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Also known as Tse Ting-fung, Nicholas Tse Ting-fung

Hong Kong musician and actor

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Nicholas Tse, born on 29 August 1980 in British Hong Kong, is a television and film actor, singer and entrepreneur whose family name is Xie. His father was Patrick Tse and his sibling is Jennifer Tse. Tse worked in singing, music and acting from 1998, playing guitar and singing, and received a World Music Award for his pop music. He practices Buddhism and was educated at Hong Kong International School and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.

He held citizenship of Canada, British Hong Kong and China. He was married to Cecilia Cheung and was an unmarried partner of Faye Wong.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • College Success

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Film & TV

Acting · Hong Kong, China

Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung (Chinese: 謝霆鋒, born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Throughout his career, he has been a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, and a composer. He originally learned martial arts for the screen and television, which he continues to practice. He has won…

Known for

  • Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert — Di Ting2026
  • 英皇娱乐25周年群星演唱会2026
  • 谢霆锋2026进化演唱会成都站2026
  • 謝霆鋒香港《Evolution Nic Live進化演唱會》 — 谢霆锋2025
  • 谢霆锋2026武汉进化演唱会精华版 — 谢霆锋2025
  • 谢霆锋“Evolution 进化”演唱会广州站2025
  • CHEF of CHINA — 自己2025
  • Customs Frontline — Chow Ching Lai2024
  • Youth π Plan2023
  • Celebrating Hong Kong's 25th Anniversary of the Return of the Motherland2022

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1980

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9,767
Total plays
435,332

Tags

chineseC-popHong Kongpopcpop

Nicholas Tse Ting Fung (or Xie Ting Feng) (born on August 29, 1980) is a Hong Kong based singer and actor. He is an actor of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Born to Hong Kong legendary actor Patrick Tse and Deborah Lai, Tse was raised in Vancouver, Canada, but also attended Hong Kong International School in Hong Kong; and maintains a dual Canadian and Chinese citizenship. Throughout his career, he has been a singer, an actor, a director, a producer, and a composer. He is also often referred to

via Last.fm · 謝霆鋒

Key facts

Pronunciation
Tse Ting-fung
Born
( 1980-08-29 ) 29 August 1980 (age 45) , Kowloon , British Hong Kong
Citizenship
Canada (1988–2021) , Chinese (Hong Kong)
Occupations
Actor singer songwriter entrepreneur chef Martial Artist
Years active
1996–present
Spouse
Cecilia Cheung ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 18 September 2006</span>"}]]}'>2006 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 19 August 2011</span>"}]]}'>2011 ) ​
Partner
Faye Wong (2000–2003, 2014–present)
Parents
Patrick Tse (father) Deborah Lee (mother)
Relatives
Jennifer Tse (sister)
Also known as
Nic Tse, Lemon ( 檸檬 )
Origin
Hong Kong
Genres
Rock Cantopop Mandopop
Instruments
Vocals guitar hang drums piano
Labels
Fitto Emperor Cosmo Sony
Traditional chinese
謝 霆 鋒
Simplified chinese
谢 霆 锋
Hanyu pinyin
Xiè Tíngfēng
Ipa
[ɕje ̂ tʰi ́ ŋ.fə ́ ŋ]

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
China
Place of birth
British Hong Kong
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
Chinese
Religion
Buddhism
Field of work
acting
Instrument
voice
Image
2017.2.13 决战食神合肥路演 谢霆锋 (8).jpg
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date of birth
1980-08-29
Commons gallery
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Commons category
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unmarried partner
Faye Wong
start of work period
1998-00-00
name in native language
Nicholas Tse Ting-fung
Sources (8)

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Encyclopedic overview

Websitenicholastse.hk

Nicholas Tse Ting-fung (born 29 August 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, entrepreneur and TV chef. Tse debuted as a singer in 1996 before shifting his career focus to acting. He is known for starring in the films Metade Fumaca (1999), New Police Story (2004), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009), The Viral Factor (2012), and Raging Fire (2021), as well as the television series The Proud Twins (2005). For his role in The Stool Pigeon (2010), Tse won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, making him the first actor to have won in the three major acting categories, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best New Performer, at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

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