程東

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程東1961年生，本名程獻棟，係香港電影演員與監製。1978年佢因熱愛電影由廣州來港發展，在麗的電視做場記、道具同製片等幕後工作，麗的被邱德根收購易名亞洲電視後，佢開始涉足電影幕後，同時任職亞視至1987年約滿；其後曾替獨立片商任製片，一年後應向華勝邀請參演《好女十八嫁》並任製片，正式由製片轉型為全職電影演員。1990年佢憑《獄中龍》嘅蝦米同《賭俠》系列嘅獨眼龍大軍為人熟悉，亦與周星馳合作多部電影，係香港電影界重要嘅甘草演員之一。2002年起因金融風暴同沙士令市道萎縮，佢一度重回幕後開設廣告公司，逐漸淡出幕前；2009年見電影業復甦後決定回歸，2010年以導演身分執導功夫片《蔡李佛拳2010》，主力在內地發展並開設工作室。

English

John Ching Tung, born in 1961 and originally named Ching Hin-tung, is a Hong Kong film actor and producer. Drawn to cinema, he came from Guangzhou to Hong Kong in 1978 and worked behind the scenes at RTV as a continuity man, props handler and production manager; after the station became Asia Television under Deacon Chiu he moved into film production while still under contract until 1987. He then produced for independent distributors, and a year later accepted an invitation from producer Charles Heung to co-star in and produce a film, making the shift to full-time acting. He became a familiar face in 1990 through a prison drama and a long-running gambling comedy series as the one-eyed henchman, worked repeatedly with Stephen Chow, and is regarded as one of the industry's most valuable character actors. When the market shrank during the financial crisis and SARS he opened an advertising company and drifted from the screen, but returned in 2009 as the industry recovered, directing a 2010 kung fu film and working mainly on the mainland, where he also opened a studio.