Waise Lee


Waise Lee Chi-hung is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.

Biography

Lee graduated from TVB's Artist Training Academy in 1982 and was from the same batch as Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Francis Ng. He started acting in Hong Kong films in the 1980s and became famous for his role as the antagonist Tam Shing in John Woo's 1986 film A Better Tomorrow. Since then Lee has made appearances in several films, including A [Chinese Ghost Story II], To Be Number One, Powerful Four. He also played the leading roles in The [Big Heat |The Big Heat], Bullet in the Head and The Cat.
Lee is best known on television for his roles in television series produced by TVB, such as Mind Our Own Business, Cold Blood Warm Heart, Burning Flame and A Step into the Past. Starting around 2001, Lee made less appearances in TVB's television dramas. That year, he starred in To Where He Belongs, a television series produced by TVB's rival ATV. He has also been more active in working on mainland Chinese television series since the late 2000s.

Personal life

Lee was first married to a fellow Hong Kong actress Angela Fong Hiu-hung, after which they moved to Toronto, Canada where they have a son Jasper in 1994. Lee and Fong had since divorced. In 2010 Lee married a mainland Chinese actress Wang Yaqi, who is of Hui descent. Their son, Kyle, was born in June 2018.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
UnconfirmedLaopo Daren Julebu 老婆大人俱樂部Hua Hongming
1990水鄉危情Cheung Shun-fung
1990Friends and Lovers 又是冤家又聚頭Lee Chun-chung
1990天涯路客Wu Siu-tinTelevision film
1991特警90之明日天涯Ko FaiTelevision film
1993Mind Our Own Business 開心華之里Yeung Tso-kai
1995The [Condor Heroes 95]Luk Chin-yuen
1995Corruption Doesn't PayCheuk Ming
1996Cold Blood Warm HeartYip Wing-cheung
1997Qianqiu Jiaguo Meng 千丘家國夢Qian Chuan
1998Burning FlameLok Hiu-fung
1999Justice Sung II 狀王宋世傑(貳)Prince Gong
2000Lost in Love 大囍之家Lin Tin-lok
2000War of the GendersHerman Wong
2001A Step into the PastChiu Muk
2001To Where He Belongs 縱橫天下Lui Lok-tin
2001信仰Song Changhe / Song Jianshe
2001致命遺產Peng Yawei
2001雄心密令Nie Ying
2003亞洲英雄Tin Kwok-tung
2004Twin of BrothersYu-man Fa-kup
2004The Last BreakthroughTsai Ka-sheung
2005The AcademyChung Chi-wah
2005恩仇劫Xu YongTelevision film
2006夢回清河Ma Langdang
20062路電車Inspector Hu
2006畫鳥記Li MianTelevision film
2007Survivor's Law IITsui Ching-ping
2007父子神探之千年咒Chen HengliTelevision film series
2008鳳穿牡丹Huo Wanhong
2008蒼海一粟Jiang Huaizhong
2008神奇2008Ouyang Jianren
2008緊急時刻Television film
2009秋霜
2010孫子大傳Fugai
2010還看今朝Shi Baiqing
2010Tezhan Xianfeng 特戰先鋒Sentian
2010梨花淚
2011All Men Are BrothersGao Qiu
2011菩提樹下2nd Master Long
2011菊花醉Li Zhong
2014Black Heart White SoulHenry To
2015The Cage of Love 抓住彩虹的男人
2018Watch Out, BossL.K. 宋禮勤
TBA天下鹽商Ye Youtian
TBA冷風暴Yi Anzhi
2018Ever NightKing of Yan