Richard Ng Man-Tat

Acting · Born 1952-01-02 in Xiamen, Fujian, China

Biography

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…

Filmography

• A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella as Piggy
• Shaolin Soccer as Fung
• A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box as Piggy
• King of Comedy as Mao
• The God of Cookery as Benbry's Uncle
• A Better Tomorrow II as Boss Wong
• Miracles: The Canton Godfather as Chen Wah's Man
• Flying Dagger as Pang Ting Hong (Innkeeper)
• All for the Winner as Uncle Tat
• Tricky Brains as Yan Chi

TV

• The Stand-in as Qu Zhao Xin
• The Justice of Life as 何英彪
• Blood-Stained Intrigue
• The Return Of Luk Siu Fung
• Hero Without Tears - II
• The Sword Stained With Royal Blood
• Police Cadet as 葉昌華
• The Rough Ride
• Kung Fu Beggar
• The Hospital as Tang Guotai