Michael Wong

Michael Wong grew up in Troy, New York, the son of restaurateur William Wong and American artist of Dutch and French descent, Connie Van Yserloo. After finishing high school, he left for Hong Kong to try his luck at acting. His brothers Russell Wong and Declan Wong also followed Michael's footstep to become actors in the Hong Kong film industry.

There were a number of significant factors working against Wong's eventual success in the Hong Kong film industry including an inability to speak Cantonese, no formal training in acting and no background in martial arts. He also lacked an entry into the tightly knit Hong Kong film industry. His debut was in 1983's "Invincible Obsessed Fighters", which was a kung fu film. His next significant film was "Royal Warriors" aka "In the Line of Duty", which established his dominant image for the first part of his career as a naive but tough outsider. In 1986, he starred in "Legacy of Rage" alongside Brandon Lee (son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee) in his only Hong Kong movie. He also starred alongside Jackie Chan in "Thunderbolts" (1995) and Brandon Lee's sister Shannon Lee I "Enter The Eagles" (1998).He is married to Hong Kong supermodel Janet Ma.

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