Kent Tong
Hong Kong actor
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| Intro | Hong Kong actor | |
| A.K.A. | Kent Tong Chun Yip Kenneth Tong Ken Tong | |
| A.K.A. | Kent Tong Chun Yip Kenneth Tong Ken Tong | |
| Places | China | |
| is | Businessperson Entrepreneur Actor | |
| Work field | Business Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 29 September 1958, Hong Kong | |
| Age | 66 years |
The details
Biography
Kent Tong Chun-yip also known as Ken Tong, Kenneth Tong (Traditional - 湯鎮業 Simplified - 汤镇业）was born on 29 September 1958 in Hong Kong. He was a popular Television Broadcast TVB actor during the 1980s in Hong Kong.
Kent Tong received actor training from the TVB Artist Training Class, and proceeded to act for TVB. Although he has appeared in over a dozen movies, he is mostly known for his work in TVB television series, such as Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 1982 . Tong often undertook roles as princes and villains in TVB dramas. During the 1980s, Kent Tong, along with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Lau, Michael Miu and Felix Wong became the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. They were widely considered the most popular male actors of TVB at the time.
Kent Tong is appointed as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference representing Guangdong Province since December 2007.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Network | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Chor Lau-heung | TVB | |
| Yesterday’s Glitter | TVB | ||
| 1980 | The Bund | TVB | Chan Hon-lam |
| 1981 | Seekers | TVB | |
| Double Fantasies | TVB | ||
| The Adventurer's | TVB | ||
| Come Rain, Come Shine | TVB | ||
| 1982 | Soldier of Fortune | TVB | Ying Ji Fai |
| The Wild Bunch | TVB | Hong Gwan-lei | |
| Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils I & II | TVB | Duen Yu | |
| The Legend of the Unknowns | TVB | ||
| The Bold Ones | TVB | ||
| 1983 | Summer Kisses Winter Tears | TVB | |
| The Return of The Condor Heroes | TVB | Fok-do | |
| Love Me Love Me Not | TVB | ||
| 1984 | The Brave Squad | TVB | |
| The Foundation | TVB | Lei Yuen Gat | |
| The Rise And Fall of a Stand-in | TVB | ||
| The Smiling Proud Wanderer | TVB | ||
| The Return of Wong Fei Hung | TVB | Nalan Masanori | |
| 1985 | The Yang's Saga | TVB | Prince Bat-yin |
| A Tough Fight | TVB | ||
| The Unyielding Master Lim | TVB | Yin Ching | |
| The Return Of Wong Fei Hung | TVB | ||
| 1987 | Beauty Of The Han’s Dynasty | Taiwan | Emperor Yuan of Han |
| 1988 | General Wu San Kwei | Taiwan | Wu San Kwei |
| 1991 | Noble Conflict | ATV | |
| 1992 | The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty IV | ATV | Guangxu Emperor |
| 1993 | Secret Battle of The Majesty | ATV | |
| Who is The Winner III | ATV | ||
| 1996 | Mission Against Corruption | China | |
| 1997 | InterPol | ATV | |
| 1999 | A Fuk | China | |
| 2002 | The Prisoner | China | |
| 2003 | Dong Fang Mu Qin | China | |
| 2005 | The Royal Swordsmen | China | Wan Sanqian |
| 2006 | Xiang Fen Chuan Qi | China | Zhu Yuanzhang |
| 2009 | Pretty Maid | China | |
| 2011 | Palace | HBS | Kangxi Emperor |
| 2012 | Palace 2 | HBS | Ah Ling Ah |
| 2012 | Heros In Sui & Tang Dynasties | Emperor Wen of Sui | |
| 2015 | Lord of Shanghai | TVB | Chak Kam Tong |
Films
- Once Upon a Rainbow (1982)
- Hell Has No Boundary (1982)
- Nomad (1982)
- Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982)
- Red Spell Spells Red (1983)
- Maybe It's Love (1984)
- The Surgeon (1984)
- Police Story (1985)
- The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1986)
- Eastern Condors (1987)
- You OK, I'm OK (1987)
- Call Girl '88 (1988)
- The Dragon Family (1988)
- Bitter Taste of Blood (1988)
- City Cops (1989)
- The Tigers (1991) — Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Tigers (11th Hong Kong Film Awards)
- Pretty Woman (1991)
- Take Me (1991)
- Fox Legend (1991)
- The Days Of Being Dumb (1992)
- The Pearl Of Oriental (1992)
- Royal Tramp II (1992)
- Sex And Curse (1992)
- Sisters In Law (1992)
- A Matter of Life or Death (1992)
- Hero of Hong Kong 1949 (1993)
- Lord of the East China Sea (1993)
- Hero - Beyond The Boundary Of Time (1993)
- The Tale of a Heroine (1993)
- Bogus Cops (1993)
- Hot Desire (1993)
- Dancing Boy In Underworld Street (1993)
- Pink Panther (1993)
- Battle Of No Truce (1993)
- A Man and a Woman (1993)
- Naked Rose (1994)
- Bloody Beast (1994)
- Possessed (1994)
- Reunion (2002)
- Eternal Flame of Fatal Attraction (2003)
- My Jail Story (2003)
- Moving Targets (2004)
- Love is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
- Dragon Squad (2005)
- My Mother is a Belly Dancer (2006)
- Brothers (2007)
- The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane (2014)
- Silently Love (2015)
- Doomed Disaster (2015)
- Out of Ordinary (2016)
- Xuan Zang (2016)