Kenneth Tong Chun-yip (; born 29 September 1958) is a

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actor. He was a popular

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actor during the 1980s, nicknamed "Prince" and one of the " Five Tiger Generals" of TVB.Kent Tong TVB now is different from the old days
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Early life

Kent Tong was born to and grew up in a poor family in Hong Kong. His father was a fisherman who always caught seafood to feed his family. All 12 members of his family lived in a small-sized living room that was only 30 square meters. After graduating from high school, he worked on a salary of around 500 Hong Kong dollars per month.

Career

In 1979, 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 Duen Yu in ''

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'' (1982) and Yin Ching in ''The Unyielding Master Lim'' (1986). Tong often undertook roles of princes and villains in TVB dramas. During the 1980s, Kent Tong, along with

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and Felix Wong became known as the '' Five Tiger Generals of TVB''. They were widely considered the most popular and best looking leading male actors in TVB at the time. Everyone called him a nickname "Prince" – the most handsome guy in the group. In 1985, Tong was blamed by the public for the suicide of his then girlfriend, actress Barbara Yung, experiencing depression. At the end of 1986, he left TVB to avoid more negativity.Kent Tong Won’t Attend Barbara Yung’s Memorial Service
jaynestars.com; accessed 24 June 2021. In 1993, he married former ATV actress Jiang Kun from China, who bore him a daughter and twin sons. However, while he and Jiang Kun were in the midst of their divorce, Kent was in a relationship with another woman from Guangzhou, their son was born in 2000. The couple officially divorced in 2001. In 2008, he married Qingdao native Zou Wenjing, who is 25 years his junior. Their twin girls were born in 2008. From between the 1990s and now, Tong had switched to develop his food business and also shoot films in

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. Tong is appointed as a member of the National Committee of the

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representing

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since December 2007. In 2015, Tong made a comeback to TVB after 30 years with big success of the blockbuster '' Lord of Shanghai''. Besides, he was nominated for Best Actor of the year.

Filmography

Television

Films

*Once Upon a Rainbow (1982) *Hell Has No Boundary (1982) * Nomad (1982) *

(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 ''The Dragon Family'' () is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Lau Kar-wing starring Andy Lau, Alan Tam and Max Mok. Plot Lung Ying ( Ko Chun-hsiung), patriarch of the Lung family and leader of the four Triad families, have decided to ...

(1988) *Bitter Taste of Blood (1988) *City Cops (1989) * The Tigers (1991) – Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Tigers (

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) *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 ''Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time'' is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Blackie Ko. The film is a spin-off of Jin Yong, Louis Cha's novel ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', with Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung reprising his role as "Wa ...

(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) *

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(2007) *''The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane'' (2014) *''Silently Love'' (2015) *''Doomed Disaster'' (2015) *''Out of Ordinary'' (2016) *'' Xuan Zang'' (2016) *''

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'' (2017) *''Agent Mr Chan'' (2018) *''Our Time'' (2018) *''Dragon Action Secret Code'' (2019) Kent Tong at chinesemov.com
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Variety show

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tong, Kent Chaoshanese people 1958 births Living people Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male television actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors