Richard Ng Man-Tat
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-01-02 in Xiamen, Fujian, China
Died
2021-02-27
Biography
Richard Ng Man-Tat (Chinese: 吳孟達, 2 January 1952 - 27 February 2021) was a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry, with dozens of titles under his belt. Ng worked with famous actor and director Stephen Chow in a series of "mo lei tau" movies ("mo lei tau" translates to "brainless"/"senseless or random," and it is a genre of slapstick comedy unique to Hong Kong). Ng co-starred with Stephen Chow in a Hong Kong TVB television series called Dun Fei Final Combat (1989), and also the popular 1990 film All for the Winner, where he played the role of Chow's uncle. From then on, the two would grow to star in many more "mo lei tau" films in the same style as All for the Winner. Although Ng Man-Tat owed much of his popularity from co-starring with Chow in "mo lei tau" films, he showed himself to be a versatile enough actor to successfully portray various different roles. A perfect example of his talent was in his portrayal of Sister 13's father in Portland Street Blues, where he played a man who could not feel anything but abuse and rejection. This role proved to be the perfect complement to his usual "mo lei tau" style with Stephen Chow. He also played Andy Lau's sidekick in the Lee Rock series in a more serious role. In Hong Kong, Ng Man-Tat was often known as "Uncle Tat", a nickname most likely influenced from his roles as Stephen Chow's sidekick (often as his uncle) in their films. Ng was sometimes credited as Richard Ng. Even though he was Stephen Chow's good friend, he stopped starring in his movies because he didn't want to be known as "Stephen Chow's Sidekick".
Most Known For
Trump Card
Police Cadet
as 葉昌華
The Return of the Condor Heroes
as 陸冠英
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
as 彭長老
Chor Lau-heung
as 胡鐵花
Thirteen Talks
The Duke of Mount Deer
as Hon-tit-mo
Shaolin Soccer
as Fung
Diors Man
The Justice of Life
as 何英彪
The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung
as 司空摘星
The Foundation
as 楊文幹
The Duke of Mount Deer
as 海大富
Book And Sword
The Shell Game
The Return Of Luk Siu Fung
The Feud of Two Brothers
as Zhao Zhongliang
Gameboy Kids
as Seven and Half Taels
The Final Combat
as Ku Yim Yeung / Ku Fung
Two Most Honorable Knights
as 鐵戰