Kent Tong Artist

Kent Tong Chun-yip also known as Ken Tong, Kenneth Tong (Traditional - 湯鎮業 Simplified - 汤镇业)was born on 29 September 1958 in Hong Kong. He was a popular Television Broadcast TVB actor during the 1980s in Hong Kong.Kent Tong received actor training from the TVB Artist Training Class, and proceeded to act for TVB. Although he has appeared in over a dozen movies, he is mostly known for his work in TVB television series, such as Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 1982 . Tong often undertook roles as princes and villains in TVB dramas. During the 1980s, Kent Tong, along with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Lau, Michael Miu and Felix Wong became the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. They were widely considered the most popular male actors of TVB at the time.Kent Tong was in a relationship with Barbara Yung in the early 1980s. Tong received negative publicity due to the rumors surrounding Yung's suicide.Kent Tong is appointed as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference representing Guangdong Province since December 2007.

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Birth dateSeptember 29, 1958
Birth place
Hong Kong

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Five Tiger Generals of TVB
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  1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867242
  2. http://www.kenttong.com
  3. http://www.kenttong.com/oldwebsite/frame/main.htm