Tommy Wong Kwong-leung

Biography

Tommy Wong Kwong-leung is a Hong Kong actor, film producer, and businessman, born on 25 September 1958 in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. He grew up in a family of five children and was the middle child. He moved at a young age to Kwai Chung and lived in public housing, graduating from Sha Yin Tsi Yu School in 1971. He was expelled from secondary school at age twelve for singing a politically themed song and poor conduct, after which he left school and began living independently. He worked selling dim sum and later learned tailoring at a menswear shop. He entered the entertainment industry by chance when he met director Ma Dong-hung at a nightclub in 1983, who invited him to appear in "Long Arm of the Law" as a hobby. He became a full-time film actor in 1987 after appearing in "Prison on Fire" at the invitation of his friend Nam Yin, and was nominated for Best New Performer at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role. He became known for playing villainous roles and was named one of the "Four Great Villains of Hong Kong Cinema" alongside Lee Siu-kei, Shing Fui-On, and Ho Ka-kui, being the only one still living. He was also nicknamed "Big Eyes" after his standout performance in "The Lamp of Human Skin." He appeared in nearly ninety films before retiring from cinema in the late 1990s to run a timber business in Dongguan, China. He returned to acting in 2012 through the TV series "Inbound Troubles," and later appeared in films and series including "The Mobfathers" in 2016. He also released his first solo song, "Chinese Spirit," in 2009.