Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor)

Anthony Wong
Wong in September 2022
Born
Anthony William Perry

(1961-09-02) 2 September 1961 (age 62)
EducationDiploma of Performing Arts at the Academy of Drama, Honorary Academician
Alma materHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1985–present
Spouse
Ng Wai-zing
(m. 1996)
Children3
AwardsChangchun Film Festival
Best Supporting Actor
2002 Princess D
Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Actor
1993 The Untold Story
1998 Beast Cops
Best Supporting Actor
2002 Infernal Affairs
2005 Initial D

Golden Bauhinia AwardsBest Actor
1998 Beast Cops
Best Supporting Actor
2002 Infernal Affairs

Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsBest Actor
1998 Beast Cops
2002 Infernal Affairs

Golden Horse AwardsBest Supporting Actor
2002 Princess D
2003 Infernal Affairs
2005 Initial D

TVB Anniversary AwardsBest Actor
2015 Lord of Shanghai

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Qiūshēng
JyutpingWong4 Cau1-sang1

Anthony Wong Chau-sang (born Anthony William Perry; 2 September 1961) is a Hong Kong film actor and singer.[1][2][3] He has worked with many significant directors of Hong Kong cinema since his debut in 1985, including John Woo, Andrew Lau, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To, and is known for his intense portrayals of often-amoral characters.[4] He has won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor three times: for The Untold Story (1993), Beast Cops (1998) and Still Human (2018).

He is best known to international audiences for his roles as Triad gangster Johnny Wong in Hard Boiled (1992), police Superintendent Wong Chi-shing Infernal Affairs trilogy (2002-03) and General Yang in the Hollywood film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).

  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. ^ 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 ..."
  3. ^ 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 ...
  4. ^ 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 ..."

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