Yee was born Yee Tung-sing in
Hong Kong on 28 December 1957, the son of Yee Kwong (), a film producer from
Tientsin (Tianjin), and Hung Wei (), an actress of half
Manchu, half
Mongol ethnicity. His elder half-brothers
Paul Chun and
David Chiang as well as his elder half-sister Yim Wai were also actors. == Career ==