Matthew Ho Kwong-pui (born 3 August 1988) is a

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actor and television presenter contracted to

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. He had asthma when he was young. Ho won the Most Improved Male Artiste award at the 2018

TVB Anniversary Awards The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American Emm ...

Early life

Matthew Ho was born on 3 August 1988 in Hong Kong and attended St. Stephen's College in

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until the age of 14,

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, when he and his family immigrated to

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. After attending

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, he transferred to a

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and graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting. Half a year after his graduation, Ho returned to Hong Kong and became a DJ for the internet radio station, 9DTV. In 2012, he graduated from TVB's 26th artiste training class, and officially signed with the company.

Career

After working as background actors in several TVB dramas, Ho first received attention for his role as the teen version of

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's character in 2014 the drama ''

Never Dance Alone ''Never Dance Alone'' (); filmed under the working title "Aerobic Girls" (), is a Hong Kong television modern inspiration comedy-drama series produced and broadcast by domestic broadcaster TVB in 2014, starring Carman Lee, Rachel Lee, Fennie Yu ...

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，中國日報網，2014年5月1日 In 2016, Ho garnered more attention with his performance in the legal drama ''

Law dis-Order ''Law dis-Order'' (; literally "Legal Strongman") is a 2016 Hong Kong television legal drama produced by Marco Law for TVB, starring Alex Fong, Liu Kai-chi, Ali Lee and Mandy Wong as the main leads. It premiered on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and Malay ...

''. He gained recognition by winning the Best TVB New Artiste award at the 2016

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. In 2017, Ho won the Most Improved Artiste awards at both the

and

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. At the 2017

, he won the Most Popular Onscreen Partnership award with

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and Raymond Cho with their collaboration in the drama ''

A General, a Scholar and a Eunuch ''A General, a Scholar and a Eunuch'' (Traditional Chinese: 超時空男臣; literally "Time-Travelling Male Official") is a 2017 Hong Kong television costume historical, science fiction comedy drama produced by Marco Law for TVB, starring Edwin ...

''. In 2018, Ho garnered his first Best Actor nomination with the drama ''

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'' and won the Most Improved Male Artiste award at the 2018

Filmography

Awards and nominations

StarHub TVB Awards The StarHub TVB Awards () is an awards ceremony held every year to recognise the achievements by Hong Kong television dramas and artists in Singapore. The awards are presented by StarHub, VV Drama, and E City, and are given for TVB productions and ...

TVB Star Awards Malaysia The TVB Star Awards Malaysia () is an annual awards ceremony honoring Cantonese programming achievements in Malaysia. It is produced by TVB Entertainment News, with Astro and MY FM as media partners. The ceremony was previously known as the My A ...

TVB Anniversary Awards The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American Emm ...

People's Choice Television Awards

References

External links

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