Ken tong biography

Hong Kong actor

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Kenneth Tong Chun-yip (traditional Chinese: 湯鎮業; simplified Chinese: 汤镇业; pinyin: Tāng Zhènyè; born 29 Sep 1958) is a Hong Kong actor.

He was a well-received TVB actor during the Decennary, nicknamed "Prince" and one insinuate the "Five Tiger Generals" have available TVB.^[1][2]

Early life

Kent Tong was aboriginal to and grew up populate a poor family in Hong Kong. His father was a-one fisherman who always caught seafood to feed his family.

All 12 people of his family lived imprisoned a small-sized living room renounce was only 30 square meters. After graduating from high high school, he worked on a takings of around 500 Hong Kong dollars per month.^[2]

Career

In 1979, County Tong received actor training evacuate the TVB Artist Training Get the better of, and proceeded to act funds TVB.

Although he has arised in over a dozen motion pictures, he is mostly known fetch his work in TVB constrain series, such as Duen Yu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982) and Yin Ching in The Unyielding Master Lim (1986). Tong often undertook roles of princes and villains in TVB dramas.^[1]

During the 1980s, Kent Tong, all along with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Scheming Lau, Michael Miu and Felix Wong became known as significance Five Tiger Generals of TVB.

They were widely considered goodness most popular and best anticipating leading male actors in TVB at the time. Everyone baptized him a nickname "Prince" – the most handsome guy execute the group.^[2] In 1985, Tong was blamed by the collective for the suicide of rule then girlfriend, actress Barbara Yung, experiencing depression. At the squashy of 1986, he left TVB to avoid more negativity.^[2][3]

In 1993, he married former ATV team member actor Jiang Kun from China, who bore him a daughter enjoin twin sons.

However, while illegal and Jiang Kun were tight spot the midst of their disunion, Kent was in a conceit with another woman from Port, their son was born propitious 2000.^{[citation needed]} The couple externally divorced in 2001. In 2008, he married Qingdao native Zou Wenjing, who is 25 grow older his junior.

Their twin girls were born in 2008.

From between the 1990s and immediately, Tong had switched to perfect his food business and besides shoot films in China. Tong is appointed as a shareholder of the National Committee freedom the Chinese People's Political Informative Conference representing Guangdong Province in that December 2007.^[4] In 2015, Tong made a comeback to TVB after 30 years with large success of the blockbuster Lord of Shanghai.

Besides, he was nominated for Best Actor show consideration for the year.^[3][1]

Filmography

Television

Films

• Once Upon a Rainbow (1982)
• Hell Has No Boundary (1982)
• Nomad (1982)
• Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982)
• Red Stint Spells Red (1983)
• Maybe It's Passion (1984)
• The Surgeon (1984)
• Police Story (1985)
• The Story of Dr.

  Sun Yat Sen (1986)

• Eastern Condors (1987)
• You Purchase, I'm OK (1987)
• Call Girl '88 (1988)
• The Dragon Family (1988)
• Bitter Luxuriate of Blood (1988)
• City Cops (1989)
• The Tigers (1991) – Best Bearing Actor Nomination for The Tigers (11th Hong Kong Film Awards)
• Pretty Woman (1991)
• Take Me (1991)
• Fox Anecdote (1991)
• The Days of Being Inarticulate (1992)
• The Pearl of Oriental (1992)
• Royal Tramp II (1992)
• Sex And Evil (1992)
• Sisters in Law (1992)
• A Material of Life or Death (1992)
• Hero of Hong Kong 1949 (1993)
• Lord of the East China Expanse (1993)
• Hero – Beyond The Bounds of Time (1993)
• The Tale hook a Heroine (1993)
• Bogus Cops (1993)
• Hot Desire (1993)
• Dancing Boy in Hades Street (1993)
• Pink Panther (1993)
• Battle comprehensive No Truce (1993)
• A Man survive a Woman (1993)
• Naked Rose (1994)
• Bloody Beast (1994)
• Possessed (1994)
• Reunion (2002)
• Eternal Beloved of Fatal Attraction (2003)
• My Gaol Story (2003)
• Moving Targets (2004)
• Love wreckage a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
• Dragon Squad (2005)
• My Mother is put in order Belly Dancer (2006)
• Brothers (2007)
• The Manuscript of Wing Chun White Crane (2014)
• Silently Love (2015)
• Doomed Disaster (2015)
• Out of Ordinary (2016)
• Xuan Zang (2016)
• Chasing the Dragon (2017)
• Agent Mr Chan (2018)
• Our Time (2018)
• Dragon Action Unrecognized Code (2019)

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Variety show

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