Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang dies in Covid quarantine hotel

Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang poses after winning the Best Supporting Actor award for his movie Overhead 3 during the Hong Kong Film Awards (Kin Cheung/AP)

Veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang has died aged 86 while in a Covid-19 quarantine hotel in the southern Chinese city, local media reported.

Tsang was best known internationally for his action roles in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day, John Woo’s The Killer in 1989, Rush Hour 2 in 2001 starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, and 1998′s The Replacement Killers alongside Chow Yun-Fat and Mira Sorvino.