Personal Info
Birth date
1960-09-05 (65 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Also known as
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah
Wong Chi-Wah
Wong Tze-Wah
黃子華
黄子华
Zihua Huang
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah
Biography
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah (Chinese: 黃子華) is a Hong Kong stand-up comedian and actor. Wong gained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Alberta in Canada. He began his career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in 1984, but he is best known for his works in live stand-up comedy which he started performing regularly in 1990. Since then he has starred in TV dramas and films and has recorded several albums. In comparison with his stand-up comedy and TV dramas, his movies are not as successful. When asked the reasons behind it, he explained that his ultimate goal is to look for something new in his movies. His visions make his work good to watch, but it is not good enough to attract people to pay for a cinema ticket. Additionally, he hates doing promotions for his work.
Filmography
War of the Genders
8.4
Overview:
War of the Genders is a Hong Kong sitcom which aired on TVB Jade from 21 February to 7 July 2000. The series was produced by TVB with Tsui Chong-hong serving as the executive producer. An average of 3.1 million viewers watched the episode finale live, creating the highest rating average below the 2003 Charity Football Competition Real Madrid vs Hong Kong and tied with the 2005 Korean TV drama Dae Jang Geum and the 2008 TVB TV drama Moonlight Resonance.All of a Sudden
5.85
Overview:
An erotic mystery in which two couples engage in multiple layers of passion, betrayal and murder.Thunderbolt
6.4
Overview:
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.July 13th
4
Overview:
A problematic girl Sugar witnessed an old woman committed suicide, and leaving behind the scene, a "suicide manual". Police officer. Alan with ex-girlfriend Lorna assisted by Pierre, a silly police officer on suspension, worked together in the investigation and got some clues. At the most crucial part of the investigation, Pierre suddenly disappeared, Alan, Lorna were also being suspended from duties. Both started to dream of a mysterious old woman, warning them to stop meddling with the case. Despite the warning, Alan and Lorna continued to investigate and lead to the discovery of a mysterious bookstore ...The Last Dance
7.9
Overview:
A debt-ridden wedding planner inadvertently becomes a successful funeral planner. However, he must convince a traditional Taoist priest of his legitimacy to continue operating in the field.Temporary Family
5
Overview:
Lung, a hardworking property agent, is facing a serious situation in life. His girlfriend won't marry him unless he can buy her a 1000-sq ft. apartment in one year’s time; whilst Charlotte desperately needs a place to stay after her divorce. Along with Lung’s intern Very, a mainland rich, they become co-owners of the office girl Hak’s small flat that was left to Hak by her estranged mother.Fighting To Survive
5
Overview:
Bon Bon, a resident of Tuen Mun, who's always attempting to implement his latest pyramid scheme. Bon Bon saves daffy local girl Snooker from a potential rapist and decides to implement his latest scheme, "One Dollar Bodyguard": he'll protect women on their evening strolls for one HK dollar. Bon Bon has to attend to his own problem, which is his inability to ride in a moving vehicle, that strands him in Tuen Mun for life. And there's the romantic issue with Snooker to resolve.A Guilty Conscience
6.6
Overview:
After his negligence causes an innocent woman to go to jail, a lawyer and his colleagues work to clear her name.House of Mahjong
4.563
Overview:
