadly Camp Boar
1999 The Mission Curtis
1999 The Legendary 'Tai Fei' Tai Fei
2000 Violent Cop Tai Pan Kim
2000 Evil Fade
2000 Nu nan jue
2000 Fist Power Charles Chau
2000 Those Were the Days... Dai Fei
2000 Q gei luen yan Lam
2000 Yau sau tung dong
2000 What Is a Good Teacher ching
2000 Time and Tide Uncle Ji
2000 Jiang hu: The Triad Zone Master Kwan Wan Cheung
2000 Miu meng ji tiu Wisdom
2000 Ai wo bie zou Rock
2000 Metade Fumaca
2000 Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem Dr. Tang
2001 United We Stand and Swim Coach Mao
2001 Yuk mong ji shing
2001 Runaway Ray
2001 Visible Secret Wong-Lin
2001 My Life as McDull School Principal (voice) and Logan (voice)
2002 Gwaai sau hok yuen
2002 Roaring Dragon, Bluffing Tiger
2002 Yi wen ji bao biao Peter's Dad
2002 Seung fei Joker's Father
2002 Just One Look Crazy
2002 Demi-Haunted Hung
2002 Infernal Affairs SP Wong Chi Shing
2003 Love Under the Sun
2003 Cat and Mouse Judge Bao Zheng
2003 The Twins Effect Prada
2003 Kap sze moon yat goh gei kooi Anthony
2003 Colour of the Truth S.P. Wong Jiang
2003 The Medallion Lester
2003 Fu bo
2003 Infernal Affairs II Inspector Wong Chi Shing
2003 Infernal Affairs III SP Wong Chi Shing
2003 Golden Chicken 2 Chow
2004 Magic Kitchen Tony Ho
2004 20 30 40 Shi Ge
2004 McDull, Prince de la Bun principal (voice)
2004 A-1 Headline Lam Hei Fei
2004 Kung Fu Soccer (TV series) Lam Chung Fu
2005 Slim till Dead Sergeant Tak
2005 House of Fury Yue Siu Bo
2005 2 Young Nam's Pop
2005 Initial D Bunta 'Tofuman' Fujiwara
2005 Mob Sister Whacko
2005 All About Love
2006 McDull, the Alumni
2006 Isabella Chen-Shing's boss
2006 On the Edge Lung
2006 Exiled blazed
2006 The Painted Veil Colonel Yu
2007 Sweet Revenge Ching Shing
2007 Dancing Lion Great Uncle
2007 Mr. Cinema Zhou Heung Kong
2007 Simply Actors Theatre janitor
2007 Secret Chiu
2007 The Sun Also Rises Teacher Liang
2007 Bullet and Brain Brain
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor General Yang
2008 Plastic City Yuda
2008 Ying han Dragon
2008 True Women for Sale Lau Fu-yi
2009 I Corrupt All Cops Unicorn Tang
2009 Vengeance Kwai
2009 McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten Principal/Master/Xiongbao (voice)
2009 Turning Point Brother one
2009 The Last Night of Madam Chin Cheng Rong-fa
2010 Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Liu Yutian
2011 Punished Wong Ho-chiu
2011 A Beautiful Life
2011 A Simple Life Grasshopper - Elderly home's owner
2011 The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011 White Vengeance Fan Zeng
2012 Motorway Lo
2012 McDull: The Pork of Music principal
2012 The Four Zhuge Zhenwo
2012 Naked Soldier
2012 Westgate Tango
2013 Ip Man: The Final Fight Ip Man
2013 The Four II
2014 Golden Chicken 3
2014 The Four III
2014 Gangster Payday
2015 Hot Blood Band
2015 12 Golden Ducks
2016 The Mobfathers

Television

References

  1. Daniel O'Brien Spooky Encounters: A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror 2003 -- Page 155 "The biggest 'star' to work in this disreputable field is undoubtedly Anthony Wong Chau-sang. Best known to Hong Kong action fans as the lead villain in John Woo's Hard Boiled, Wong gave an award-winning performance in The Untold Story, ."
  2. Linda Williams The erotic thriller in contemporary cinema 2005- Page 389 "A prolific action figure such as Anthony Wong, for instance, is able to star in the exemplary Cat III violent shocker The Untold Story (a Sweeny Toddesque tale of everyday cannibalism - he even got a Hong Kong Film Award for the role) or the ..."
  3. Botang Zhuo, Tong Cheuk Pak Hong Kong New Wave Cinema: (1978-2000) - 2008 Page 194 "Cheung, a senior police, is actually a traitor, working in complicity with Anthony Wong. ... Besides being in complicity with Anthony Wong, he also frequently made use of his position to interfere with Lee Sau- yin's movements, in order to enable ..."
  4. Gina Marchetti Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs: The Trilogy -2007 Page 151- "Anthony Wong plays Tung who bridges both sides of the law in Gordon Chan and Dante Lam's Beast Cops (1998), and he won the 1999 Hong Kong Film Award for best actor for that role. Thus, the revelation that SP Wong is literally in bed ...
  5. 1 2 David Thompson (24 May 2012). "Interview: Anthony Wong Chau Sang". Channel NewsAsia. MediaCorp Pte Ltd. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Thomas Podvin (2005). "Interview With Anthony Wong Chau Sang". Hong Kong Cinemagic. HK Cinemagic. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  7. Interview in HK ORIENT EXTREME CINEMA, N°13, January 2000
  8. "Anthony Wong Chau-Sang". LoveHKFilm. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. 1 2 Chow, Vivienne. "O father, where art thou?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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