Michael Wong

Michael Wong fascinates me precisely because of the contradiction he carries: an actor born in Albany, New York, fluent in English but not Chinese, who built his entire career in Hong Kong cinema. That linguistic gap could have been a dead end, yet filmmakers turned it into a signature, casting him as outsiders and cops who don't quite belong. His lead in 1998's Beast Cops, a Hong Kong Film Award winner, is the work I'd point anyone toward first. To me he embodies how Hong Kong's industry absorbed and reinvented diaspora talent, making a 'foreign' face feel completely native to the screen.

Michael Fitzgerald Wong a.k.a. Wong Man-tak (Chinese: 王敏德; pinyin: Wáng Mǐndé) is a Chinese-American actor based in Hong Kong. He is fluent in English, but not in Chinese, which is reflected in many of the characters he has portrayed. His most notable film is the 1998 film Beast Cops, which won a Hong Kong Film Award with Wong in the lead role.

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Name (English)

Michael Wong

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ウォン

Reading

まいける・うぉん

Born

April 16, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Albany, New York, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/michaelwong_mw/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%20(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.