Anthony
Wong 
(Wong Chau Sang, Wong Chow Sang, Wong Chow Sun)
Actor
Born: September 2, 1961- Hong Kong
Anthony Wong Chau Sang is an anomalous figure in the Hong Kong movie world.
With over 135 films to his credit, he is among the biggest names in the industry; a
fan favorite and a respected, award winning actor of fascination and versatility.
While Wong's capability as an actor is well established, it has not impeded him from
cranking out bad low budget exploitation by the barrellfull, whilst criticizing the merits
of the very industry that he has thrived on professionally. From giving photographers the
finger, to telling reporters that he threw his Hong Kong Film Award in the trash, it all just
adds to the legend of the unconventional personality that is Anthony Wong.
Anthony Wong's temperament can be traced to his childhood. As a child of mixed
parentage, he endured racial prejudice growing up in Hong Kong. His British father
abandoned him as a baby, so he took his Chinese mother's surname. As a young
man he enrolled in ATV's training program and later studied traditional theatre at the
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Though he claims to prefer the stage,
Wong's oeuvre as an actor would take form in his chilling film portrayals of real
and fictional madmen, cannibals, rapists and serial killers.
His most famous rendition of such a character was in The Untold Story, playing a
restauranteur who serves dumplings filled with ground human meat to unsuspecting
patrons. The role earned Wong his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, and
spawned sequels and spin offs, many involving its producer and co-star, Danny Lee.
In addition to film, television, and the theatre, Anthony Wong has pursued other creative
outlets, as both a rock musician and a disc jockey, co-hosting the radio program
'Banana Club' for Hong Kong's Metro Radio. Wong was fired from the gig after repeated
warnings to tone down the explicit content of the show. However, he soon adapted
the project into a film for his second directorial effort, Top Banana Club.
Anthony has released three music albums since 1995, which have provided further
opportunities to draw from his rock n' roll inspirations and convey his rebellious
social and political viewpoints.
In the late 1990's Anthony became seriously ill due to a glandular disease that caused
eye bulging and weight fluctuation, though his prolific output was somehow not significantly
affected, and he was still able to pull off another Best Actor Award for Beast Cops.
Wong, who is a married father of two sons, was in over 20 films in 2000 alone.
Anthony
Wong Filmography
| 2004 |
20:30:40 |
| 2004 | A-1 |
| Angel Hunter | |
| Another Chinese Cop | |
| 1994 | Awakening |
| 1997 | Armageddon |
| 2000 | Baroness |
| 1998 | Beast Cops |
| Beyond the Cop Line | |
| 1996 | Big Bullet |
| The Big Score | |
| 1996 | Black Mask |
| Bloody Secret | |
| Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb | |
| Brother of Darkness | |
| Casino Raiders II | |
| 2003 | Cat and Mouse |
| 1999 | Century of the Dragon |
| City of Desire | |
| Clan of Amazons | |
| 2003 | Colour of the Truth |
| Cop Image | |
| Dancing Bull 1 | |
| 1993 | Daughter of Darkness |
| 1995 | The Day That Doesn't Exist |
| The Deadly Camp | |
| Demi-Haunted | |
| The Demon's Baby | |
| Don't Fool Me | |
| 1996 | Ebola Syndrome |
| Erotic Ghost Story II | |
| Erotic Nightmare | |
| An Eternal Combat | |
| Evil Fade | |
| 1993 | Executioners |
| Fascination Amour | |
| Fight Back To School III | |
| Fist Power | |
