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Dayo Wong
Hong Kong actor and comedian (born 1960) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dayo Wong Tze-wah[note 1] (Chinese: 黃子華, born 5 September 1960) is a Hong Kong actor and standup comedian. Known as a pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong, he is known for his stadium shows integrating political satire and social commentary.[1][2] He has performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum, including 26 sold-out shows at his farewell stand-up performance.[3] Wong is also a successful TV and film actor, having starred in the two highest grossing domestic films in Hong Kong history.
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Wong attended Lady of Fatima School/Fatima Kindergarten, St. Stephen's College Preparatory School (Primary 1), Fuk Wing Street Government Primary School, St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese Primary School (Primary 6), St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School (Secondary 5) and Wellington College (Pre-College). He gained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta in Canada.[4]
He began his career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in 1984, but he is best known for his works in live stand-up comedy which he started performing regularly since 1990. Since then he has starred in TV dramas and films and has recorded several albums.
Television
Dayo had his TVB TV series debut in 1999, acting as "Lai Sam" in Justice Sung 2.[5] A year later, he reached a milestone as a lazy law firm assistant in War of the Genders,[6] winning the "My Favourite Television Character Award" in 2002. He won two awards in 2004: the My Favourite On-Screen Partners (with Ada Choi in Catch the Uncatchable) and again, the My Favourite Television Character Award (also in Catch the Uncatchable).
He was nominated for the TV King Award in 2007 and 2009. He was finally crowned as TV King with Bounty Lady in 2013.[7] To Dayo, the award was an accumulative result of his TVB dramas. In that year, Julian Cheung started as the clear favourite of the audience due to his popularity in Triumph in the Skies 2.[8] Though Chilam ended up winning the Most Popular Male Character, he sounded disappointed in his acceptance speech (the price is widely recognised as a consolation prize to The Best Actor Award). Chilam did not stay behind the ceremony for the TVB official interview. He explained that he was not informed to stay behind for any interview. The discord rumours between Chilam and Dayo begin to spread out widely. However, the rumour was shot down when Chilam surprised Dayo by his sudden appearance at a meal gathering of the Bounty Lady.[9]
Stand-up
Besides the TVB drama career, Wong is also well known to be a stand-up comedian. He introduced stand-up comedy to Hong Kong and is well known for including a lot of political and philosophical content in his sets. "Hong Kong's housing issue is absolutely ridiculous. I have discussed this in my stand-up shows too. Hong Kong residents need to have 13 to 14 times their current annual salary to finally be qualified for home ownership."[10] said the comedian. He has performed in Hong Kong, America, Australia, and Canada.[11]
Film
Initially Wong's film career was not as successful as his TV and standup careers. When asked the reasons behind the disparity, he explained that his ultimate goal is to look for something new in his movies. His visions make his work good to watch, but it is not good enough to attract people to pay for a cinema ticket. Additionally, he hates doing promotion for his work.[12] That disparity ended, however, beginning in 2018 when Wong began starring in a string of very successful box office hits. Those included Agent Mr Chan (2018) and The Grand Grandmaster (2020), both the highest grossing domestic films of their year in Hong Kong. He then starred in Table for Six (2022), which became the second highest grossing domestic film ever in Hong Kong at that time. Not to be defeated, he subsequently starred in A Guilty Conscience (2023) and The Last Dance (2024), which both became the highest-grossing domestic films in Hong Kong history, with the latter overtaking the former in 2024.
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Footnote
- The enrolled name in Hong Kong Government is Wong Tze-wah.
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