Happy birthday to Anthony Wong Chau-sang, one of Hong Kong’s most consistent and versatile thespians, who has proved that he can take on any performance from voice acting to demented killer and turn it into a tour de force. As Wong, born Anthony Perry, turns 58 on Monday, we celebrate his outstanding career with a look at five of his most memorable and versatile performances. The Untold Story (1993) This was probably the first film that truly made the industry sit up and notice the up-and-coming actor’s potential to carry a film. Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong meets long-lost family – his twin half-brothers Wong plays a stone-cold killer who murders a man in Hong Kong before fleeing to Macau where he finds work in a restaurant and then proceeds to kill off the 10 family members one by one to get his hands on the restaurant. Anthony Wong’s role in The Untold Story, as a stone-cold killer who murders a man in Hong Kong and then 10 family members in Macau to get his hands on their restaurant, truly made the industry sit up and notice his potential to carry a film Based on the true story of the infamous murders at the Eight Immortals Restaurant in 1985, the story takes a little bit of macabre, artistic licence by adding cannibalism to the storyline. Wong also won the Hong Kong Film Awards’ best actor statuette for this role. The Mission (1999) One of director Johnnie To’s most underrated of films of all time, The Mission sees Wong as the leader of a motley crew of skilled killers who are hired to protect a triad boss after an assassination attempt. 5 things we know about Wong Kar-wai’s new film, ‘Blossoms’ The film is one of Hong Kong’s most stylised crime thrillers and Wong matches the austere and beautifully composed visuals with a controlled and deadly performance and proves he can look good just kicking a balled up piece of paper around. My Life as McDull (2012) Wong proves that his voice acting is as good as his celluloid performances in this animation of one of Hong Kong’s best loved cartoon characters, McDull the dim-witted piglet. How Stephen Fung set the tone for Netflix’s Wu Assassins The film – one of a series of follow-ups to 2001’s My Life as McDull – sees the actor take on numerous roles as a cha chaan teng waiter, a sports trainer, the headmaster as well as the doctor, giving them each a special twist to make each unique. Although the whimsical script is humorous, it is Wong’s delivery that pushes his characters’ roles into hilarious territory. Infernal Affairs (2002) Infernal Affairs , a crime thriller by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, is one of the most influential Hong Kong films of modern times. Starring heartthrobs Andy Lau and Tony Leung, who each infiltrate the cops and the triads, respectively, the movie was remade by Martin Scorsese as The Departed . starring Leonardo DiCaprio. It says a lot that Wong is able to make his brief supporting role as Police Superintendent Wong – played by Martin Sheen in the remake – stand out so much that he swept up all of the best supporting actor awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Still Human (2018) Wong proves that he is still pushing the boundaries in his film career in this touching film about a disabled man’s platonic relationship with his Filipino helper. His portrayal of the wheelchair-bound Cheong-wing, who moves from a bitter, lonely and grumpy man to one who develops a genuine fondness for his helper and decides to help her make a success of her photography, tugs at the heartstrings. Wong’s perfect comic timing stops this independent film from falling into maudlin territory and won him best actor plaudits at the Hong Kong Film Awards and at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. Want more stories like this? Sign up here . Follow STYLE on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube and Twitter