Name: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Date of Birth: 2 September 1961
Son of a Chinese mother and an Australian father (Frederick William Perry), who abandoned the family in Anthony's early life.
Had his own indie rock band during 1995-2002. His mostly self-composed debut album provided an intimate look at the madness and iconoclasm of the actor renowned for unforgettably chilling psychos, complex authority figures, etc.
Favorite directors and films worldwide: Fassbinder, Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, the French film "The Chorus" (which reminded him of his childhood and brought him to tears), "1900," "The Last Samurai," "Zatoichi" (the Takeshi Kitano version), Twilight Samurai, Lin Zexu (starring the iconic Chinese actor Dan Zhao.) Thinks highly of Wen Jiang, director of Devils on the Doorstep, and the upcoming The Sun Rises Again starring Anthony Wong.
... Favorite Hong Kong directors: Herman Yau (a good friend), Johnnie To, and Kar Wai Wong.
His infamous roles as the dregs of society and sociopaths ("Ebola Syndrome," 1996; "The Untold Story," 1992), trace their insights and sensibilities to a childhood of bullying because of his biracial appearance. Much of the frustration and pent-up emotions are intimately documented on his albums (1995, 2002.) He survived the abuse and discrimination, but was enough of a truant to graduate from high school at 21.
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