15 Facts About Eric Tsang

Eric Tsang's father, Tsang Kai-wing, was a former football coach and player, then served in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force from 1940 to 1972.

Eric Tsang fled to Taiwan to escape from the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 1976 after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail, while still free pending an appeal.

Eric Tsang's singing vocal range is a tenor with no falsetto.

Eric Tsang is known for being a short plump guy with a habit of speaking before thinking, often landing himself into hot water.

Eric Tsang's insults have led to him being assaulted by rumored triads over bad mouthing singer Joey Yung.

Eric Tsang has appeared as an actor in many successful Hong Kong films, gaining awards and nominations.

Early on in his career, he was typecast as a bumbling, ugly, and crude sidekick, and it was not until encouragement from his daughter Bowie Eric Tsang to stop doing comedic roles that he went on to star in a film with friend Alan Tam and was awarded a Hong Kong best actor award.

Perry Lam, a cinema critic from Muse, wrote that Eric Tsang 'brings directness, straightness and a lack of nonsense to whatever role he plays, and occasionally demonstrates an uncanny ability to enter the egoless states of which only the greatest of character actors like Robert Duvall are capable.

In January 2021, Eric Tsang was appointed TVB's deputy general manager and special advisor to the executive committee and will be responsible for the variety show and infotainment program segment.

Eric Tsang was involved in the Miss Hong Kong 2021 audition process.

Eric Tsang is a devout Buddhist, often leading other actors in efforts to raise money for Hong Kong Buddhist temples and events.

Eric Tsang has been close friends with Tam's family since childhood as their fathers were colleagues in the police force and played football together.

Chu and their two sons later immigrated to Toronto, Canada without Eric Tsang, who chose to stay in Hong Kong and they have had in a long-distance relationship since then.

Eric Tsang rejected the authenticity of the uploaded video and denied Grace Han's allegation.

Eric Tsang further claimed to the media that he had already won a defamation lawsuit in 2006 on similar grounds, but independent media sources have not been able to corroborate this claim.