Chang Tseng

Birthday: 5/18/1931
Deathday: 1/25/2021
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Chang Tseng , Cheng Chang, Zheng Zhang , 张乔夫, 張喬夫, 張琤

Biography

Tseng Chang was an actor and assistant director. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has directed 7 feature films. He spoke five languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese and some Korean. His father was Chang Der Lou, a famous star of the Peking opera. He became an actor in 1951, when the air transport company he worked for shut down. A noted Chinese actress met him, felt he had great potential as an actor and helped him get started. In 1994, he made Vancouver, British Columbia his home. He was honored in 2000 by the Hong Kong government for his lifetime achievements.