鍾景輝

简介

Chung King-fai was born in Thailand in 1937 to a family of overseas Chinese originally from Guangdong province. He moved to Hong Kong two months after birth and settled in the Wan Chai district. He received his education in both Hong Kong and Shanghai, living in the Shanghai French Concession during wartime years. He returned to Hong Kong in 1947 and attended Pui Ching Secondary School, where he excelled in drama activities and won Best Actor awards at the Hong Kong Inter-School Drama Festival in 1953 and 1954. He studied English at Chung Chi College before traveling to the United States to study drama at Oklahoma Baptist University, then gained admission to Yale University where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree as the only Asian student in his cohort of over 170 students. He returned to Hong Kong in 1962 and taught drama at Baptist College before joining television in 1965. He is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in Hong Kong's drama and television history, having held numerous distinguished positions in the arts and education sectors.