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Kenneth Tsang

1935 - 2022

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Kenneth Tsang Kong (Chinese: 曾江; Sidney Lau: Jang1 Kong1; born Tsang Koon-yat; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hong Kong–Singaporean actor, whose career spanned nearly 70 years and over 200 film roles. A romantic leading man in Cantonese dramas and martial arts films during the 1960s and '70s, he gained international recognition for his supporting roles in contemporary crime and action pictures during the following decades, most notably in the films of John Woo. He also appeared in several Hollywood productions. Aged 81, Tsang won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Overheard 3 (2014), with a previous nomination for Overheard 2 (2011). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Kenneth Tsang is the 2,045th most popular actor (down from 1,739th in 2024), the 644th most popular biography from China (down from 612th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kenneth Tsang ranks 2,045 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Sean Leonard, Bella Darvi, Aleksey Batalov, Carla Gravina, Amy Irving, and Frank Wolff. After him are Joe Don Baker, Carl Switzer, Aamir Khan, Earl Cameron, Geraldine Farrar, and Venantino Venantini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Kenneth Tsang ranks 163. Before him are Robert Conrad, Serge Klarsfeld, Richard Kuklinski, Lando Buzzanca, Oleg Tabakov, and Geoffrey Lewis. After him are Esther Vilar, Jack Charlton, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Vasily Livanov, Peter Schreier, and Luboš Kohoutek. Among people deceased in 2022, Kenneth Tsang ranks 170. Before him are Lando Buzzanca, Piet Schrijvers, Yi-Fu Tuan, Börje Salming, Paul Veyne, and Nichelle Nichols. After him are Leonardo Del Vecchio, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Anatoly Filipchenko, Maryan Wisniewski, and Muhammad Rafiq Tarar.

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In China

Among people born in China, Kenneth Tsang ranks 644 out of 1,610. Before him are He Long (1896), Xia Gui (1195), Ma Huan (1380), Pan Yuliang (1895), Sogyal Rinpoche (1947), and Bo Gu (1907). After him are Song Yingxing (1587), James Tien (1942), Zhu of Xia (null), Zhang Zeduan (1085), Pei Songzhi (372), and Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Kenneth Tsang ranks 19. Before him are Na Moon-hee (1941), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Joan Chen (1961), Ti Lung (1946), and Roy Chiao (1927). After him are James Tien (1942), Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Faye Wong (1969), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Li Bingbing (1973), and Lau Kar-leung (1934).

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