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Felix Wong
Felix Wong Yat-wah (born September 4, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his performances in many wuxia television series produced by TVB, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983), in which he played the protagonist Kwok Ching. He is considered to be one of the most popular teen idols of the 1980s.
Career
Wong was recruited into TVB's Artist Training Academy in September 1979, before his 18th birthday. While he was a trainee, he made cameo appearances in several dramas, such as The Bund (1980). After graduating from the school in 1981, Wong was offered a major supporting role in The Misadventure of Zoo (1981), which starred Lydia Shum and Adam Cheng. Afterwards, Wong was immediately cast to play the male lead in The Lonely Hunter (1981), which subsequently propelled him to instant fame in Hong Kong. While the drama was airing, Wong received more fan letters than any other popular TVB actors and actresses at the time.[1]
In the mid-1980s, Wong, along with Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Michael Miu and Kent Tong, were called the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB" and said to be the most popular male actors from TVB at that time. According to some polls conducted at the time, Wong had the largest fanbase.
Wong is perhaps best known for his role as the hero Kwok Ching in the 1983 television series The Legend of the Condor Heroes, an adaptation of Louis Cha's novel of the same title. Wong also starred in another two television adaptations of Cha's novels, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982) and Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1986). Wong is also notable for his performance in Looking Back in Anger (1989), in which his character was involved in a love triangle with the characters played by Carina Lau and Kathy Chow. Besides playing the roles of the protagonists in most of his works, Wong has also achieved success for his portrayals of antagonists, such as the villain Lee Mat in The Grand Canal (1987), Jamukha in Genghis Khan (1987), and recently as Stone Sir in Gun Metal Grey (2010).
In 1989, Wong left TVB after having completed filming Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai. He joined ATV and worked on four television series between 1990 and 1992. He also worked in the Taiwanese television drama Imperial Wanderer with Kathy Chow. Wong returned to TVB in 1993 and starred with Amy Chan in Racing Peak, a television series about a horse racing company. He left TVB again on 11 January 2002[citation needed] to work on some mainland Chinese television series. Wong expressed his unhappiness with TVB in an interview, citing that as the reason for his departure.[citation needed] His last major project in TVB was Treasure Raiders, an adaptation of one of the works of Gu Long.
Wong starred in the 2005 film Wait 'til You're Older after being invited by Andy Lau. In July 2009, after filming Turning Point, Wong revealed that he will be working with Michael Miu in a new crime fiction television drama on TVB in October 2009 called Gun Metal Grey.[2]
In TVB's 43rd anniversary special, Felix was asked why he returned to do Gun Metal Grey. He explained he returned because Michael Miu, an old friend, ask him to consider doing the series as an anniversary milestone in commemoration of their career in TVB together and he agreed. Subsequently Wong had to turn down another role and said he lost the chance to earn HK$1 million because of filming Gun Metal Grey.
