Biography
Joe Cheung Tung-Cho (Chinese: 張同祖) is an actor and director, known for In the Mood for Love (2000), Infernal Affairs II (2003) and Double Dragon (1992).
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Sunny Side of the Street
2023
as Taxi King
A confrontation between two Hong Kong immigrants – one a cab driver from Mainland China, the other a lawyer and refugee from Pakistan – spells disaste...

The Sparring Partner
2022
as Judge
Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his pa...

Coffin Homes
2021
Soaring property prices drive dwellers to take every insane effort necessary to secure a cramped space, even if it means sharing the same roof with th...

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
as Self
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong ...

A Family Tour
2018
as Brother Joe
A mainland Chinese filmmaker, exiled to Hong Kong for her politically-charged work, reunites with her mother on a trip to Taiwan.

No. 1 Chung Ying Street
2018
Four young lives were changed forever when they become involved in the 1967 Hong Kong Leftist Riot; half a century later, another four face similar ch...

S Storm
2016
as Chinese company board member
A suspect is killed while the ICAC team is investigating illegal soccer gambling in Hong Kong.

The Posterist
2016
as Self
Mr Yuen Tai-Yung (b. 1941) is a Chinese artist known for his creation of over 200 iconic Hong Kong movie posters - which include many films from the B...

A Sunny Day
2016
Hong Kong, at the height of the protests. A young woman visits her father, whom she has not seen for a while. Her plan is to have lunch with him befor...

Kung Fu Jungle
2014
as Film Director
A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting mart...

Gangster Payday
2014
Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her busi...

Z Storm
2014
as Chan Chi-Choi
ICAC principal investigator William Luk takes his job seriously, and he needs every last scintilla of support from his team to take on the powerful an...

Badges of Fury
2013
as Chef
When a series of eerie murders erupts across Hong Kong, grizzled veteran Huang and his reckless younger partner Wang, are assigned to track down the k...

Christmas Rose
2013
as Tim's father
Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she accuses her doctor Zhou of molesting her during a typical ...

Together
2013
as Doctor
Comprised by two love stories: The first story features Donnie Yen as a traffic cop, “Mr. Cool” who never smiles due to a rare disease. He meets and f...

Love Lifting
2012
The story of a love affair between a female weight lifter and a former bar owner.

Merry-Go-Round
2010
as Uncle Radix
The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounte...

Kung Fu Wing Chun
2010
Director, Writer
Losing her mother at a tender age, Yim Wing Chun (Bai Jing) grew up under the wing of Master Ng Mui (Kara Hui), a fugitive in the end of the Qing dyna...

Echoes of the Rainbow
2010
as Doctor
Told through the eyes of sticky-fingered eight-year-old boy Big Ears, Echoes of the Rainbow takes place in a close-knit grassroots community in 1960s ...

Poker King
2009
as Frenado
Although Randy's family is involved in the casino business, he has never shared an interest in gaming until he played Texas Hold 'Em on the Internet. ...

Lady Cop & Papa Crook
2008
A corrupt red oil kingpin enlists the aid of a female police officer to help find his son.

Beast Stalker
2008
as Judge Lee
Sergeant Tong is wracked with guilt after he unwittingly kills a young girl whilst capuring a criminal named Cheung. When the girl's sister is later k...

Who's Next
2007

Superkid
2006
Daichi Harashima plays a kid fed on genetically engineered food produced by a company called "Superkid", thus having far higher IQ than kids of his ag...

Wo Hu
2006
as Chief Superintendent Kong
The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong...

Nothing Is Impossible
2006
It may be played with the hands but the fist game is a game of the heart. It's a lot like falling in love. There is no sure win strategy, and there is...

Rob-B-Hood
2006
as Priest
For never-do-well compulsive gambler Fong, there's only one thing more fearsome than debtors at his doorstep - having to coax a crying baby. But what ...

All About Love
2005
A husband learns the importance of expressing his tremendous love for his wife only when it is too late.

Wait 'Til You're Older
2005
A troubled boy who seeks escape becomes a man through a miraculous growth formula but encounters a new troubles when the formula won't quit.

