Derek Tsang

Derek Tsang
Derek Tsang
	曾國祥
	Tsang at the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival
Born	8 November 1979; British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actor, film director
Spouse(s)	Venus Wong (m. 2019)
Parents	Eric Tsang (father); Rebecca Chu (mother);
Family	Bowie Tsang (half-sister); Tsang Wing Yee (half-sister); Mark Tsang (brother);
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	曾國祥
Simplified Chinese	曾国祥
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Céng Guó Xiáng

Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (曾國祥; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong actor and film director. He is the son of Eric Tsang. He directed the films Lover's Discourse (2010) and Soul Mate (2016), and starred in The Thieves in 2012.[1] He is best known for the film Better Days.

Life and career

Derek Tsang was born to actor Eric Tsang and his second wife Rebecca Chu in Hong Kong on 8 November 1979. While he is still young his mother took him and his younger brother Mark Tsang to Toronto, Canada without his father, who chose to stay behind.

Upon his return to Hong Kong, Derek made his debut for Men Suddenly in Black (2003), where he played a younger version of his father's character, along with Jaycee Chan and Nicholas Tse.

Personal life

Tsang married actress Venus Wong at Niki Hills, Hokkaido, Japan, in 2019.

Filmography

The Strangled Truth (2019)
Missbehavior (2019)
Better Days (2019)
The Brink (2017)
Love Off the Cuff (2017)
S Storm (2016)
Soul Mate (2016)
Robbery (2016)
From Vegas to Macau III (2016)
From Vegas to Macau II (2015)
Zombie Fight Club (2014)
Z Storm (2014)
Naked Ambition 2 (2014)
Golden Chicken 3 (2014)
Streets of Macao (2014)
SDU: Sex Duties Unit (2013)
My Sassy Hubby (2012)
Triad (2012)
Love in the Buff (2012)
The Thieves (2012)
Girl$ (2010)
Once a Gangster (2010)
Dream Home (2010)
Ex (2010) - Sol
Claustrophobia (2008) - John
Ocean Flame (2008)
Scare 2 Die (2008)
Run Papa Run (2008) - Chicken
Tactical Unit: No Way Out (2008)
Simply Actors (2007) - Window cleaner vendor
Single Blog (2007) - Woody
My Name Is Fame (2006)
On the Edge (2006) - Mini B
Midnight Running (2006) - Peter
The Third Eye (2006) - Gum
Without Words (2006) - Michael
Isabella (2006) - Fai
Cocktail (2006) - Kuen
A.V. (2005) - Band-Aid
It Had to Be You! (2005)
The Eye 2 (2004) - Joey's co-worker
The Park (2003) (as Derek Tsang) - Dan
Men Suddenly in Black (2003) - Young Tin

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2010	47th Golden Horse Awards	Best New Director	Lover's Discourse	Nominated
2016	53rd Golden Horse Awards	Best Director	Soul Mate	Nominated
2017	11th Asian Film Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best New Director		Nominated
	8th China Film Director's Guild Awards	Best Hong Kong / Taiwan Director		Won
	31st Golden Rooster Awards	Best Directorial Debut		Nominated

References

Derek Tsang at chinesemov.com

External links

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[1] Derek Tsang at chinesemov.com