Derek Kok Jing-hung (, born 18 November 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who had worked for
TVB from 1986 to 2015. He filmed over 70 dramas. He is specialised in action and Chinese
Kung Fu performance.
Career
His career started when he entered the
New Talent Singing Awards
New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA International Fina ...
in 1985. Even though he only made it through to the semi-finals, his stage performance, including the acrobatics he demonstrated throughout his performance impressed the folks at
TVB. He then entered the TVB Artiste Training Class in 1985 and was signed with the station after completion of the program. The first notable role he played was Lee Yuen Ba in
The Grand Canal.
He left TVB in 2015 to sign a contract with a mainland Chinese company. In 2020, he also signed a contract with Shaw Brothers.
Personal life
Between 2007 and 2010, Kok was rumoured to be involved with actress
Joyce Tang
Joyce Tang Lai-ming (; born 20 January 1976, in Hong Kong) is an actress of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). She entered the show business via the New Talent Singing Awards in 1995. She is better known to viewers as a tough woman mostly due ...
, but both have insisted to have only been good friends. He has been married with his current wife since 2011 and has two daughters.
Filmography
TV series
TV films
*Killer's Code (1995)
*She Was Married To Mob (1996)
Films
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References
External links
TVB.com
Derek Kok's Official Blog
Derek Kok
at Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The websi ...
Derek Kok
at the Hong Kong Movie Database
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Hong Kong male television actors
TVB actors
New Talent Singing Awards contestants
1964 births
Living people
20th-century Hong Kong male actors
21st-century Hong Kong male actors