Felix Wong

Felix Wong Yat-wah (born September 4, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his performances in many wuxia television series produced by TVB, such as The Legend of the Condor Heroes, in which he played the protagonist Kwok Ching. He is considered to be one of the most popular teen idols of the 1980s and was named as "Third Tiger" among Five Tiger Generals of TVB.

Career Wong was recruited into TVB's Artist Training Academy in September 1979, before his 18th birthday. While he was a trainee, he made cameo appearances in several dramas, such as The Bund (1980). After finish the secondary school in 1981, Wong was offered a major supporting role in The Misadventure of Zoo (1981), which starred Lydia Shum and Adam Cheng. Afterwards, Wong was immediately cast to play the male lead in The Lonely Hunter (1981), which subsequently propelled him to instant fame in Hong Kong. While the drama was airing, Wong received more fan letters than any other popular TVB actors and actresses at the time.

In the mid-1980s, Wong, along with Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Michael Miu and Kent Tong, were called the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB" and said to be the most popular male actors from TVB at that time. According to some polls conducted at the time, Wong had the largest fanbase.

Wong is perhaps best known for his role as the hero Kwok Ching in the 1983 television Hit worldwide series The Legend of the Condor Heroes, an adaptation of Louis Cha's novel of the same title. Wong also starred in another two television adaptations of Cha's novels, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982) and Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1986). Wong is also notable for his performance in Looking Back in Anger (1989), in which his character was involved in a love triangle with the characters played by Carina Lau and Kathy Chow. Besides playing the roles of the protagonists in most of his works, Wong has also achieved success for his portrayals of antagonists, such as the villain Lee Mat in The Grand Canal (1987), Jamukha in Genghis Khan (1987), and recently as Stone Sir in Gun Metal Grey (2010).

In 1989, Wong left TVB after having completed filming Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai. He joined ATV and worked on four television series between 1990 and 1992. He also worked in the Taiwanese television drama Imperial Wanderer with Kathy Chow. Wong returned to TVB in 1993 and starred with Amy Chan in Racing Peak, a television series about a horse racing company. He left TVB again on 11 January 2002 to work on some mainland Chinese television series. Wong expressed his unhappiness with TVB in an interview, citing that as the reason for his departure. His last major project in TVB was Treasure Raiders, an adaptation of one of the works of Gu Long.

Wong starred in the 2005 film Wait 'til You're Older after being invited by Andy Lau. In July 2009, after filming Turning Point, Wong revealed that he will be working with Michael Miu in a new crime fiction television drama on TVB in October 2009 called Gun Metal Grey.

In 2025, Wong declared retired from acting career. , but still accepted as commercial guest after the statement

Personal life Wong started dating fellow actress Leung Kit-wah in 1982 and they got married on December 7, 1988. They have a daughter, Adrian Wong Tsz-ching, on May 1, 1990. Leung died of organ failure at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong on May 26, 2020.

Filmography

Film Year Film Role Notes 1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Hui-juk 1983 Mad, Mad 83 FBI member guest star 1984 New Tales of the Flying Fox Wu Fei 1986 Who's the Crook Wong Wah 1988 It's No Heaven 1989 Fury of a Tiger Mak See Leng Nui Ying Hung guest star In the Line of Fire guest star 1991 The Tigers Ben 1992 Twilight of the Forbidden City Wu Ching-chung 1994 Drunken Master II Fishmonger Tsan 2001 We're No Heroes guest star 2002 Golden Chicken Richard 2003 City of SARS Hospital superintendent Golden Chicken 2 Richard 2004 In Laws, Out Laws 2005 Wait 'til You're Older Chan Man 2007 Brothers Ghostie 2008 Pretty to Think So Man in suit 2009 Vengeance Python Turning Point Senior Inspector Poon Man-kei 2011 I Love Hong Kong Fish Ball Wah Cameo appearance Life Without Principle Fiery Sam Cameo appearance 2012 Lan Kwai Fong 2 guest star 2013 7 Assassins Tit Wan 2016 Good Take, Too! 2017 Shock Wave Officer Chow Chasing the Dragon Officer Jan

Television Year Title Role Notes 1980 Mystery Beyond (Season 4) The Bund The Broken Thread Family The Bund III The Shell Game 1981 The Misadventure of Zoo Pat Tsan-bong The Lonely Hunter Lee Tong Come Rain, Come Shine Lo Hak-yip Master Fat Shan-chan Lee Man-mau Summer of 1981 Yip Kar-sing The Young Heroes of Shaolin Kin-lung Emperor 1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Hui-juk The Roller Coaster Wong King The Wild Bunch Lee Chuen-hau Soldier of Fortune Wai Lok 1983 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Iron-Blooded Loyalists Kwok Ching The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Eastern Heretic and Western Venom The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Duel on Mount Hua In the Game Boat Kwok Chiu 1984 The Foundation Kong Fung Pao Ching-tin: Law Enforcer Chin Chiu Can Anybody Help Chow Yun Young Detective Wong Kwok-hon It Takes All Kinds Tong Kar-kit 1985 The Young Wanderer Yee Shui-hon Sword Stained with Royal Blood Yuen Sing-chi Tough Fight Wong Hok-kan The Yang's Saga "Ng-long" Yang Yin-tak 1986 The Brothers Under the Skin Chan Kwong-ling General Father, General Son Sit Ting-san The Ordeal Before the Revolution Ah-ngau 1987 The Upstart, the Self-Made Man Cheung Wai-kin The Grand Canal Lee Mat Genghis Khan Jamukha 1988 Twilight of a Nation Yeung Shau-ching Kay Moon Gwai Guk Pong Yoon It's No Heaven television film Bik Cheung Wai Leung Kam Sau-yee television film 1989 Looking Back in Anger Sean Ding Yau-kin / Ding Wing-cheung Greed Sze Man Battle of the Heart Ching Mong-tin 1990 Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai Lam Hong Heaven's Retribution Sung Bong Dap Jun Kong Wu Lo Fong Tin-yeung television film 1991 The Good, The Ghost, And The Cop Cheung Chuen-tsik All Out of Love Kong Wai-nam 1992 The Imperial Wanderer Fucai Duankang 1993 Racing Peak Lee Tai-yau The Silver Tycoon Tuen Chiu-yeung 1994 Love Cycle Ng Kwok-sang Burden of Proof Lam Wai-dat television film Ching Nam Tsam Mok Tsan-wah television film 1995 Justice Pao Chin Chiu 2 parts The Criminal Investigator Sergeant Wong Chi-chung Man on The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown Chan Chi-hung television film Another Sky Lee Siu-chun television film 1996 The Criminal Investigator II Senior Inspector Wong Chi-chung She Was Married to the Mob Detective Chung Kar-shun television film Unusual Revenge Fong Jun television film 1997 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Kiu Fung & Siu Yuen-san Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor 1998 Secret of the Heart Kam Shu-sang 1999 The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain Wu Yat-doh 2000 Time Off Chow Kar-chuen Released overseas in 1998 Incurable Traits Cho Cho The Legend of Master Soh Soh Chan Point of No Return Jiang Qihua 2001 Kung Fu Master from Guangdong Wong Kei-ying The Pearl King Wei Antian 2002 Treasure Raiders Siu Sap-yat-long Law 2002 Dai Ng-leung 2003 Asian Heroes Kam Tsun-yiu 2004 Mystic Detective Files Ko Dat The Dragon Heroes Dragon King 2010 Gun Metal Grey Shek Tung-sing (Stone Sir) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 5) 2015 Beyond the Rainbow Tam Koon-hung Paranormal Mind Sun Gei Yuen