New Born
2005

Explosive City
2004
as Senior Officer Kent Yong
A young Japanese woman has been trained to become a professional killer since childhood. Two cops pursue the girl, who has assassinated a Hong Kong of...

Infernal Affairs II
2003
as Ngai Kwun
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the ...

Fu Bo
2003
A morgue assistant witnesses gut-wrenching autopsies and mutilated corpses on a daily basis. But strangest of all is the behaviour of his oddball coll...

1:99 Shorts
2003
Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the I...

Happy Go Lucky
2003
as Mr Cheung
Happy Go Lucky is a Hong Kong Comedy-Drama starring Kent Cheng.

Give Them a Chance
2003
Back in 2001, action director Sam Wong Ming-Sing shepherded a young group of lower-class dancers into the semi-big leagues. Thanks to great effort and...

I Want to Get Married
2003
as Mr Young
Fish store owner May is thirty and single, so when Chris, a millionaire, appears, May's family is only too eager to send her off. May is crushed when ...

Just One Look
2002
as Kew
Set in 70s Hong Kong, Just One Look actually tells of Fan (Shawn Yu), whose policeman father commits suicide in a cinema toilet, but Fan believes he w...

Summer I Love You
2002
as Dr. Lai
Wei Ching claims to have bad karma. Two years after her best friends%u2019 deaths in Thailand, she remains locked in her bedroom, hiding behind variou...

Loving Him
2002
Doc is an intern who has been invited by the United Nations' Children Fund, along with his fellow interns, to a deserted area in Sichuan to run physic...

Visible Secret 2
2002
as Ching's father
The newlyweds Jack and Ching move into a new apartment. Jack gets smacked by a car and goes into a coma, but a miraculous recovery occurs. Jack begins...

Merry-Go-Round
2001
In a summer holiday, a father (Mr. Kuk) with his children (Ku Fung and Little Kuk-Ku) has decided to open a noodle bar on a 2-month lease. He has grea...

Forever and Ever
2001
as Mr Tam
Based on a true story, Xiao Fu was contracted HIV virus through blood transmission due to hemophilia. He made his difference by writing a book before ...

When a Man Loves a Woman
2000
as Uncle Chuen
True friendships and old romances never die as friends Rock and a hitman Ace both romance Fung, an old flame. She pines for the love of Ace who's prof...

In the Mood for Love
2000
as Man Living in Mr. Koo's Apartment
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time togethe...

When I Fall in Love... with Both
2000
From Singapore to Hong Kong to Macau, 3 different women with different lives experience the same situation of falling in love with 2 men and how they ...

Never Compromise
1999
as Officer Lee
Two notorious murderers ignite a violent massacre, leading a determined police force on pursuit to bring them to justice.

The Young Ones
1999
Two feuding members of the same gang are arrested after a fight with another gang and must stick together while serving time in a juvenile prison.

The Kid
1999
as Postman
When Maise's husband walks out on her, she leaves her baby son in a luxury yacht, hoping that he'll be adopted by affluent parents. Little did she kno...

A Lamb in Despair
1999
Chinese-American Wu and his friend Paul are accused of killing 25 women in the United States.

The Truth About Jane and Sam
1999
as Sam's father
Sam, a fresh graduate from Singapore, works as a journalist in Hong Kong to gain wider exposure in life. He chances upon Jane, an intriguing mainland ...

The Blacksheep Affair
1998
as Chinese Ambassador to Larvernia
A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. The...

City of Glass
1998
The story of man and ex-girlfriend found dead after a car crash and how their children come together to retell the story.

The Poet
1998
Toronto International Film Festival 1998

The Extra
1998
Director Alfred Cheung (Her Fatal Ways) skewers contemporary Hong Kong in the hilarious satire The Extra! Alfred Cheung stars as an unemployed film ex...

Grandma and Her Ghosts
1998
A 5-year-old kid moves to stay with his grandma in a small town in Taiwan. Soon after, he discovers that not only is his grandma a food vendor, but sh...

Love & Let Love!
1998
as Uncle Joe

Trust Me U Die
1998
In England, Dr. Greg Fong invents a super steroid (SS160) which can cure virtually all illnesses and disorders (including impotence and idiocy) and ge...

