Eric Tsang

Eric Tsang 曾志偉
Chinese name	曾志偉 (Traditional)
Chinese name	曾志伟 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Céng Zhìwěi (Mandarin)
Jyutping	zang1 zi3 wai5 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Xinhui, Guangdong, China
Born	14 April 1953 (1953-04-14) (age 58) Hong Kong
Occupation	Master of Ceremonies, actor, director, producer
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor 1992 Alan and Eric Between Hello and Goodbye Best Supporting Actor 1997 Comrades: Almost a Love Story Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Supporting Actor 1997 Comrades: Almost a Love Story Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor 1997 Hold You Tight TVB Anniversary Awards My Favourite On-Screen Partners (Non-Dramas) 1998 Super Trio series 1999 Super Trio Series 2001 Super Trio Series 2004 Super Trio Series Best Presenter 2009 Super Trio Series Other Awards Changchun Film Festival Best Supporting Actor 2006 2 Young

Eric Tsang Chi-wai (曾志偉), MH (born 14 April 1953 in Hong Kong with family roots in Xinhui, Guangdong, China) is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.

Biography

Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master" (獎門人）). In his youth, Eric was a Hong Kong professional soccer player.

Tsang's father, Tsang Kai-wing, was in the Police Force from 1940 to 1972, and served as a sergeant-major under the legendary "HK$500 Million Sergeant" Lui Lok, so-called for the wealth he earned in bribes received as a police officer. Tsang fled to Taiwan from the ICAC in 1976 after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail, while still free pending an appeal. In 2001, the Department of Justice seized his house in La Salle Road and later auctioned it for HK$4.35 million after 10 years of civil proceedings. He died in Taiwan in 2011 with Eric and other family members around him. (Tsang senior was also once briefly a professional soccer player.)^[1][2]

Eric Tsang began his showbusiness career as a stuntman. He is known for being a short plump guy with a habit of speaking before thinking, often landing himself into hot water. His insults have led to him being assaulted by rumoured triads over bad mouthing singer Joey Yung. Most recently he had to apologize for crude comments he made towards Yumiko Cheng during a TV act when she accidentally exposed her underwear.^{[citation needed]}

Nevertheless, Eric also appeared in many successful Hong Kong films, gaining actor awards and nominations. Early on in his career, he was typecast as a bubbling, ugly, and crude sidekick, and it wasn't until encouragement from his daughter to stop doing comedic roles that he went on to star in a film with friend Alan Tam and was awarded a Hong Kong best actor award.^{[citation needed]} Cinema critic, Perry Lam of Muse, writes that Tsang 'brings directness, straightness and a lack of nonsense to whatever role he plays, and occasionally demonstrates an uncanny ability to enter the egoless states of which only the greatest of character actors like Robert Duvall are capable.'^[3]

Eric Tsang is also an avid Buddhist, often leading other actors in efforts to raise money for Hong Kong Buddhist temples and events.^{[citation needed]}

His best friends are Natalis Chan and Alan Tam, and his daughter is Mandopop singer Bowie Tsang. Tsang also has a son, actor and writer Derek Tsang.

He is a cousin (through his father) of former Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Frederick Ma.^[2]

Filmography

Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang's hand print and autograph at the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong.
Traditional Chinese	曾志偉
Simplified Chinese	曾志伟
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Céng Zhìwěi - Wade–Giles Ts'eng Chihwei - IPA [tsʰɤ̌ŋ tʂɨ̂wèɪ] Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Zang1 zi3 wai5 - IPA [tsɐ̌ŋ.tɕɪ̯wēi] - Yale Romanization Tseng2 Jr4wei3

• Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
• Na Cha (1974)
• Kung Fu Stars (1975)
• Challenge of the Masters (1976)
• The Dragon Lives Again (1977)
• Money Crazy (1977)
• The Iron-Fisted Monk (1977)
• Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
• Warriors Two (1978)
• By Hook or by Crook (1980)
• The Bloody Tattoo (1980)
• All the Wrong Clues (1981)
• The Legend of the Owl (1981)
• Once Upon A Rainbow (1982)
• It Takes Two (1982)
• Till Death Do We Scare (1982)
• He Lives by Night (1982)
• Play Catch (1983)
• Aces Go Places 2 (1983)
• Carry On Wise Guy (1984)
• Heaven Can Help (1984)
• Beloved Daddy (1984)
• Double Trouble (1984)
• My Lucky Stars (1985)
• Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
• From the Great Beyond (1985)
• The Thirty Million Rush (1985)
• Why Me? (1985)
• Those Merry Souls (1985)
• Funny Triple (1985)
• Millionaire's Express (1986)
• Strange Bedfellow (1986)
• Lucky Stars Go Places (1986)
• The Romancing Star (1987)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987)
• Trouble Couple (1987)
• Seven Years Itch (1987)
• Scared Stiff (1987)
• Final Victory (1987)
• The Final Test (1987)
• Mr. Mistress (1988)
• Golden Swallow (1988)
• The Greatest Lover (1988)
• Force of the Dragon (1988)
• The Romancing Star II (1988)
• Criminal Hunter (1988)
• Shyly Spirit (1988)
• Double Fattiness (1988)
• The Other Half & the Other Half (1988)
• The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (1989)
• Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
• Fatal Vacation (1989)
• They Came to Rob Hong Kong (1989)
• Code of Fortune (1989)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III (1989)
• Return of the Lucky Stars (1989)
• Lucky Guys (1989)
• Pedicab Driver (1989)
• Little Cop (1989)
• A Li Ba Ba (1989)
• Curry and Pepper (1990)
• Hard Boiled 2 (1990)
• The Sniping (1990)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Alan and Eric Between Hello and Goodbye (1991)
• Ghost Punting (1991)
• The Tigers (1991)
• The Family Squad (1991) TV series
• Once Upon a Time a Hero in China (1992)
• Yes Madam '92: A Serious Shock (1992)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• The Days of Being Dumb (1992)
• Handsome Siblings (1992)
• Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday (1993)
• Drug Tiger (1993)
• Once a Cop (1993)
• Master Wong Vs. Master Wong (1993)
• Lady Super Cop (1993)
• 1993 Year's Love of Vampires (1993)
• Cheese 'n Ham (1993)
• Bogus Cops (1993)
• He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)
• The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
• Over the Rainbow Under the Skirt (1994)
• All of the Winners (1994)
• Switch Over (1994)
• The Age of Miracles (1995)
• Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? (1996)
• Those Were the Days (1996)
• Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
• How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)
• Final Justice (1996)
• Hold You Tight (1997)
• Hercules (1997) (voice, Cantonese version) ... Philoctetes
• The Wedding Days (1997)
• Task Force (1997)
• Sleepless Town (1998)
• Anna Magdalena (1998)
• Hitman (1998)
• Fly Me to Polaris (1999)
• Gen-X Cops (1999)
• Liang Po Po (1999)
• Metade Fumaca (1999)
• Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood (1999)
• I.Q. Dudettes (1999)
• When I Look Upon the Stars (1999)
• Wai Goh dik goo si (1999)
• Jiang hu: The Triad Zone (2000)
• And I Hate You So (2000)
• Merry-Go-Round (2001)
• Cop on a Mission (2001) .... Boss Tin
• The Accidental Spy (2001)
• Fai chai tong mung (2001)
• Golden Chicken (2002)
• Infernal Affairs (2002)
• Troublesome Night 15 (2002)
• Frugal Game (2002)
• Three (2002)
• Partners (2002)
• No Problem 2 (2002)
• The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (2002) TV series
• Infernal Affairs II (2003)
• Fu bo (2003)
• Men Suddenly in Black (2003)
• Dragon Loaded 2003 (2003)
• City of SARS (2003)
• Blood Brothers (2004)
• Love Is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
• PaPa Loves You (2004)
• In-Laws, Out-Laws (2004)
• Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective (2004)
• Infernal Affairs III (2004)
• One Stone Two Birds (2005)
• Perhaps Love (2005)
• Mob Sister (2005)
• 2 Young (2005)
• Divergence (2005)
• Son of the Mask (2005) (Cantonese dub)
• It Had to Be You! (2005)
• A Wondrous Bet (2005)
• Colour of the Loyalty (2005)
• Bar Paradise (2005)
• Back to 2160 Hours (2005)
• Operation Undercover (2006)
• Tokyo Trial (2006)
• Men Suddenly in Black 2 (2006)
• Invisible Waves (2006)
• McDull, the Alumni (2006)
• Wo Hu (2006)
• The Jimmy Hat (2006)
• Dangerous Game (2007)
• Bullet and Brain (2007)
• Dragon Boys (2007)
• Big Movie (2007)
• Beauty and the 7 Beasts (2007)
• Simply Actors (2007)
• The Pye-Dog (2007)
• The Romantic Fool (2007)
• Claustrophobia (2008)
• Kung Fu Dunk (2008)
• Tea Fight (2008)
• The Moss (2008)
• Happy Funeral (2008)
• Lost Indulgence (2008)
• Kung Fu Cyborg (2009)
• Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
• Miss Kicki (2009)
• Turning Point (2009)
• The Treasure Hunter (2009)
• The Legend of the Dancing Ninja (2010)
• Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
• 72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010)
• Pandamen (2010) TV series
• Fugitive (2010)
• Lover's Discourse (2010)
• I Love Hong Kong (2011)
• Men Suddenly in Love (2011)
• The Founding of a Party (2011)
• The Fortune Buddies (2011)
• Summer Love (2011)
• 72 Heroes (2011)
• Mural (2011)

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References

1. ^ Central Station (31 August 2009). "The worst of times for Fred Ma". http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=87094&sid=25199575&con_type=1&d_str=20090831&sear_year=2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Tsang Kai-wing dies aged 94 after 35 years as corruption fugitive, SCMP, Danny Mok, 19 Jan 2011
3. ^ Lam, Perry (4 2008). "'Little big man'". Muse Magazine (15): 94. 
4. ^ "Eric Tsang". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874676/. Retrieved March 27, 2010. 
5. ^ "Eric Tsang". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Eric%20Tsang.html. Retrieved March 27, 2010. 

External links

• Eric Tsang at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website of Star East Holdings Ltd., founded by Eric Tsang

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Leslie Cheung for Days of Being Wild	Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor 1992 for Alan and Eric Between Hello and Goodbye	Succeeded by Tony Leung Ka-Fai for 92 Legendary La Rose
Preceded by Law Kar-ying for Summer Snow	Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1997 for Comrades: Almost a Love Story	Succeeded by Jiang Wan for The Soong Sisters
Preceded by Chin Kar-lok for Full Throttle	Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Supporting Actor 1997 for Comrades: Almost a Love Story	Succeeded by Francis Ng for Too Many Ways to be No.1

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Name	Tsang, Eric
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Date of birth	14 April 1953
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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