Richard Ng Man-tat

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Richard Ng Man-tat (Chinese: 吳孟達, 2 January 1952 - 27 February 2021) was a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry, with dozens of titles under his belt. Ng worked with famous actor and director Stephen Chow in a series of "mo lei tau" movies ("mo lei tau" translates to "brainless"/"senseless or random," and it is a genre of slapstick comedy unique to Hong Kong). Ng co-starred with Stephen Chow in a Hong Kong TVB television series called Dun Fei Final Combat (1989), and also the popular 1990 film All for the Winner, where he played the role of Chow's uncle. From then on, the two would grow to star in many more "mo lei tau" films in the same style as All for the Winner. Although Ng Man-Tat owed much of his popularity from co-starring with Chow in "mo lei tau" films, he showed himself to be a versatile enough actor to successfully portray various different roles. A perfect example of...

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Trump CardSeries • 2016Police CadetSeries • 1984Shaolin SoccerMovie • 2001The Legend of the Condor HeroesSeries • 1983The Price Of Growing UpSeries • 1987The Return of the Condor HeroesSeries • 1983Diors ManSeries • 2012The Justice of LifeSeries • 1989The Duke of Mount DeerSeries • 1984Chor Lau-heungSeries • 1979The Turbulent DecadeSeries • 1986The Shell GameSeries • 1980The Return Of Luk Siu FungSeries • 1986The Duke of Mount DeerSeries • 2000The Legend of the Book and SwordSeries • 1987The New Adventures of Chor Lau HeungSeries • 2001OCTBSeries • 2017This Land Is MineSeries • 1979The Wandering EarthMovie • 2019The Stand-inSeries • 2014Miracles: The Canton GodfatherMovie • 1989A Better Tomorrow IIMovie • 1987A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: CinderellaMovie • 1995God of GamblersMovie • 1989