Patrick Tse Yin
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Patrick Tse Yin is a Hong Kong
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 actor, producer
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, screenwriter
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 and director
Film director
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 in Hong Kong cinema.

Biography

Patrick Tse began his acting career in the 1950s and remained active for the next 40 years. He is a versatile and popular actor, usually playing the leading male roles. He stopped acting in the 1990s after immigrating to Canada
Canada
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, but returned to acting in 1999. His last film was in 2003 (Colour of the Truth).

Personal life

Tse married a famous Beijing born Taiwanese actress Zhen Zhen in 1974, but they divorced in 1978. His second wife was Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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 actress Deborah Lee (狄波拉), with whom he had two children (popular Hong Kong actor-singer Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...

 and Jennifer Tse). Tse and his family lived in Vancouver
Vancouver
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 after his retirement from acting, but his family has since returned to Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. Tse and Lee divorced in 1996. In 2008,
Tse worked briefly as writer, director and producer in the 1970s:
  • If Tomorrow Comes (1973) as producer/director
  • Madness of Love (1972) as director
  • One Year's Fantasy (1974) as writer/director
  • Love In Cubicle (1974) as writer/director
  • Farewell Dearest (1974) as director
  • The Splendid Love in Winter (1974) as writer/director
  • Love In Hawaii (1976) as producer/director
  • Confused Love (1977) as director

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