Anthony Wong

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Biography

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (born Anthony William Perry; 2 September 1961) is a Hong Kong film actor, film director and singer, known for his intense portrayals of often-amoral characters. He has won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor three times for The Untold Story (1993), Beast Cops (1998) and Still Human (2018), and won Taiwan's Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for The Sunny Side of the Street (2022). He is the first Hong Kong actor to have won Best Actor awards in films, stage theatre and TV. His notable international credits include his roles as Triad gangster Johnny Wong in Hard Boiled (1992), police superintendent Wong Chi-shing in the Infernal Affairs trilogy (2002–2003) and General Yang in the Hollywood film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Wong (Hong Kong actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Anthony Wong has 230 screen credits in a career dating back to 1985. Their work spans 27 cinematic universes — most prominently Young and Dangerous with 6 titles. Signature works include Hard Boiled, Infernal Affairs, Erotic Ghost Story II. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Acting
Gender
male
Known Credits
230
Birth Date
1961-09-02 00:00:00
Birth Place
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 27 universes

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Credits

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