Filmography
Film
Year Film
1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1983 Mad, Mad 83
1984 New Tales of the Flying Fox
1986 Who's the Crook
1988 It's No Heaven
1989 Fury of a Tiger
1989 Leng Nui Ying Hung
1989 In the Line of Fire
1991 The Tigers
1992 Twilight of the Forbidden City
1994 Drunken Master
2001 We're No Heroes
2002 Golden Chicken
2003 City of SARS t
2003 Golden Chicken 2
2004 In Laws, Out Laws
2005 Wait 'til You're Older C
2007 Brothers
2008 Pretty to Think So
2009 Vengeance
2009 Turning Point
2011 I Love Hong Kong
2011 Life Without Principle
2013 7 Assassins
Television
1980 Mystery Beyond (Season 4)
1980 The Bund
1980 The Broken
1980 Family
1980 The Bund III
1980 The Shell Game
1981 The Misadventure of Zoo
1981 The Lonely Hunter Lee Tong
1981 Come Rain, Come Shine
1981 Master Fat Shan
1981 Summer of 1981
1981 The Young Heroes of Shaolin
1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1982 The Roller Coaster
1982 The Wild Bunch
1982 Soldier of Fortune
1983 The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983 In the Game Boat
1984 The Foundation
1984 Pao Ching-tin
1984 Can Anybody Help
1984 Young Detective
1984 It Takes All Kinds
1985 The Young Wanderer
1985 Sword Stained with Royal Blood
1985 Tough Fight
1985 The Yang's Saga
1986 The Brothers Under the Skin
1986 General Father, General Son
1986 The Ordeal Before the Revolution
1987 The Upstart, the Self-Made Man
1987 The Grand Canal
1987 Genghis Khan
1988 Twilight of a Nation
1988 Kay Moon Gwai Guk
1988 It's No Heaven
1988 Bik Cheung Wai Leung Kam
1989 Looking Back in Anger
1989 Greed
1989 Battle of the Heart
1990 Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai
1990 Heaven's Retribution
1990 Dap Jun Kong Wu Lo
1991 The Good, The Ghost, And The Cop
1991 All Out of Love
1992 The Imperial Wanderer
1993 Racing Peak
1993 The Silver Tycoon
1994 Love Cycle
1994 Burden of Proof
1995 Justice Pao
1995 The Criminal Investigator
1995 Man on The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown
1995 Another Sky
1996 The Criminal Investigator II
1996 She Was Married to the Mob
1996 Unusual Revenge
1997 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1998 Secret of the Heart
1999 The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain
2000 Time Off
2000 Incurable Traits
2000 The Legend of Master Soh
2000 Point of No Return
2001 Kung Fu Master from Guangdong
2001 The Pearl
2002 Treasure Raiders
2002 Law 2002
2003 Asian Heroes
2004 Mystic Detective Files
2004 The Dragon Heroes
2010 Gun Metal Grey Shek Tung-sing
2013 Brain Opening Detective
2013 The Years of Housing Passion
Credit
wikipedia
Felix Wong Yat-wah (born September 4, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his performances in many wuxia television series produced by TVB, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983), in which he played the protagonist Kwok Ching. He is considered to be one of the most popular teen idols of the 1980s.
Career
Wong was recruited into TVB's Artist Training Academy in September 1979, before his 18th birthday. While he was a trainee, he made cameo appearances in several dramas, such as The Bund (1980). After graduating from the school in 1981, Wong was offered a major supporting role in The Misadventure of Zoo (1981), which starred Lydia Shum and Adam Cheng. Afterwards, Wong was immediately cast to play the male lead in The Lonely Hunter (1981), which subsequently propelled him to instant fame in Hong Kong. While the drama was airing, Wong received more fan letters than any other popular TVB actors and actresses at the time.[1]
In the mid-1980s, Wong, along with Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Michael Miu and Kent Tong, were called the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB" and said to be the most popular male actors from TVB at that time. According to some polls conducted at the time, Wong had the largest fanbase.
Wong is perhaps best known for his role as the hero Kwok Ching in the 1983 television series The Legend of the Condor Heroes, an adaptation of Louis Cha's novel of the same title. Wong also starred in another two television adaptations of Cha's novels, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982) and Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1986). Wong is also notable for his performance in Looking Back in Anger (1989), in which his character was involved in a love triangle with the characters played by Carina Lau and Kathy Chow. Besides playing the roles of the protagonists in most of his works, Wong has also achieved success for his portrayals of antagonists, such as the villain Lee Mat in The Grand Canal (1987), Jamukha in Genghis Khan (1987), and recently as Stone Sir in Gun Metal Grey (2010).
In 1989, Wong left TVB after having completed filming Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai. He joined ATV and worked on four television series between 1990 and 1992. He also worked in the Taiwanese television drama Imperial Wanderer with Kathy Chow. Wong returned to TVB in 1993 and starred with Amy Chan in Racing Peak, a television series about a horse racing company. He left TVB again on 11 January 2002[citation needed] to work on some mainland Chinese television series. Wong expressed his unhappiness with TVB in an interview, citing that as the reason for his departure.[citation needed] His last major project in TVB was Treasure Raiders, an adaptation of one of the works of Gu Long.