Gi, who wants to start up her business in Fu Gui Mall, needs to learn to play Taiwan mahjong to be part of the tenants there. All the other tenants teach her the techniques of the game but Fu Ho defeats Gi. However, he is impressed with her determination and rents a place to Gi. Meanwhile, Fu Ho's son, Sun Gui, returns to Hong Kong and is planning to take over the mall. He finds four mahjong experts to gamble with the tenants. Gi, Sam, Lam and the others lose their money and means of survival. Luckily, Lam findsLove and Sex Among the Ruins
3.3
Overview:
A taxi driver picks up a distraught woman who not only confesses her life story to him, but ends up in bed with him! This one night interlude leads to sexual encounters between five people who are forced to face the complexities of love and sex.The Magic Touch
6.2
Overview:
Hui Wai Tak tells people's fortunes by feeling their bones. In reality though, he is a scam artist who gathers information on his clients in advance and uses it to milk them for money. When the wife of Commissioner David Ho of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) comes to see him, he reveals that her husband is cheating on her. After facing the wrath of his wife, Ho decides to get revenge and sends junior assessor Yau Ho Kay to investigate Hui's income. During the investigation, Hui sustains a brain injury and slips into a coma. After he wakes up, he suddenly discovers that he has gained the real ability to see people's futures.The Meaning of Life
NYR
Overview:
Obstetrician Joey Fong helps childless couple Shiu and Lan kidnap an unloved child and then decides she wants to have a baby with heartless news reporter husband Terrence.Lethal Ninja
6
Overview:
A scientist discovers a chemical that can be used to make a great cure or a great virus, and a criminal sends ninjas to steal it and kill him. When they can't open the container, they go hunting for 'Copy', who (unbeknownst to him) holds the key to the box. The scientists' own ninjas want to stop them by killing Copy first, and only a small peace-loving village of ex-ninja want to stop the bad guys without sacrificing Copy's life.Legend of the Wolf
5.4
Overview:
Wolf is a war veteran who recounts the tale of his legendary youth to a young upstart killer. Flashback to a post-World War 2 time when the young Wolf is wandering the Chinese countryside in search of his missing memories. He only knows to meet someone at an abandoned temple. He ends up hooking up with a local villager, who intends to guide the Wolf to his destination. On the way, they find Wai-Yee, who’s been waiting for Wolf for quite some time. However, Wolf still can’t remember anything, until the bad guys come to find him, and they bear the terrible secret of the Wolf's past.The Grand Grandmaster
4.2
Overview:
The grand master Fei Lung lost everything after he got defeated by Chun. To regain his reputation, Fei Lung challenges her to a final fight. Much to his surprise, he gradually falls in love with Chun. Will he be able to win both Chun’s heart and the battle at the end?Only Fools Fall in Love
6.6
Overview:
Poor girl meets rich boy as they quarrel over a food seller's once a year delicacy. His brother pays her to marry the brother so he can stage an assassination attempt. The attempt doesn't succeed but the man is reduced to the level of an idiot child and the girl looks after him because of her guilt. She nurses him back to health so that he can resume his place as head of the family.Hui's Comedy: A Look Back Featurette
6.5
Overview:
Look back on 4 comedy classics with 7 top filmmakers of our time. Explore the cultural impact of The Hui Brothers – the most successful cinema trio in Hong Kong history.New Tenant
8
Overview:
