Paul Chu Kong began acting in films in 1960 – appearing in that decade in films such as "The Elevator Murder Case", "Mother and Son", "Girl Spy 001", "Doomed Love" – and made the transition to some degree to the Kung Fu films of the 70’s – "The Legendary Strike" in which he teams up with Angela Mao and "The 18 Jade Arhats" with Polly Shang Kwan. He was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (1990) for "The Killer."