21 Facts About Charles Heung

Charles Heung Wah-keung is a Hong Kong actor-turned-film producer and presenter.

Apart from being one of the most successful film producers in Hong Kong, Heung is one of the most controversial due to his family's triad background.

Charles Heung is widely suspected of ties to one of Hong Kong's largest and most powerful organized crime groups, the Sun Yee On Triad.

Charles Heung is the tenth of the Sun Yee On founder's thirteen children.

The marriage, however did not last, and Charles Heung later married Tiffany Chen, in the early 1980s.

The partnership between the two ended in 1992 as Charles Heung felt that Jimmy's style of negotiating business too closely resembled that of a triad member.

Charles was one of several Heung brothers identified in 1992 by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations as top office-bearers in the Sun Yee On.

Charles Heung agrees that his family has what he calls "a Triad background," but says that he personally has little knowledge of such things, and has had to labor hard to overcome the stigma.

In 2000, when his brother Heung Wah-Po was arrested for setting fire to his own apartment, Charles refused to help him and publicly announced that he did not know his brothers well since they were given birth by different mothers.

Charles Heung started off as an actor making films in Taiwan during the 1970s, before later becoming a producer.

In 1984, he and his brother, Jimmy Charles Heung, formed Win's Entertainment Ltd.

Charles Heung was quoted for saying that, "Every film is a battle" when asked why he named the production company Win's.

Charles Heung became a producer and a presenter for films, but he became famous from acting in supporting roles during the 1990s, with his best known role being as Lung Wu, the God of Gamblers' bodyguard in God of Gamblers and its numerous sequels and spin-offs.

Charles Heung appeared in other films, making a cameo appearance in The Prince of Temple Street and co-starring in Casino Raiders, which was co-directed by his brother, Jimmy.

In 1992, Charles Heung formed China Star Entertainment Group and became the studio's chairman and CEO, with his wife, Tiffany Chen, serving as vice-chairman and administrative producer.

In 1999, Charles Heung established One Hundred Years of Film Co.

Charles Heung is the Director of Jet Li One Foundation and the Director of Beijing Normal University One Foundation Philanthropy Research Institute.

In 1976, Charles Heung married his first wife Betty Ting Pei.

In 1980, Charles Heung married his second wife Tiffany Chen, who moved from her native Taiwan to Hong Kong in 1982.

Additionally, Jacky Charles Heung was reported by Taiwanese media to be a member of the pro-communist All-China Youth Federation.

Additionally, the Liberty Times stated that Charles Heung had a criminal record in Taiwan, and that he has been denied entry into Taiwan several times.