| 2003 | Fu Bo |
| 1992 | Full Contact |
| G4: Option Zero | |
| 2000 | Gen Y Cops (c) |
| Ghost Meets You | |
| 2003 | Give Them a Chance 2 |
| A Gleam of Hope | |
| God.com | |
| 2003 | Golden Chicken 2 |
| 1998 | The Group |
| 1992 | Hard Boiled |
| Haunted Mansion | |
| Heaven of Hope | |
| Her Fatal Ways 3 | |
| Hero of the Beggars | |
| 1993 | The Heroic Trio |
| Highway Man | |
| Home of a Villain | |
| Hong Kong History X | |
| 2005 | House of Fury |
| Husband & Wife | |
| 2002 | Infernal Affairs |
| 2003 | Infernal Affairs II |
| 2003 | Infernal Affairs III |
| 2005 | Initial D |
| The Jail in Burning Island | |
| 2000 | Jiang Hu- The Triad Zone |
| 2002 | Just One Look |
| The King of Debt Collecting Agent | |
| The Kingdom of Mob | |
| A Lamb in Despair | |
| Lamb Killer | |
| 1993 | Legal Innocence |
| The Legend of a Professional | |
| The Legendary "Tai Fei" | |
| Let it Be | |
| 1993 | Love To Kill |
| 1992 | Lucky Encounter |
| 1993 | The Mad Monk |
| Madam City Hunter | |
| 2004 | Magic Kitchen |
| 1993 | Master Wong vs. Master Wong |
| 2003 | The Medallion |
| Metade Fumaca | |
| Midnight Zone | |
| 1999 | The Mission |
| 1993 | A Moment of Romance 2 |
| Mongkok Story | |
| Mr Wai-Go | |
| My Life as McDull 3 | |
| 1985 | My Name Ain't Suzie |
| New Tenant (also w, dir) | |
| No Risk, No Gain | |
| 1992 | Now You See Love...Now You Don't |
| 1994 | Now You See Me, Now You Don't |
| 1999 | Ordinary Heroes |
| Organized Crime & Triad Bureau | |
| Our Neighbor Detective | |
| Phantom Call | |
| 2002 | Princess-D |
| Queenie & King the Lovers | |
| Ransom Express | |
| Rape Trap | |
| Raped by An Angel 4: The Raper's Union | |
| Retribution Sight Unseen 4 | |
| Return To Dark | |
| Roaring Dragon, Bluffing Tiger | |
| Rock N' Roll Cop | |
| Runaway | |
| Sting of the Scorpion | |
| 1998 | The Stormriders |
| The Story of Prostitutes | |
| Take Top | |
| Taxi Hunter | |
| Teaching Sucks!! | |
| Those Were the Days | |
| Thou Shall Not Commit | |
| Tigers: The Legend of Canton | |
| 2000 | Time and Tide |
| To Kill or To Be Killed | |
| Top Banana Club (also co-w, dir) | |
| 2003 | The Twins Effect |
| U-Man | |
| Ungrateful Tink | |
| The Underground Banker | |
| 2001 | United We Stand, and Swim |
| 1993 | The Untold Story |
| The Untold Story 2 | |
| 1996 | Viva Erotica (c) |
| 2000 | Violent Cop |
| Visible Secret (c) | |
| What a Hero! | |
| When a Man Loves a Woman | |
| When Fortune Smiles | |
| Wicked Fairy | |
| The World of Treasure | |
| X-Cop Girls | |
| 1996 | Young and Dangerous 2 |
| 1996 | Young and Dangerous 3 |
| 1997 | Young and Dangerous 4 |
| 1998 | Young and Dangerous 5 |
c = cameo w = writer dir = director
1 aka Wuniu
2 aka Give Me a Chance
3 voice characterization for 2001 animated film
4 aka 3 Days of a Blind Girl
Anthony Wong -Voice Work
| A Bug's Life |
|
Shrek |
(Cantonese voice dubbing of Asian release of animated films)
-see also My Life as McDull (HK animated film)
Anthony Wong -TV Credits
| Blood & Iron | |
| The Iron Butterfly | |
| 2004 | Kung Fu Soccer |
| 1989 | War of the Dragon |
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Supporting Actor Nominations- Anthony Wong
1992 Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1993 Legal Innocence
1996 Young and Dangerous 3
2003 Just One Look
2003 Princess-D
Best Supporting Actor Awards- Anthony Wong
2003 Infernal Affairs
Best Actor Nominations- Anthony Wong
1999 Ordinary Heroes
Best Actor Awards- Anthony Wong
1993 The Untold Story
1998 Beast Cops
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