Teme Gotchi
1997
A little girl, Tintin Wang, watched over by a vengeful guardian angel who often takes the form of her doppelganger in protecting Tintin from all those...

My Dad Is a Jerk
1997
Director
Lee Lap Cheung is a immature slacker who is going nowhere. His ex-wife Yip Ting has become a powerful woman in the business world within a few years. ...

Theft Under the Sun
1997
During an operation with a master criminal, an undercover cop fails his mission because he was shot by an uniform officer. His superior suspects he ha...

A Queer Story
1997
as Kim's Oldest Brother
From an unhappy childhood experience, Law Ka Sing decisively hides his homosexual identity. Sing's partner of 8 years, young boyfriend Sunny is just t...

Viva Erotica
1996
as Award Host
Sing's last two films were flops, but he is given the helm on a Category III sex film and has to cope with a leading lady who won't do nude scenes, Tr...

Comrades, Almost a Love Story
1996
as Yan
Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao a...

Growing Up
1996
as Officer Szeto
A group of friends are starting their senior year in a HK highschool. A new girl is the new student of the school and one of the friends from the grou...

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
as Sam's Friend
Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another, but now what?

How to Meet the Lucky Stars
1996
How to Meet the Lucky Stars is a 1996 Hong Kong film and the final film in the Lucky Stars film series. Featuring the "Lucky Stars" Sammo Hung (in a s...

Top Banana Club
1996
as May's Father
The first story is about a yob who sells pirated CDs and hacks a police girl. The second story is about Mr. Shaw, who loves big-breasted women and mak...

Thunder Cop
1996
Cop action movie clumsily inter-cut with slapstick. Dumb cop befriends triad guy who wants to go straight but is being set up by his unscrupulous dru...

Full Throttle
1995
Joe is a champion motorcycle racer who is forced to question his entire lifestyle after he and some close friends are seriously injured in motorcycle ...

Fox Hunter
1995
Producer
An undercover assignment turns into a deadly game of revenge for a Hong Kong police-woman.

Romantic Dream
1995
as Man's father
A spiritualist can put you into a dreamworld where you can have your greatest desire

Mean Street Story
1995
as Sue's father
Miu (Ekin Cheng) grew up on Temple Street, where most of the gangsters in the area gathered, but he never hung around with them. When he accidentally ...

Mother of a Different Kind
1995
Referred to as Hong Kong's answer to "Misery", innocent-looking Bo-Bo Fung is an overprotective mother/nurse who is bent on revenge at all costs after...

The Chinese Feast
1995
as Contest Announcer
Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chinese cooking and follows the teaching master Au.

In the Heat of Summer
1994
as Police Commissioner
Five cops work and get on each other's nerves during a hot summer. Tak is a gambler, too much so for his girlfriend to risk marriage. Daddy, a single ...

Victory
1994
A clumsy science teacher gets talked into coaching the volleyball team when no one else will take on a losing team.

The True Hero
1994
Writer, Director
An ex-con has spent the last ten years of his life in prison for defending the lives of his best friend and his best friend's sister. While in jail he...

Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb
1994
as Police Chief
A bomb maniac is on the loose and it's up to the Bomb Disposal Unit to crack the case. Complications arise when the mad bomber hooks up a pulse bomb t...

The Returning
1994
as Chan Siu Ming
Chung has a book project that will make his career in publishing: a collector's edition of the work of Siu Lau, a reclusive woman who died mysteriousl...

He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994
as Peter
Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any len...

I've Got You, Babe!!!
1994
Marriage is a tomb of love? This film depicts the struggle of modern man to choose between bachelorhood and marriage. A sensitive yet comical look at ...

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993
as Photographer
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyo...

Ghost Lantern
1993
as Professor Fan
A down-on-his-luck street hustler is cursed with eternal misfortune by a ruthless crime boss who murdered him and his lover in a past life. The hustle...

C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993
as Bartender
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and ...

Supercop 2
1993
as Fung's Man in Hospital
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jes...

