Eric Tsang Movies and Career Information

Eric Tsang Chi-wai (曾志偉), MH (born 14 April 1953 in Hong Kong with family roots in Xinhui, Guangdong, China) is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years. Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in most events organized by TVB, and is known by many as simply "the Prize Master" (獎門人）. In his youth, Eric was a Hong Kong professional soccer player. His father, Tsang Kai-wing was also a professional soccer player, but has been wanted by the ICAC since 1976 and is refuged in Taiwan. He began his show business career as a stuntman. Eric is known for being a short plump guy with a habit of speaking before thinking, often landing himself into hot water. His insults have led to him being assaulted by rumoured triads over bad mouthing singer Joey Yung. Most recently he had to apologize for the crude comments he said towards Yumiko Cheng during a TV act where she accidentally exposed her underwear. Nevertheless, Eric also appeared in many successful Hong Kong films, gaining actor awards and nominations. Early on in his career, he was typecast as a bubbling, ugly, and crude