Born in Albany, New York, in 1965 to a Hong Kong Chinese family, Michael Wong Man-tak is a bilingual actor who built his career in Hong Kong from the mid-eighties across action, romance and cop dramas. He anchored crime pictures like Beast Cops (1998) and was a regular presence in the Cantonese ensemble comedies and shoot-outs of the era, comfortable delivering English dialogue for co-productions and Cantonese for the domestic market. His screen persona is that of a controlled, urban leading man, physically credible in uniform and equally at home in family drama. He remains a respected veteran of the Hong Kong industry.
Michael Wong
61 years (Apr 16, 1965)Albany, New York, USA
109 Movies5 Series
Born in Albany, New York, in 1965 to a Hong Kong Chinese family, Michael Wong Man-tak is a bilingual actor who built his career in Hong Kong from the mid-eighties across action, romance and cop dramas. He anchored crime pictures like Beast Cops (1998) and was a regular presence in the Cantonese ensemble comedies and shoot-outs of the era, comfortable delivering English dialogue for co-productions and Cantonese for the domestic market. His screen persona is that of a controlled, urban leading man, physically credible in uniform and equally at home in family drama. He remains a respected veteran of the Hong Kong industry.
Michael Fitzgerald Wong aka Wong Man-Tak (Chinese: 王敏德, born in Troy, New York, 16 April 1965) is a Chinese-American and a Hong Kong based actor, director, singer and producer.
He is fluent in English, but not so in Chinese, which is reflected in many of the characters he has portrayed. His most notable film is the 1998 film Beast Cops which won a Hong Kong Film Award with Wong in the lead role. As of 2024, he has appeared in over a hundred films in twenty-one years, often as wealthy characters.
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