Alan Tam is a writer who has spent the last decade in a mental hospital. Upon leaving, he rents an apartment in an abandoned building which contains a clock that sends him back to 1984. The only person that can hear Alan during this time is one of the previous tenants, a young girl named Dolphin. A strange romance soon develops between the two, and so when her sister Whale begins dating a suspicious professor, Alan helps Dolphin to find out the shocking truth about her sister's beau.Heaven in the Dark
5.9
Overview:
Michelle and Marco Tol, a former pastor, meet at a party. They discuss what happened five years ago, when a scandal involving the pair erupted and disgraced Tol.F***/Off
5.5
Overview:
Two absolute strangers both desperately struggling to find themselves make a hilariously funny partnership for money. Their plan - a bank robbery! Meet Ah Lee, a well-educated middle-class professional who is deep in debt because of a so-called friend. Then there's PaPa, an inexperienced and very outdated crook who is heartbroken by the recent break-up with his girlfriend. When PaPa decides to teach Ah Lee the art of robbing a bank, the two men discover more than just a thing or two about themselves!Spider Woman
4.8
Overview:
Michael Wong is walking in a circle, he is not only facing a complex human relationship as well as inharmonious relationship with some terrible persons. Those affairs push Michael to the death.Big Bullet
6.6
Overview:
Hotheaded cop Bill Chu gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Chu's pal and ex-colleague during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and embarks on a mission of revenge against the gangsters.Long and Winding Road
5.8
Overview:
Two different men each find their true meanings in life. Leslie and Tony, two lower middle-class bachelors, are bosom friends. Leslie is a wandering soul who seems unable to settle down. He give got fired and his girlfriend left him. Tony is a frustrating musician and a part-time worker at an elderly home. He doesn't like old people, but works there only to get close to his dream girl WAI.The Day that Doesn't Exist
6
Overview:
A woman loses her fiancee in a car crash, but he returns to her stitched together. Meanwhile, a man dies and is reborn into another's body. He wants to rejoin his family, but things change once he learns the truth about his new life.Once in a Life-Time
NYR
Overview:
Sean Lau has been secretly in love with comely Vivian Chan since childhood, so when she needs a paper marriage to satisfy the wishes of her sick mother, he's a pushover. This doesn't sit too well with her naturalist boyfriend, who seems to like cockroaches more than her. And now the omens are against them: the day they've chosen for marriage is the very same one that Lau's strict aunt demands for his mother's funeral. So, this comedy goes back and forth between the two venues.Top Banana Club
5.5
Overview:
The first story is about a yob who sells pirated CDs and hacks a police girl. The second story is about Mr. Shaw, who loves big-breasted women and makes his wife get breast implants. The third story is about a conceited playboy, Wong, who believes he can get any girl and sets his sights on a lesbian.Wind Beneath the Wings
NYR
Overview:
Valerie Chow plays Ling, an attractive young lass studying to be a stewardess. Ling struggles to maintain her studies while being harried by her rich, lecherous classmates and a powerful old man who is hell-bent on having her marry his geeky son (Yu Rongguang). Of course, she eventually meets hunky flight steward Chan Kai-ming (Moses Chan Ho) and true love blooms in the friendly skies.Acting
TBAThe Treasure as Unknown
TBA2007黄子华栋笃笑：越大锅越快乐 as Unknown
2025破·地獄 (加長版) as Dominic Ngai
2024The Last Dance as Dominic Ngai
2024Dayo Wong X Michael Hui in Conversation as Unknown
2023A Guilty Conscience as Adrian Lam
2022Table for Six as Big Brother (Steve)
2020The Grand Grandmaster as Ma Fei Lung
20182018黄子华栋笃笑：金盆啷口 as Unknown
2018金盆𠺘口 as Unknown
