Osman Hung Chi-Kit is a Hong Kong Chinese film and television actor, and a singer/songwriter of the popular Cantopop

Cantopop

Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

 group EO2

EO2

EO2 is a Cantopop dance group in Hong Kong. The name comes from its 4 members with 2 beginning with "E", and 2 beginning with "O". The members are Eric Tse , Eddie Pang , Osman Hung and Otto Wong ....

 in Hong Kong.

Life and career

Hung has appeared in several films, and in 2009 took the joint-lead role in Permanent Residence

Permanent Residence (film)

Permanent Residence is a 2009 Hong Kong movie starring Sean Li and Osman Hung, and directed by acclaimed Hong Kong Chinese film-maker Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung, whose stage name is Scud. It explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open,...

, playing the character Windson alongside Sean Li

Sean Li

Sean Li Jia-Hao is a Hong Kong Chinese film actor. He was born in Hong Kong and educated in the United Kingdom and the United States.-Education:...

. He also sang the track "Truly Madly Deeply" for the same film. The story is an unconventional choice of subject matter for Hong Kong cinema in both its examination of male homosexual love and the marital strain resulting from self-denial of that love; it examines the 'limits of life', while the second in the trilogy, Amphetamine

Amphetamine (2009 film)

Amphetamine is a 2010 Hong Kong film starring Byron Pang and Thomas Price. It revolves around the story of a Chinese fitness trainer, Kafka, who meets Daniel, a business executive. The film is directed by acclaimed Hong Kong Chinese film-maker Scud, the stage name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung. It was...

, explores this theme further in the 'limits of passion'. The third, as yet unreleased, film in the trilogy, Life of an Artist, examines the 'limits of art'.

In Permanent Residence, Hung's character, named Windson, is a straight young man who is befriended by a young gay man, Ivan (played by Sean Li), seeking a long-term relationship. The film is claimed by its director, Scud

Scud (film producer/writer)

Scud is the working name of Hong Kong Chinese film producer, screenwriter and now film director, Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung . He says that he chose the name 'Scud' to match his Chinese name, which translates in English as 'Scudding Clouds'. He was born in mainland China on March 20th, 1967, during the...

, to be a largely semi-autobiographical account of his own life.

Unusually for a comparatively well-known performer, and unlike the conventional appearances of adult males in Hong Kong films, Hung appears naked many times in the film, with his private parts fully exposed on camera, together with his co-star Sean Li

Sean Li

Sean Li Jia-Hao is a Hong Kong Chinese film actor. He was born in Hong Kong and educated in the United Kingdom and the United States.-Education:...

.

Hung appeared in the Hong Kong films Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the triads, and a police officer secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means "the non-stop path", a reference to Avici, the lowest...

(2002) and Breezy Summer (2004) with fellow members of his Cantopop group EO2.

Filmography

• He's a Woman, She's a Man
  He's a Woman, She's a Man
  He's a Woman, She's a Man is a 1994 film directed by Peter Chan Ho Sun and written by James Yuen and Lee Chi Ngai. It stars Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing, Anita Yuen Wing Yee, Carina Lau Kar Ling, Jordan Chan Siu Chun and Eric Tsang Chi Wai...
  
  (1994) ... Audition contestant #9
• Infernal Affairs
  Infernal Affairs
  Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime-thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the triads, and a police officer secretly working for the same gang. The Chinese title means "the non-stop path", a reference to Avici, the lowest...
  
  (2002) ... one of Triad boss Hon Sam's men
• The New Option (2002) ... Huang's brother
• Snake Charmer (2002) ... senator's son
• Zero (2003) ... Fong Hok-Man
• Give Them a Chance (2003) ... Jack
• Men Suddenly in Black
  Men Suddenly in Black
  -Cast and roles:* Eric Tsang - Kwok Tin-yau* Chapman To - Chao* Jordan Chan - Cheung* Spirit Blue - Paul* Teresa Mo - Tin's Wife* Candy Lo - Anna* Marsha Yuen - Ching* Tiffany Lee * Ellen Chan * Natalis Chan * Stephanie Che * Cheung Tat-ming...
  
  (2003) ... reporter
• Breezy Summer (2004) ... Osman
• Undercover (2007)
• Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) ... PC Chung
• Tactical Unit - Partners (2008) ... PTU
• Permanent Residence
  Permanent Residence (film)
  Permanent Residence is a 2009 Hong Kong movie starring Sean Li and Osman Hung, and directed by acclaimed Hong Kong Chinese film-maker Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung, whose stage name is Scud. It explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open,...
  
  (2009) ... Windson
• Love Actually... Sucks!
  Love Actually... Sucks!
  Love Actually... Sucks! is a 2011 Hong Kong movie, directed by award-winning Hong Kong Chinese film producer Scud . It will be released at the 47th Chicago International Film Festival, in October 2011...
  
  (2011) ... Spider