Wong was recruited into
TVB's Artist Training Academy in September 1979, before his 18th birthday. While he was a trainee, he made cameo appearances in several dramas, such as
The Bund (1980). After finish the secondary school in 1981, Wong was offered a major supporting role in
The Misadventure of Zoo (1981), which starred
Lydia Shum and
Adam Cheng. Afterwards, Wong was immediately cast to play the male lead in
The Lonely Hunter (1981), which subsequently propelled him to instant fame in Hong Kong. While the drama was airing, Wong received more fan letters than any other popular TVB actors and actresses at the time. In the mid-1980s, Wong, along with
Andy Lau,
Tony Leung,
Michael Miu and
Kent Tong, were called the "
Five Tiger Generals of TVB" and said to be the most popular male actors from TVB at that time. According to some polls conducted at the time, Wong had the largest fanbase. Wong is perhaps best known for his role as the hero
Kwok Ching in the 1983 television Hit worldwide series
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, an adaptation of
Louis Cha's
novel of the same title. Wong also starred in another two television adaptations of Cha's novels,
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1982) and
Sword Stained with Royal Blood (1986). Wong is also notable for his performance in
Looking Back in Anger (1989), in which his character was involved in a love triangle with the characters played by
Carina Lau and
Kathy Chow. Besides playing the roles of the protagonists in most of his works, Wong has also achieved success for his portrayals of antagonists, such as the villain
Lee Mat in
The Grand Canal (1987),
Jamukha in
Genghis Khan (1987), and recently as Stone Sir in
Gun Metal Grey (2010). In 1989, Wong left TVB after having completed filming
Kim-mo Tuk-ku Kau-pai. He joined
ATV and worked on four television series between 1990 and 1992. He also worked in the Taiwanese television drama
Imperial Wanderer with Kathy Chow. Wong returned to TVB in 1993 and starred with Amy Chan in
Racing Peak, a television series about a horse racing company. He left TVB again on 11 January 2002 to work on some mainland Chinese television series. Wong expressed his unhappiness with TVB in an interview, citing that as the reason for his departure. His last major project in TVB was
Treasure Raiders, an adaptation of one of the works of
Gu Long. Wong starred in the 2005 film ''
Wait 'til You're Older after being invited by Andy Lau. In July 2009, after filming Turning Point, Wong revealed that he will be working with Michael Miu in a new crime fiction television drama on TVB in October 2009 called Gun Metal Grey.'' ==Personal life==