Kent Tong

Kent Tong
Chinese name	湯鎮業 (Traditional)
Chinese name	汤镇业 (Simplified)
Born	29 September 1958 (1958-09-29) Hong Kong
Associated acts	Five Tiger Generals
Spouse(s)	Keung Kun (m.1993-2001) Wen Jing (m.2008)
Partner(s)	Barbara Yung
Children	3 sons and 3 daughters

Kent Tong Chun-yip also known as Ken Tong, Kenneth Tong (Traditional - 湯鎮業 Simplified - 汤镇业）was born on 29 September 1958 in Hong Kong, China. He was a popular TVB actor during the 1980s in Hong Kong.

Kent Tong received actor training from the TVB Artist Training Class, and proceeded on to act for TVB, where he made his name known. Although he has appeared in over a dozen movies, he is mostly known for his work in various television series, such as Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 1982 . His most remembered roles are princes and villains. During the 1980s, Kent Tong, along with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Lau, Michael Miu and Felix Wong, made up the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB", who were the most popular male actors of TVB at the time.

Kent Tong is also very famous for the relationship with Barbara Yung.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Network	Role
1979	Chor Lau-heung	TVB
	Yesterday’s Glitter	TVB
1980	The Bund	TVB	Chan Hon-lam
1981	Seekers	TVB
	Double Fantasies	TVB
	The Adventurer's	TVB
	Come Rain, Come Shine	TVB
1982	Soldier of Fortune	TVB	Ying Ji Fai
	The Wild Bunch	TVB
	Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils I & II	TVB	Duen Yu
	The Legend of the Unknowns	TVB
	The Bold Ones	TVB
1983	Summer Kisses Winter Tears	TVB
	The Return of The Condor Heroes	TVB	Fok-do
	Love Me Love Me Not	TVB
1984	The Brave Squad	TVB
	The Foundation	TVB	Lei Yuen Gat
	The Rise And Fall of a Stand-in	TVB
	The Smiling Proud Wanderer	TVB
1985	The Yang's Saga	TVB	Prince Bat-yin
	A Tough Fight	TVB
	The Unyielding Master Lim	TVB	Yin Ching
	The Return Of Wong Fei Hung	TVB
1987	Beauty Of The Han’s Dynasty	Taiwan	Emperor Yuan of Han
1988	General Wu San Kwei	Taiwan	Wu San Kwei
1991	Noble Conflict	ATV
1992	The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty IV	ATV	Guangxu Emperor
1993	Secret Battle of The Majesty	ATV
	Who is The Winner III	ATV
1996	Mission Against Corruption	China
1997	InterPol	ATV
1999	A Fuk	China
2002	The Prisoner	China
2003	Dong Fang Mu Qin	China
2005	Royal Swordsmen	China	Wan Sanqian
2006	Xiang Fen Chuan Qi	China	Zhu Yuanzhang
2009	Pretty Maid	China
2011	Palace	HBS	Kangxi Emperor
2012	Palace 2	HBS	Ah Ling Ah

Films

• 1980s
  • Once Upon a Rainbow (1982)
  • Hell Has No Boundary (1982)
  • Nomad (1982)
  • Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982)
  • Red Spell Spells Red (1983)
  • Maybe It's Love (1984)
  • The Surgeon (1984)
  • Police Story (1985)
  • The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1986)
  • Eastern Condors (1987)
  • You OK, I'm OK (1987)
  • Call Girl '88 (1988)
  • The Dragon Family (1988)
  • Bitter Taste of Blood (1988)
  • City Cops (1989)

• 1990s
  • The Tigers (1991) — Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Tigers (11th Hong Kong Film Awards)
  • Pretty Woman (1991)
  • Take Me (1991)
  • Fox Legend (1991)
  • The Days Of Being Dumb (1992)
  • The Pearl Of Oriental (1992)
  • Royal Tramp II (1992)
  • Sex And Curse (1992)
  • Sisters In Law (1992)
  • A Matter of Life or Death (1992)
  • Hero of Hong Kong 1949 (1993)
  • Lord of the East China Sea (1993)
  • Hero - Beyond The Boundary Of Time (1993)
  • Bogus Cops (1993)
  • Hot Desire (1993)
  • Dancing Boy In Underworld Street (1993)
  • Pink Panther (1993)
  • Battle Of No Truce (1993)
  • A Man and a Woman (1993)
  • Naked Rose (1994)
  • Bloody Beast (1994)
  • Possessed (1994)

• 2000s
  • Reunion (2002)
  • Eternal Flame of Fatal Attraction (2003)
  • My Jail Story (2003)
  • Moving Targets (2004)
  • Love is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
  • Dragon Squad (2005)
  • My Mother is a Belly Dancer (2006)
  • Brothers (2007)

External links

• IMDB listing
• [1] http://www.kenttong.com/ (Chinese)