Patrick Tse

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title: "Patrick Tse" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1936-births", "male-actors-from-guangzhou", "film-directors-from-guangdong", "hong-kong-emigrants-to-canada", "hong-kong-male-film-actors", "hong-kong-film-directors", "hong-kong-film-producers", "hong-kong-male-screenwriters", "living-people", "naturalized-citizens-of-canada", "people-from-panyu-district", "20th-century-hong-kong-male-actors", "chinese-male-film-actors", "screenwriters-from-guangdong", "writers-from-guangzhou", "hong-kong-idols"] description: "Hong Kong actor and filmmaker (born 1936)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Tse" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hong Kong actor and filmmaker (born 1936) ::

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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 (1973) as producer/director
• Madness of Love (1972) as director
• One Year's Fantasy (1974) as writer/director
• Love in Cubicle (1974) as writer/director
• Farewell Dearest (1974) as director
• The Splendid Love in Winter (1974) as writer/director
• Love in Hawaii (1976) as producer/director
• Confused Love (1977) as director

He stopped acting in the 1990s after immigrating to Canada, but returned to acting in 1999.

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. ::data[format=table]

Year	English Title	Role	Notes
1952	The Stormy Night (aka The Roar of the Earth)		Film debut.
1957	She Married an Overseas Chinese (aka China Wife)	Tsang Tai-Sing
The Whispering Palm (aka Moon Over Malaya)	Ngor Ming
1964	The Beau	Ka Bo
1966	The Spy with My Face	Cheung Man Fu and #1
1967	Diamond Robbery
Man from Interpol
The Professionals	Kam Chun-Yue
Revenger
The Story of a Discharged Prisoner (aka Upright Repenter)	Lee Cheuk-hung
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
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Television

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Year	English Title	Role	Notes
1979	Over the Rainbow	To Yat-tin
1980	The Bund II	Tik Wan-chi
The Shell Game	Law Sei Hoi
1981	The Shell Game II	Law Sei Hoi
1982	Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils	Duen Ching-sun
1983	The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Iron-Blooded Loyalists	Yeung Tit-sum
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Eastern Heretic and Western Venom	Yeung Tit-sum
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Duel on Mount Hua	Yeung Tit-sum
1985	The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain	Miu Yan-fung
1986	Heir to the Throne Is...	Cheung Leung
The Legend of Wong Tai Sin	Prince Lung
2005	Central Affairs
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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.

References

References

1. [http://www.brns.com/hkactors/pages/page30.html Actor Index] at Hong Kong Cinema
2. [http://ent.sina.com.cn/2015-08-13/doc-ifxfxraw8775431.shtml 八一八：谢贤] Retrieved 2017-02-06
3. (19 January 2022). "Patrick Tse wins HK Critics' Best Actor for "Time"".
4. (February 8, 2022). "Time".
5. (2006). "2006 Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) Report".
6. (24 December 2014). "Singapore Film Location Archive - 椰林月/ MOON OVER MALAYA (1957)".
7. (1966). "Spy with My Face (1966)".
8. (April 6, 1966). "Spy with My Face".
9. (October 18, 1967). "Diamond Robbery".
10. (1967). "Man from Interpol".
11. (May 19, 1967). "Man from Interpol".
12. (1967). "The Professionals (1967)".
13. (August 30, 2021). "To Rose with Love".
14. [http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=2281&display_set=eng Patrick Tse at hkmdb.com]
15. [http://chinesemov.com/actors/Patrick-Tse.html Patrick Tse at chinesemov.com]
16. [http://www.88news.net/80-year-old-patrick-tses-turbulent-love-life-divorces/ 80-year-old Patrick Tse's Turbulent Love Life Divorces]
17. [http://news.china.com/socialgd/10000169/20161223/30106974_all.html 谢贤女友coco资料大起底 深扒娱乐圈最经典忘年恋] Retrieved 2017-02-05
18. [http://www.shangc.net/yule/a/201607/42082_2.html 49岁年龄差 谢贤和Coco] Retrieved 2017-02-05
19. "[Breakup Files] 81-Year-old Patrick Tse Breaks Up with Young Girlfriend, Coco". JayneStars.com.
20. "忘年恋不死！谢贤跟小49岁女友Coco复合，女方曾被曝怀孕__新浪网-北美".

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