Maybe you can recognise his face, but you can’t recall his name. Maybe you do know that he is a champion swimmer, but you can’t remember which TV programmes he has appeared in or which roles he has played. Having struggled in the TV business for thirty years, he still holds on to his dreams about acting, thanks to his perseverance and determination that all come from his sports. His name is Wong Chak Fung Brian.
Brian started swimming from a young age to follow the footstep of his father, a renowned swimmer in the 1950’s. Brian is a multiple-time champion of the cross harbour race and still holds the record from then. He is also a devoted Chinese martial arts practitioner. His healthy and energetic image gave him the opportunity to appear in an RTHK programme about young people, which also saw the start of his showbiz career. For all the years that followed, however, he was given only minor roles and programme host assignments, which never set him on the path to fame.
In 2001, Brian and his friends started a joint venture in food and beverage. Business was robust at first, this time really bringing him fame and fortune. However, Hong Kong was soon struck by SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which drove him to bankruptcy and ruined his marriage. Then he found himself at the lowest point in life. Fortunately, perseverance from his sportsman’s side stepped in; he rose from turmoil and started all over.
Banking on his expertise in swimming, Brian is now teaching swimming classes. At the same time, he practises Chinese martial arts and Thai boxing; he has even become a licensed instructor, referee and adjudicator of Thai boxing. He is now flourishing in both swimming and boxing; his talents are fully utilised.
Having gone through so many ups and downs, now Brian lives in optimism, believing that everything happens by providence. Even though he is still passionate about acting, it is no more than a hobby for him. He hopes to continue to make the best u
你或許認得他,但未必能夠說得出他的名字。你或許知道他是游泳健將,但未必記得他曾參演那些節目、角色。在影視圈浮浮沉沉三十載,卻憑着運動員的堅持和毅力,未肯放棄演戲夢想。他,名叫黃澤鋒。
因父親為50年代飛魚,黃澤鋒自小習泳,曾屢次贏取香港渡海泳冠軍並為當年紀錄保持者,亦對國術深感興趣而習武。健康活力的形象為他帶來參演香港電台《青春道上》的機會,並因此開展其演藝生涯。可惜多年來多為配角或主持,始終未能大鳴大放。
2001年,黃澤鋒與友人合資飲食生意。初時生意暢旺,名利雙收。怎料沙士一役,令他傾家蕩產,婚姻亦同時決裂,人生跌至谷底。幸而運動員的頑強鬥志再度發揮,遂收起悲痛、重新振作。
黃澤鋒憑藉自己的游泳天賦,開班授徒;同時積極學習國術及泰拳,更成為泰拳持牌教練、拳證及裁判。在泳場上、擂台上,他能縱橫馳騁,盡展所長。
經歷過多次人生起跌,現在的黃澤鋒豁達樂觀,深感一切自有上天安排。雖然對演戲仍然充滿熱情,但他只視為興趣。他期望於有生之年,能繼續發揮其天賜才華,繼續追夢。