Actor · Acting

Richard Ng Man-Tat

Born 1952-01-02

Died 2021-02-27

📍 Xiamen, 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".

Filmography 282

The Tipping Point

Chinese Odyssey: The Beginning

True and False Monkey King

Rising Shaolin: The Protector

The Incredible Fist

Kill the Monster

The Wandering Earth: Beyond 2020 Special Edition

The Country Of The Demon

The Duke of Royal Tramp

The Wandering Earth

Oolong Courtyard: Kung Fu School

as Chang Meishifu / Master Long Eyebrow

Storage Stories

The Divine Doctor

The Legend of Bubai Monk

Fat Man of Sport

Hot Mom Qiao Da

Chrysanthemum to the Beast

Chrysanthemum to the Beast

as Police Commissioner

我家有个赵大咪

Shadows of Love

Crazy Drift Temporary Daddy

Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu

Big Whaling Room

The Star and the Sea

爸爸天亮叫我

One Stone and Two Birds 3

One Stone and Two Birds

as Zeng Wu Liao

One Stone and Two Birds 2

少年大钦差

as 陈青云、乾隆帝

Shaolin - Let's Go

The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung

as 司空摘星

九岁县太爷

Everyday is Valentine

家和万事兴之善意的谎言

The Marvellous Cook

The Duke of Mount Deer

The Youth of Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai

Home for Erotic Ghosts II

as Taoist priest

The Lord of Amusement

as Brother Cheong

The Witty Attorney

Portland Street Blues

Chinese Midnight Express

as 一元老师

Jail in Burning Island

The Kid Vs the Cop

新江山美人

The God of Cookery

as Benbry's Uncle

Adventurous Treasure Island

as Chi Yi Shing

The Killer Has No Return

The King of Comic

Sixty Million Dollar Man

The Armed Policewomen

Super Mischieves

as Monk Brother

The Saint of Gamblers

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

as Tin Chung Woo

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple

Love and the City

Love on Delivery

as Devil's Killer Tat

The Kung Fu Scholar

The Sword Stained with Royal Blood

The Eight Hilarious Gods

Heroes Among Heroes

End of the Road

Man of the Times

as Tiger Fighter Han Lo

Even Mountains Meet

Laughter Of Water Margins

as Ghost Doctor

Master Wong vs. Master Wong

as Pang Ting Hong (Innkeeper)

Angel of the Road

All's Well End's Well, Too

as Snow White's father

Millionaire Cop

King of Beggars

as General Su of Guangzhou

The Night Rider

as Uncle Harley

Handsome Siblings

as Big Mouth Lee

as Professor Cheung

To Miss with Love

as Director Ching Monita

It's Now or Never

The Prince of Temple Street

as Tong Chao Tao

Once Upon a Time a Hero in China

as Hoi Tai Fook

Justice, My Foot!

as Guangzhou Magistrate Ho Yue-Da

as Seven and Half Taels

Best of the Best

With or Without You

as Wan Neng Tat

Fight Back to School 2

Shogun and Little Kitchen

The Thief of Time

Dances with Dragon

Mainland Dundee

Queen of Underworld

as Hung's father

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

Fight Back to School

To Catch A Thief

To Be Number One

The Queen of Gamble

Fist of Fury 1991

as Saint of Gamblers Assistant

The Royal Scoundrel

God of Gamblers II

as Chow Fong Ming

Blood Stained Tradewind

Hong Kong Gigolo

The Story of My Son

Gangland Odyssey

as Uncle Eleven

All for the Winner

The Self Within

A Moment of Romance

Lung Fung Restaurant

as Hui Man Cheung

God of Gamblers

as Loanshark Shing

The Justice of Life

Three In A Crowd

Miracles: The Canton Godfather

as Chen Wah's Man

as Witness to Solicitor Murest's murder

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

as Inspector Tang

Here Comes A Hero

The Final Combat

as Ku Yim Yeung / Ku Fung

Chinese Cop Out

All About Ah-Long

The Reincarnated of Wai

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III

as Uncle Gold Fish

Satanic Crystals

Paternal Affairs

Road To The Throne

Operation Pink Squad

And Yet We Live

as Sgt Uncle Te

Two Most Honorable Knights

The Rise of A Kung Fu Master

A Better Tomorrow II

To Err Is Humane

as Police Superintendent

The Legend of the Book and Sword

The Price Of Growing Up

The Upstart and the Self-Made Man

The Pleasure of His Company

The Foundling's Progress

as Prison Warden

Turn Around and Die

The Turbulent Decade

Blood-Stained Intrigue

The Unyielding Master Lim

The Feud of Two Brothers

as Zhao Zhongliang

Destined to Rebel

The Return Of Luk Siu Fung

Next Year, Next Kins

Brothers Under The Skin

The Seven Angels

as Photographer

The Yang's Saga

as Man with valise

as Factory Foreman Yue

The Battlefield

as Inspector at Airport

as Printing supervisor

The Sword Stained With Royal Blood

碧血劍 (數碼修復版)

The Duke of Mount Deer

Hero Without Tears - II

The Rise & Fall Of A Stand-In

Everlasting Love

The Return of Mischievous Lots

The Return of the Condor Heroes

The Turning Point

The Super Power

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Digital Remaster)

The Buddha's Magic Palm

The Shell Game (II)

The Crazy Chase

The Misadventure of Zoo

This Land Is Mine

楚留香 (數碼修復版)

Man From Hong Kong

The Cheap Detective

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre

as Doctor Wu Ching Niu

Dog Bites Dog Bone

The Romantic Swordsman

Better and Bitter Half

Fortune Hunter's Plot

Luk Siu Fung (Series II)

Hong Kong Emmanuelle

as Ho, Liang's assistant

女人呢样野

Social Worker: Ah Sze

You Are Wonderful

書劍恩仇錄 (數碼修復版)

The Last Tempest

as Kang Guang-Ren

The Running Mob

Murder of Passion

The God of Aqua

The Fatal Irony

Rogue President

as Chiang Shang