Eddy Ko Hung (; born Ho Yiu-sum ; 1947) is a

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television and film actor who has worked on the TV stations RTV,

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(both now defunct), and TVB. Most recently, he has made appearances in several international films including 2015's ''The Martian''.

Background

Ko was born Ho Yiu-sum in Zhongshan in 1947. He started his career in 1968 at the

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

and adopted the name Ko Hung as a

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. Ko joined TVB later and has since acted in many TV drama series. In 1990, Ko joined TVB's rival

and worked there until 1995. In 2000, Ko rejoined TVB and continued acting in many TVB-produced drama series. He is also sometimes also credited as Ko Hung, Gao Xiong, Eddie Ko, Edward Ko, and Lin Sheng (). Within the Chinese community, Ko's most remembered performance was in the 1995 version of the television drama '' Fist of Fury'' as Huo Yuanjia, the mentor of Chen Zhen. This role led to similar martial arts mentor roles, subsequently. He migrated his family to

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and in 1998 co-starred in a role of an illegal immigrant in ''

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'', his first international role.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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HK Cinemagic entry

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ko, Eddy 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Living people TVB actors Year of birth uncertain 1937 births 20th-century Hong Kong male actors Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male television actors People from Zhongshan