Dayo Wong

Dayo Wong Tze-wah (born 5 September 1960) is a Hong Kong actor and comedian. A pioneer of stand-up comedy in the Chinese-speaking world, he is known for his stadium-scale performances integrating political satire and social commentary, including 26 sold-out shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum for his farewell performance in 2018. His notable films include A Guilty Conscience, The Last Dance (2024), and Night King (2026), which consecutively broke the record for the highest grossing domestic films in history and currently sit as the top three highest-grossing Hong Kong films of all time.

Biography Wong gained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta in Canada.

He began his career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in 1984, but he is best known for his works in live stand-up comedy which he started performing regularly since 1990. Since then he has starred in TV dramas and films and has recorded several albums.

Television Dayo had his TVB TV series debut in 1999, acting as "Lai Sam" in Justice Sung 2. A year later, he reached a milestone as a lazy law firm assistant in War of the Genders, winning the "My Favourite Television Character Award" in 2002. He won two awards in 2004: the My Favourite On-Screen Partners (with Ada Choi in Catch the Uncatchable) and again, the My Favourite Television Character Award (also in Catch the Uncatchable).

He was nominated for the TV King Award in 2007 and 2009. He was finally crowned as TV King with Bounty Lady in 2013. To Dayo, the award was an accumulative result of his TVB dramas. In that year, Julian Cheung started as the clear favourite of the audience due to his popularity in Triumph in the Skies 2. Though Chilam ended up winning the Most Popular Male Character, he sounded disappointed in his acceptance speech (the price is widely recognised as a consolation prize to The Best Actor Award). Chilam did not stay behind the ceremony for the TVB official interview. He explained that he was not informed to stay behind for any interview. The discord rumours between Chilam and Dayo begin to spread out widely. However, the rumour was shot down when Chilam surprised Dayo by his sudden appearance at a meal gathering of the Bounty Lady.

Stand-up Besides the TVB drama career, Dayo is also well known to be a stand-up comedian. He introduced stand-up comedy to Hong Kong and is well known for including a lot of political and philosophical content in his sets. "Hong Kong's housing issue is absolutely ridiculous. I have discussed this in my stand-up shows too. Hong Kong residents need to have 13 to 14 times their current annual salary to finally be qualified for home ownership." said the comedian. He has performed in Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Film Initially Wong's film career was not as successful as his TV and standup careers. When asked the reasons behind the disparity, he explained that his ultimate goal is to look for something new in his movies. His visions make his work good to watch, but it is not good enough to attract people to pay for a cinema ticket. Additionally, he hates doing promotion for his work. That disparity ended, however, beginning in 2018 when Wong began starring in a string of very successful box office hits. Those included Agent Mr Chan (2018) and The Grand Grandmaster (2020), both the highest grossing domestic films of their year in Hong Kong. He then starred in Table for Six (2022), which became the second highest grossing domestic film ever in Hong Kong at that time. Not to be defeated, he subsequently starred in A Guilty Conscience (2023) and The Last Dance (2024), which both became the highest-grossing domestic films in Hong Kong history, with the latter overtaking the former in 2024. He also starred in the 2026 film Night King, which once again broke box office records and became the third highest-grossing domestic film, making the current top three highest-grossing Hong Kong films all starring Wong.

Filmography

Live shows

Films

TV series

Discography

Albums

Compilations YearTitleNovember 1999 華納99最好精選December 1999 華納千禧世紀好精選October 2000 華納天碟2000September 2001 關不掉的聲音— 前途萬里行October 2001 華納23周年紀念精選（華納群星）September 2003 1:99電影行動（原裝導演加長版）September 2004 愛唱主題曲 Theme Songs（香港群星）— 衰邊個

Singles YearTitle2006 知彼不知己2007 奸人堅2009 冇問題2013 My盛Lady

Accolades YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult 2024Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Actor A Guilty Conscienc