Chung King-fai
Hong Kong actor, director, drama educator, television producer, and programme host (1937-2026)
Chung King-fai (23 March 1937 – 3 June 2026), also affectionally known as King Sir, was a Hong Kong actor, television and theatre director, and programme host. Considered a titan of the Hong Kong theatre scene, he was the first to introduce theatre of the absurd and Broadway musicals to Hong Kong audiences in Cantonese, and played a crucial role in popularising Western drama locally.
His translated productions in the 1960s, such as Death of a Salesman, Our Town, and A Hatful of Rain, galvanised the local theatre scene. Subsequently, he directed and performed in over a hundred-stage productions, including The Zoo Story, M. Butterfly, West Side Story, Amadeus, and The Dresser, winning 11 Hong Kong Drama Awards. Chung was the honorary president of the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies, which he founded and served as chairman. He also co-founded the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in 1977 and served as the founding Dean of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts from 1985 until his retirement in 2001.
Beyond theatre, Chung was also prominent in television and film. He began his career at TVB as a scriptwriter in 1967, and later joined Rediffusion Television as scriptwriter and director in 1975. He had also starred in the TVB sitcom Welcome to the House (2006–2007), as well as series including My Family (2005), The Dance of Passion (2006), The Stew of Life (2009), Line Walker, and Come On, Cousin (both 2014). He was also notable for narrating the ATV documentary program Stories from Afar (1998–2004), and for his roles as Kent Lang and Sir Ho Sai in the films God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (1996) and Lawyer Lawyer (1997).
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