Matthew Ko

Matthew Ko (183cm)
Born	(1984-05-20) 20 May 1984 (age 40) Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Awards	Mr. Hong Kong 2005
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	高鈞賢
Simplified Chinese	高钧贤
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāo Jūnxián Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gou1 Gwan1 Jin4

Matthew Ko Kwan-yin (born 20 May 1984) is a Hong Kong actor. In September 2014, Ko left TVB after his contract ended^[1][2] to later sign with Catchy Tone Artists in Mainland China.^[3]

Matthew emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his parents at the age of seven. He attended Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School and played on the Wildcats Basketball team. He then entered York University. In 2003, he participated in the Toronto Sunshine Boyz election and won the championship. He returned to Hong Kong in 2004 and worked as a model. In 2005, he became the first ever winner of Hong Kong's Mr. Hong Kong male beauty contest and subsequently signed a contract with TVB.^[4] Ko speaks fluent English, French, Cantonese and Mandarin.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Awards	Notes
2005	Drink-Drank-Drunk	a waiter	—	Cameo role
2009	Turning Point	police officer	—	Guest appearance
2011	I Love Hong Kong
2011	Turning Point 2
2012	I Love Hong Kong 2012
2016	Buddy Cops
TV series
Year	Title	Role	Awards	Notes
2006	To Grow with Love	Matthew Chiang Man-jun
2007	Life Art	Jason		Episode 2
	On the First Beat	Lo Yan-chak		Episodes 18–20
	Steps	Dickson Mai	Nominated – TVB Award for Most Improved Actor
	The Ultimate Crime Fighter	Lai Chi-yin	Nominated – TVB Award for Most Improved Actor
2008	Forensic Heroes II	Wilson Mok Tseng-hong
	Speech of Silence	Wilson Chung Ying-hung
2009	Man in Charge	Shum Kwan-pok
	Burning Flame III	Big B
2010	Don Juan DeMercado	Ko Gwan-yin
	Suspects in Love	Jung Yat-long		Episode 20
	Ghost Writer	Tsui Chung-man		Based on the short stories written by Pu Songling
	Beauty Knows No Pain	Ryu Kimura
	Growing Through Life	Fong Lai-ha's boyfriend
	Can't Buy Me Love	Prince Hung Che-gong
	Every Move You Make	Kelvin Cheung Chi-kit
2010–11	Links to Temptation	Stanley
2011	Show Me the Happy	Dickson		Episode 39
	Only You	Eric
	Grace Under Fire	Lee Fan
	The Other Truth	Ting Chi-chung
	The Life and Times of a Sentinel	Ngai Chun
	Lives of Omission	Tommy Tong Wing-ho
	Super Snoops	Wu Tung
	Forensic Heroes III	Bowie Tsang Chi-wah		Episodes 17–20
2012	Daddy Good Deeds	Mr. Hui		Episode 1
	The Greatness of a Hero	Dik Kwong-yuen		Previously warehoused; aired overseas February 2009
	House of Harmony and Vengeance	Crown Prince
	Come Home Love	Phillip		episodes 33, 36–37, 99–100
	Three Kingdoms RPG
	King Maker
2013	The Day of Days
	Sergeant Tabloid	Officer Wong Tze-tsuen		Warehoused
	A Great Way to Care II
	Karma Rider	Tsui Tsun-hei
2014	Gilded Chopsticks	Yin’e
	Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain	Chu Yuk-lau
	Tomorrow Is Another Day
2014–15	Tiger Cubs II	PC Ko Chi-ho
2015	IPCC Files 2015			Episode 3[5]
2016	The Classic of Mountains and Seas	Sun Ju
2022	Forensic Heroes V	Cheung Sai-hei
2023	Night Beauties	Wong Chun-kui

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Songs

Year	Title	TV series	Type	Album	Other notes
2006	"Legend of the Dragon King" (龍王傳說)	Legendz	Theme	EEG TVB Children Themes
2009	"Man Behind the Scene" (幕後人)	Man in Charge	Theme		with Kenneth Ma

Music video appearances

• 2006: Vangie Tsang – "Remembrance" (紀念)
• 2006: Ivana Wong – "Thunder" (雷電)
• 2006: Toby Leung – "Bastard" (賤人)
• 2006: Niki Chow – "Welcoming Heartbreak" (迎接失戀)
• 2006: Rammie Guo – "Learning to Fly" (學會飛)
• 2006: Krusty – "Shopaholic" (戀物狂)
• 2008: Denise Ho – "Synchronized Swimming" (韻律泳)
• 2009: Kate Tsui – "Mind Reading (讀心術)

Awards

• 2003: The Sunshine Boyz Competition – 1st place
• 2005: Mr. Hong Kong; – 1st place
• 2005: Mr. Hong Kong – Stylish Award winner
• 2007: TVB Kids Songs Award – Top 10 Song ("Legend of the Dragon King")

References

1. "Former Mr HK Matthew Ko leaves TVB after 9 years: "I don't want to play the role of a molester anymore"". lollipop.sg. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
2. "浪費9年青春越做越霉 高鈞賢離無綫不再扮色魔". IHKTV.com. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
3. "盛世强音撬走港男冠军 TVB香港先生选举流产". China Internet Information Center. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
4. "Winner of Mr. HK announced". Xinhua News Agency. 25 July 2005. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
5. "監警有道 監製：利子良". Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
6. "Matthew Ko at hkmdb.com". Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
7. "Matthew Ko at chinesemov.com". Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

External links

• Matthew Ko at IMDb
• Matthew Ko on Sina Weibo

Awards and achievements
Mr. Hong Kong
Preceded by N/A	Mr. Hong Kong 2005	Succeeded by Francois Huynh