Richard Ng Man-Tat

Known for ActingBorn 1952-01-02Died 2021-02-27Xiamen, Fujian, China

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".Read more

Movies & web series

True and False Monkey King

One Stone and Two Birds 3

Kung Fu Beggar

It's Now or Never

Blood-Stained Intrigue

The Seven Angels

The Rough Ride

The Foundation

The Youth of Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai

OCTB

The Wandering Earth: Beyond 2020 Special Edition

Two Most Honorable Knights

The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung

The King of Comic

On Fire

Thirteen Talks

A Fiery Family

Chinese Cop Out

Hero Without Tears - II

The Yang's Saga

The Feud of Two Brothers

The Stand-in

Kara King

The Marvellous Cook

The Armed Policewomen

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Diors Man

Mainland Dundee

The Story of My Son

Blood Stained Tradewind

The Justice of Life

Crazy Games

I Do

The Company

The Turning Point

The Crazy Chase

Chor Lau-heung

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

China Dragon

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

The Return of the Condor Heroes

Shogun and Little Kitchen

Hail the Judge

Gangland Odyssey

King of Comedy

The Duke of Mount Deer

All About Ah-Long

The Sword Stained with Royal Blood