My Take
Ti Lung is the kind of actor who makes you realize just how golden the golden age of Hong Kong cinema really was. Born in Guangdong and discovered by Shaw Brothers, he spent the 1970s carving out this effortlessly cool, noble-swordsman screen presence in wuxia classics like The Duel and The Blood Brothers — films where the action was brutal but the emotions hit even harder. What I find genuinely impressive is that he wasn't just a pretty face with good kicks; he could carry the dramatic weight of a whole film on his shoulders. His 1986 Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor proved the critics eventually caught up. And then there's his late-career renaissance in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow, playing opposite Chow Yun-fat with this quiet gravitas that felt earned over a lifetime of work. A true titan of Asian cinema.
Overview
Tommy Tam Fu-wing (Chinese: 譚富榮, born 19 August 1946), known by his stage name Ti Lung (狄龍), is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He emerged in the 1970s as a star of Shaw Brothers Studio wuxia films, particularly The Duel, The Blood Brothers, Clans of Intrigue, The Avenging Eagle, The Sentimental Swordsman and its sequel.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ti Lung
- Name (Japanese)
- ティ・ロン
- Reading
- てぃ・ろん
- Born
- August 3, 1946 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Xinhui District, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / television actor / film director / actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1986 Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3
7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.