Wong starred in the 2005 film Wait 'til You're Older after being invited by Andy Lau. In July 2009, after filming Turning Point, Wong revealed that he will be working with Michael Miu in a new crime fiction television drama on TVB in October 2009 called Gun Metal Grey.[2]
In TVB's 43rd anniversary special, Felix was asked why he returned to do Gun Metal Grey. He explained he returned because Michael Miu, an old friend, ask him to consider doing the series as an anniversary milestone in commemoration of their career in TVB together and he agreed. Subsequently Wong had to turn down another role and said he lost the chance to earn HK$1 million because of filming Gun Metal Grey.
Filmography
Film
Year Film
1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1983 Mad, Mad 83
1984 New Tales of the Flying Fox
1986 Who's the Crook
1988 It's No Heaven
1989 Fury of a Tiger
1989 Leng Nui Ying Hung
1989 In the Line of Fire
1991 The Tigers
1992 Twilight of the Forbidden City
1994 Drunken Master
2001 We're No Heroes
2002 Golden Chicken
2003 City of SARS t
2003 Golden Chicken 2
2004 In Laws, Out Laws
2005 Wait 'til You're Older C
2007 Brothers
2008 Pretty to Think So
2009 Vengeance
2009 Turning Point
2011 I Love Hong Kong
2011 Life Without Principle
2013 7 Assassins
Television
1980 Mystery Beyond (Season 4)
1980 The Bund
1980 The Broken
1980 Family
1980 The Bund III
1980 The Shell Game
1981 The Misadventure of Zoo
1981 The Lonely Hunter Lee Tong
1981 Come Rain, Come Shine
1981 Master Fat Shan
1981 Summer of 1981
1981 The Young Heroes of Shaolin
1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1982 The Roller Coaster
1982 The Wild Bunch
1982 Soldier of Fortune
1983 The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983 In the Game Boat
1984 The Foundation
1984 Pao Ching-tin
1984 Can Anybody Help
1984 Young Detective
1984 It Takes All Kinds
1985 The Young Wanderer
1985 Sword Stained with Royal Blood
1985 Tough Fight
1985 The Yang's Saga
1986 The Brothers Under the Skin
1986 General Father, General Son
1986 The Ordeal Before the Revolution
1987 The Upstart, the Self-Made Man
1987 The Grand Canal
1987 Genghis Khan
1988 Twilight of a Nation
1988 Kay Moon Gwai Guk
1988 It's No Heaven
1988 Bik Cheung Wai Leung Kam
1989 Looking Back in Anger
1989 Greed
1989 Battle of the Heart
1990 Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai
1990 Heaven's Retribution
1990 Dap Jun Kong Wu Lo
1991 The Good, The Ghost, And The Cop
1991 All Out of Love
1992 The Imperial Wanderer
1993 Racing Peak
1993 The Silver Tycoon
1994 Love Cycle
1994 Burden of Proof
1995 Justice Pao
1995 The Criminal Investigator
1995 Man on The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown
1995 Another Sky
1996 The Criminal Investigator II
1996 She Was Married to the Mob
1996 Unusual Revenge
1997 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
1998 Secret of the Heart
1999 The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain
2000 Time Off
2000 Incurable Traits
2000 The Legend of Master Soh
2000 Point of No Return
2001 Kung Fu Master from Guangdong
2001 The Pearl
2002 Treasure Raiders
2002 Law 2002
2003 Asian Heroes
2004 Mystic Detective Files
2004 The Dragon Heroes
2010 Gun Metal Grey Shek Tung-sing
2013 Brain Opening Detective
2013 The Years of Housing Passion
Credit
wikipedia