2018Agent Mr. Chan as Chan Ho Yan
2016Hui's Comedy: A Look Back Featurette as Unknown
2016Heaven in the Dark as Man in Court
2014唔黐線 唔正常 as Unknown
2014Temporary Family as Tsui Chi Chung
2014Golden Chickensss as Unknown
2013Bounty Lady (20 Episodes) as Heung Kwong Nam
2012The Kick as Unknown
2012洗燥 as Unknown
2010娛樂圈血肉史II as Unknown
20102010黄子华栋笃笑：娱乐圈血肉史2 as 主演
2009嘩眾取寵 as Unknown
2009You're Hired (22 Episodes) as Mak Tai Song
2009雯时感动 (1 Episode) as Unknown
20092009黄子华栋笃笑：哗众取宠 as Unknown
2007越大鑊 越快樂 as Unknown
2007Men Don't Cry (21 Episodes) as Ho Kei-Kin 何其堅 / 奸人堅
2007House of Mahjong as Beauty Lam
2007Zhuibu as Unknown
2006兒童不宜 as Unknown
2006Dayo Wong: Adults Only as Unknown
2006Nothing Is Impossible as Turtle
2006Be My Guest (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Lethal Ninja as Copy
2006Hail The Judge (35 Episodes) as 宋世杰
2005The Great Adventure (35 Episodes) as Pak Wut
2004Leave Me Alone as King
2004To Catch the Uncatchable (25 Episodes) as Mo Zuo Dong
20031:99 Shorts as 8)
2003冇炭用 as Unknown
20032003黄子华栋笃笑：冇炭用 as Unknown
2002非常公民 (30 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Fighting To Survive as Unknown
2001Let's Sing Along as King Wong
2000鬚根Show 2 as Unknown
2000须根SHOW2 as 主演
2000What Is A Good Teacher as Tutor
2000Don't Look Back, or You'll Be Sorry as Tung Kin Wah
2000War of the Genders (100 Episodes) as Yu Lok-tin / Lok
2000Bruce Law Stunts as Himself
1999拾下拾下 as Unknown
1999Justice Sung II (0, 32 Episode) as 赖三, Lai Sam 賴三
19991999黄子华栋笃笑：拾下拾下 as Unknown
1998鬚根Show as Unknown
1998须根Show as 主演
1998F***/Off as Papa
1997Teme Gotchi as Unknown
1997Justice Sung (32 Episodes) as Lai Sam 賴三
1997My Dad Is a Jerk as Unknown
1997Those Were the Days as Wong Ching-Wai
1997The Wedding Days as Unknown
199797 Aces Go Places as Mr. Chan
1997Legend of the Wolf as Wai
199724 Hrs Ghost Story as Charlie Chan
1997Walk In as Tommy Cheung
1997秋前算賬 as 演员
19971997黄子华栋笃笑：秋前算账 as Unknown
1997秋前算帳 as Unknown
1997Love: Amoeba Style as Unknown
1997星空下的傾情 (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Big Bullet as Bill's Informant
1996Love and Sex Among the Ruins as Unknown
1996Top Banana Club as Host / Kim Lin Kwan / May's Mother / Bar Geek
1996All of a Sudden as Detective Guy Mak
1996Satan Returns as Ka-Ming
1996July 13th as Unknown
1995The Day that Doesn't Exist as Charles Chan
1995棟篤笑雙打之玩無可玩 as Unknown
1995Only Fools Fall in Love as Chiu Jack
1995Thunderbolt as Mr. Lam
1995Wind Beneath the Wings as Unknown
1995Spider Woman as Fung Au-yeung
1995Once in a Life-Time as Unknown
1995New Tenant as Dr. Wong
1995The Meaning of Life as Unknown
1994Oh! My Three Guys.... as Fa
1994From Zero to Hero as Unknown
1994Mr. Sardine as Mr. Sardine
1994Long and Winding Road as Sing
1994The God of Money as Unknown
1994I've Got You, Babe!!! as Unknown
1994Born Innocent as Prosecutor
1993Two of a Kind as Siu Ping
1993Even Mountains Meet as Rich Guy
1993Pink Bomb as Unknown
1993No. 1, 3rd Ave as Unknown
19921992黄子华栋笃笑：跟住去边度 as Unknown
1992跟住去邊度 as Unknown
1992The Magic Touch as William
1991Sexy Family as Unknown
1990A Bitter Story of Eastern Hollywood as Unknown
1990黄子华栋笃笑 (17 Episodes) as 黄子华
Directing
2020The Grand Grandmaster ... Director
2012The Kick ... Director
2002Fighting To Survive ... Director
Writing
2020The Grand Grandmaster ... Writer
2018Agent Mr. Chan ... Screenplay
2012The Kick ... Writer
2012洗燥 ... Writer
2010娛樂圈血肉史II ... Writer
2009嘩眾取寵 ... Writer
2007越大鑊 越快樂 ... Writer
2006兒童不宜 ... Writer
2003冇炭用 ... Writer
2001Let's Sing Along ... Original Story
1999拾下拾下 ... Writer
1997秋前算帳 ... Writer
1997秋前算賬 ... Author
1995棟篤笑雙打之玩無可玩 ... Writer
1994The God of Money ... Writer
1993Two of a Kind ... Screenplay
1993Pink Bomb ... Writer
1992跟住去邊度 ... Writer
1992The Magic Touch ... Writer
1991Sexy Family ... Writer
1990A Bitter Story of Eastern Hollywood ... Writer