Biography
Wong was born to a British Australian called Frederick Perry and a Chinese mother. His father left his family when he was four, prompting Wong to use his mother's surname. He began his acting career when he joined ATV's training programme and enrolled into The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Although he spoke little English while growing up, Wong states that he tended to be considered as a "foreigner" by Hong Kong people and film professionals, because his British ethnicity was very apparent early in his career; as he grew older, however, his features became "more Chinese".
Wong has appeared in Hong Kong cinema for nearly 20 years, playing a variety of roles, but particularly antagonistic roles. He has appeared in films such as Hard Boiled, The Heroic Trio and its sequel, as well as his Golden Horse Award-winning performance in The Untold Story (in which he played a real-life serial killer who made meat buns out of his victims' flesh). He stated in an interview that his mixed ethnicity initially caused him to be typecast as a villain, due to racism in the Hong Kong film industry.
In 1994, Wong made an appearance in the action drama Rock n' Roll Cop. He also appeared in three of the Young and Dangerous films as Tai Fei, an enemy, and then, later a friend to Ekin Cheng's Chan Ho-nam. In 1995, Wong made his directorial debut in The New Tenant. Wong continuedin supporting roles in films like Infernal Affairs (2002) and The Medallion (2003). Wong reprised his Hong Kong Film Award winning role of Superintendent Wong in the prequel Infernal Affairs II (2003). Aside from acting, Wong is also the lead singer of a local Hong Kong punk rock band. Wong appeared on The Painted Veil. Wong is one of the villains in the 2008 film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as a dangerous military zealot.
In a 2005 interview, Wong stated that amongst his prolific output in the 1980s and 1990s, a considerable amount were poor and exploitative movies such as Raped by an Angel 4: The Raper's Union which he does not hold in high esteem. He has no regrets, however, because he needed the money to support his wife, two sons and his mother.
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