Chung King-fai
Chung King-fai | |||||||||||
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| Born | March 23, 1937 | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
| Awards | TVB Anniversary Awards – Life Achievement Award 2006 | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鍾景輝 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钟景辉 | ||||||||||
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Chung King-fai SBS is a Hong Kong actor, director and filmmaker.[1] He is also a director, TV producer, programme host and performing arts educator. Chung was the first to introduce Theatre of the Absurd and Broadway musicals to Hong Kong audiences in Cantonese, playing a crucial role in popularising Western drama locally.[2]
He collaborated in founding the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in 1977 and has directed and performed in over a hundred stage productions, including The Zoo Story, M. Butterfly, West Side Story, Amadeus, and The Dresser. Chung served for many years as the founding Dean of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Outside of theatre, he also contributed greatly to the Hong Kong films and televion industry.
Chung is the honorary president of the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies, which he founded and served as chairman. He also holds an honorary fellowship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and an honorary doctorate from Armstrong University of California.
Biography
Early life and education
Chung King-fai was born in Thailand,[3] to a family of Chinese expatriates, with ancestral roots in Taishan, Guangdong.[4] His great-grandfather was a dockyard merchant.[4] His father graduated at Lingnan University in Guangzhou and worked as an accounting clerk at Alexandra Building.[5] in Hong Kong. His mother, surnamed Cheung, was from Shanghai.[5] While Chung was two months old, his family moved to Hong Kong and settled on Shek Shui Kiu Street in Wan Chai. He attended a rooftop kindergarten.[3] At around the age of four, due to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, his family travelled by train to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Anhui to seek refuge.[3] From 1942 to 1947, he lived in the Shanghai French Concession[5] and completed primary four there before 1947, attending the primary section of the McTyeire School, a school mainly admitting children from affluent families.[5]
In 1947, Chung returned from Shanghai to Hong Kong. He was admitted directly into primary five at Pui Ching Middle School. While studying form six, he won the overall championship at the inter-school athletics meet.[3] At the same time, he was actively involved in drama activities with the school's drama society,[3] serving two terms as its chairman. He won the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Schools Drama Festival in 1953 for Scapin's Schemes and again in December 1954 for The Lost Hat.[5] He had a strong interest in dance and drama,[5] though his academic performance was average.[3]
Between 1955 and 1957, as Hong Kong did not yet have a performing arts academy and others were unsupportive of a career in the arts, Chung enrolled in the English Department of Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong.[6] In 1958, he went to the United States and entered Oklahoma Baptist University directly into the second semester of the third year in Speech and Drama, with a minor in English.[7] Then, Chung was admitted to the Yale School of Drama. He completed the three-year Master of Fine Arts programme in 1965 as the only Asian student among more than 170 admitted students.[3][2]
Film(s)
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Black Mask | Commissioner |
| 1999 | Victim |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Springs and Autumns of the Three Kingdoms | Wong Wan | RTV | |
| 1979 | Dragon Strikes | Prince Ning | RTV | |
| 2003 | The Threat of Love II | TVB | ||
| 2005 | My Family | Man Tai-Lor | TVB | Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) |
| 2006 | Welcome to the House | Ko Hing | TVB | Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor |
| The Dance of Passion | Yim Kwok-Yip | TVB | Nominated - TVB Award for Best Supporting Actor (Top 5) Nominated - TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character | |
| Land of Wealth | Chai Hok-Yan | TVB | ||
| At Home With Love | Chung Bong | TVB | ||
| 2007 | Word Twisters' Adventures | Heavenly King | TVB | |
| The Building Blocks of Life | Kong Sing-Yue (Preston) | TVB | ||
| 2009 | The Stew of Life | Ng Man Tak | TVB | |
| 2010 | A Fistful of Stances | Au-Yeung Biu | TVB | |
| 2011 | A Great Way To Care | Leong Wai Keong | TVB | |
| Only You | Shaw Chun-fai | TVB | ||
| The Other Truth | Hau Pak-kan (Clayton) | TVB | ||
| ICAC Investigators 2011 | Alfred | RTHK | ||
| 2012 | Divas in Distress | Fung Han-man | TVB | |
| The Confidant | Lau Dor-sun | TVB | ||
| 2013 | Will Power | Paul | TVB | |
| 2014 | Outbound Love | President Chen | TVB | Guest star |
| Rear Mirror | Yiu Siu Bong | TVB | ||
| Shades of Life | Christine Jiushu (Episode 11) | TVB | ||
| Line Walker | Chin Shui-on | TVB | ||
| Come On, Cousin | Lam Chi Wing | TVB | ||
| 2015 | Limelight Years | Zoek Si | TVB | |
| Angel In-the-Making | Dom Cheung | TVB | ||
| 2016 | Come Home Love: Dinner at 8 | Koo Lik-hang | TVB | |
| Come with Me | Lam Si-yuen | TVB |
Awards and achievements
- 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 Best Director, Hong Kong Drama Awards
- 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999 Best Actor, Hong Kong Drama Awards
- 1994 Ten Years Outstanding Achievement Award, Hong Kong Drama Awards
- 1999 Artist of the Year (Stage Director), Hong Kong Artists' Guild
- 2000 Drama Achievement Award, Hong Kong Arts Development Council
- 2001 Fellowship from Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts
- 2002 Bronze Bauhinia Star[8]
- 2005 Most Outstanding TV Actor, Ming Pao Weekly
- 2006 Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
- 2007 World Outstanding Chinese Award
- 2011 Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award[9][10]
- 2013 Silver Bauhinia Star[8]
References
- ^ Hui, Sylvia (19 May 2005). "Jackie Chan to promote China anthem". The Standard. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ a b Meyer-Dinkgrafe, Daniel, ed. (2002). Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 55. ISBN 0203105907.
- ^ a b c d e f g 守下留情 - 尋找King Sir的故事訪問 第二集, RTHK, 2017-11-07
- ^ a b "王者之路 鍾景輝". 東周網. 2012-09-23. Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ a b c d e f 康梓泠 (2012). 寬實清和．鍾景輝. 山海出版有限公司.
- ^ "深藏若虛 演活人生 戲劇大師 鍾景輝". 仁聞報. 2018-11-22. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "醉心戲劇栽桃李 樂在舞台不言休——專訪戲劇大師鍾景輝（二之一）". 灼見名家. 2017-11-28. Archived from the original on 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ a b "Recipients of HKSAR Honours and Awards". Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- ^ "Haute Event: Montblanc de la Culture Awards". Haute Living. 2011-12-02.
- ^ "Fans eat, drink and are merry as arts pioneer picks up an award". South China Mourning Post. 2011-07-01.