Patrick Tse Yin (born Tse Ka-yuk; 13 August 1936 – 16 July 2026) was a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.
Career
Patrick Tse began his acting career in the 1950s and remained active for the next 40 years. He was a versatile and popular actor, usually playing the leading male roles.
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
He stopped acting in the 1990s after immigrating to Canada, but returned to acting in 1999.
In 2022, Tse won his first ever Best Actor award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society for the movie Time.
Personal life and death
In 1974, Tse married Chen Chen (Chinese: 甄珍), a Beijing-born Taiwanese actress, but they divorced in 1978.
Tse's second wife was Deborah Lee (Chinese: 狄波拉), a Hong Kong actress. They had two children, Hong Kong actor-singer Nicholas Tse and actress and model Jennifer Tse. Tse and his family lived in Vancouver after his retirement from acting, but they have since returned to Hong Kong. In 1996, Tse divorced Lee. In 2005, Tse began a relationship with Coco Ma, a Shanghai native who was 49 years his junior. Tse and Ma broke up in late 2017 and he had his son gave her HKD20 million as a settlement for the split, although both of them still remained as close friends.
Tse died from pneumonia at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital in Happy Valley on 16 July 2026, at the age of 89.
Film
This is a partial list of films.
Patrick Tse Yin at brns.com
Patrick Tse at filmaffinity.com
HK cinemagic entry
Patrick Tse Yin at senscritique.com