Pom Pom and Hot Hot
1992
Director, Writer, Producer
Shin (Jacky Cheung) and Chiang (Stephen Tung Wai) are happy-go-lucky partners investigating a particularly notorious crime syndicate. Unfortunately, S...

Arrest the Restless
1992
Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crooked cop pins the murder on the boy, but a detective...

Twin Dragons
1992
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...

Twin Dragons
1992
Writer, Story
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...

The Banquet
1991
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

The Banquet
1991
Director
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

A Chinese Ghost Story III
1991
Producer
Set 100 years after the events of A Chinese Ghost Story, Buddhist Bai Yun and his disciple Fong journey through a small town to transport a golden ido...

Return Engagement
1990
Director, Screenplay
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.

18 Times
1988
Director
Gigi is a young woman with no shortage of potential husbands to choose from. The big problem: every single one of her husbands dies after becoming wea...

Bet on Fire
1988
Director
Cherie Chung and Cheung Man are two young women forced into a life of prostitution. Mostly, it's a sensitive melodrama about loyality and female bondi...

Profiles of Pleasure
1988
as Brothel patron
Before the Big Ban on prostitution, West Hong Kong is famous for its houses of pleasure. The most infamous of them all is Floral Ode House. Among its ...

Flaming Brothers
1987
as Alan's Man Outside Chiu's Pub
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads the...

Flaming Brothers
1987
Director
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads the...

Rosa
1986
Director
Hsia and Lei Kung are two bumbling cops assigned to protect the gorgeous Rosa, girlfriend to a missing informer named Lee. But Rosa's wanted by more t...

Funny Triple
1985
Screenplay, Director
Once there are two detectives in the police force, Fatty and Lanky, they have been very, very good friends, that until the day Gigi comes to their dep...

Double Trouble
1984
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicion from the police and only escapes from them with ...

Challenge on Chasing Girls
1984
Director, Writer
Romantic comedy.

Pom Pom
1984
Director
Chau and Beethoven, two Hong Kong police detectives, go through misadventures to protect a young girl from a ruthless crime lord, as she possesses a l...

Shadow Ninja
1983
Director
A veteran and tough sheriff's wife has a gambling problem. He works both sides of the law. He gets teamed up with a young cop who he is told to take u...

Revenge in Hong Kong
1981
Writer, Director
A housewife witnesses the depraved son of a wealthy businessmen killing a woman and testifies against him in court, triggering a chain of brutal reven...
Killer Wears White
1980
Director
A veteran and tough sheriff's wife has a gambling problem. He works both sides of the law. He gets teamed up with a young cop who he is told to take u...

The Incredible Kung Fu Master
1979
Writer, Director, Producer
Tung Wei is a lad who wants to learn kung fu. He trains in two different styles: Hung Gar and Wing Chun. Everything is fine until a jealous master cre...

Shaolin Devil and Shaolin Angel
1978
Writer
When a Shaolin warlord is murdered the Emperor must discover where the evil lies amongst the warlords. Calling upon a young commander, he sends him on...

There's No Place like Home
1977
Screenplay
Taiwanese romance film released to commemorate the 9th anniversary of First Films' founding.

Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
1974
as Man at Bike Reclaim Centre
Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and ...

Fingers That Kill
1974
A ruthless gang terrorizes a small village where Lung comes to search for his beloved Yien. Since Yien has been kidnapped by the gang, Lung uses his i...

The Awaken Punch
1973
A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.

None But the Brave
1973
as Office Clerk
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (Ou Wei) long lost sister who is actually dead. Che...

The Way of the Dragon
1972
Script Supervisor, Story
Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will s...

Stranger in Hong Kong
1972
as Tourist
A computer engineer working for an insurance company stops over in Hong Kong on his way to a conference. He gets tricked into breaking into a bank.

The Chase
1971
as Han's thug
Shih Hai-tung a swordsman seeks revenge for his father's murder knowing that the Golden Gate Sect were responsible. He had killed two Heavenly Dragon ...

Wrath of the Sword
1970
Story
The last of the Bai Family seeks revenge of the death of her whole family.

Redress
1969
Rare martial arts film.