Kenneth Tsang
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曾江 | |||||||||||
| Born | Tsang Koon-yat (曾貫一) 5 October 1934 | ||||||||||
| Died | 27 April 2022 (aged 87) | ||||||||||
| Education | McMurry University University of California, Berkeley (BA) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1955–2022 | ||||||||||
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 曾江 | ||||||||||
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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 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). In 2022, the year of his death, he received the Huading Award for Lifetime Achievement.