Patrick Tse
Patrick Tse Yin is a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.
Biography
Patrick Tse began his acting career in the 1950s and remained active for the next 40 years. He is a versatile and popular actor, usually playing the leading male roles.Tse worked briefly as writer, director and producer in the 1970s:
- If Tomorrow Comes as producer/director
- Madness of Love as director
- One Year's Fantasy as writer/director
- Love in Cubicle as writer/director
- Farewell Dearest as director
- The Splendid Love in Winter as writer/director
- Love in Hawaii as producer/director
- Confused Love as director
In 2022, Tse won his first ever Best Actor award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society for the movie Time.
Filmography
Films
This is a partial list of films.| Year | English Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | The Stormy Night | Film debut. | |
| 1957 | She Married an Overseas Chinese | Tsang Tai-Sing | |
| 1957 | The Whispering Palm | Ngor Ming | |
| 1964 | The Beau | Ka Bo | |
| 1966 | The Spy with My Face | Cheung Man Fu and #1 | |
| 1967 | Diamond Robbery | ||
| 1967 | Man from Interpol | ||
| 1967 | The Professionals | Kam Chun-Yue | |
| 1967 | Revenger | ||
| 1967 | The Story of a Discharged Prisoner | Lee Cheuk-hung | |
| 1967 | To Rose with Love | ||
| 2001 | Shaolin Soccer | Hung | |
| 2018 | A Beautiful Moment | ||
| 2019 | Missbehavior | ||
| 2020 | Forensic Heroes IV | Long Siu-tin | Cameo appearance |
| 2021 | Time | Chau | Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actor Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award for Best Actor |
Television
Personal life
In 1974, Tse married Zhen Zhen, a Beijing-born Taiwanese actress, but they divorced in 1978.Tse's second wife was Deborah Lee, a Hong Kong actress. They have two children, Hong Kong actor-singer Nicholas Tse and actress and model Jennifer Tse. Tse and his family lived in Vancouver after his retirement from acting, but they have since returned to Hong Kong. In 1996, Tse divorced Lee. In 2005, Tse began a relationship with Coco, a Shanghai native who is 49 years his junior. Tse and Coco previously broke up in late 2017 and got back together again in late 2018.