Eric Tsang
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| Chinese name | 曾志偉 (Traditional) | |||||||||||||
| Chinese name | 曾志伟 (Simplified) | |||||||||||||
| Pinyin | zēng zhìwěi (Mandarin) | |||||||||||||
| Jyutping | zang1 zi3 wai5 (Cantonese) | |||||||||||||
| Origin | Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
| Born | April 14, 1953 Hong Kong |
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| Occupation | MC, actor | |||||||||||||
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Eric Tsang Chi-wai (born April 14, 1953) is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio Series on TVB over the course of 10 years.
[edit] Biography
Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in most events organized by TVB, and is known by many as simply "the Prize Master". In his young age, Eric was a Hong Kong professional soccer player. He began his show business career as a stuntman.
Eric is known for being a short plump guy with a habit of speaking before thinking, often landing himself into hot water. His insults have led to him being assaulted by rumoured triads over bad mouthing singer Joey Yung. Most recently he had to apologise for the crude comments he said towards Yumiko Cheng during a TV act where she accidentally exposed her underwear.
Nevertheless, Eric is also a talented actor and has appeared in many successful Hong Kong films, gaining actor awards and nominations. Early on in his career, he was typecasted as a bubbling, ugly, and crude sidekick, and it wasn't until encouragement from his daughter to stop doing comedic roles that he went on to star in a film with friend Alan Tam and was awarded a Hong Kong best actor award.
Eric Tsang is also an avid Buddhist, often leading other actors in efforts to raise money for Hong Kong Buddhist temples and events.
His best friends are Natalis Chan and Alan Tam, and his daughter is Mandopop singer Bowie Tsang.
Tsang also has a son, actor and writer Kwok-Cheung Tsang.
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[edit] External links
- Eric Tsang at the Internet Movie Database
- www.stareastnet.com, Official Website of Star East Holdings Ltd., founded by Eric Tsang
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