Matthew Ko (183cm) | |||||||||||
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Born | Hong Kong | 20 May 1984||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer | ||||||||||
Awards | Mr. Hong Kong 2005 | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 高鈞賢 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 高钧贤 | ||||||||||
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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]