Raymond Cho Wing-Lim (, born 16 October 1964) is a

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television actor, singer and host. He currently works for the television company,

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. Cho began his career as a singer, winning a singing competition when he was 30 years old. After an unsuccessful attempt at being a singer, he gave acting a try. After filming some movies, he joined TVB. Notable dramas he has starred in are: ''

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'' (2000), ''

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'' (2005), '' Welcome to the House'' (2006), and '' At Home With Love'' (2006). Cho married Elaine Chiang, the oldest daughter of Hong Kong actor

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, on 28 November 2007. Their son, Brandon Cho, was born in 2008. Their second daughter, Erin Cho, was born in 2011.

Filmography

TV dramas

Film

Political participation

Cho is amongst many Hong Kong celebrities with patriotic stances in support of Chinese nationalism, usually expressing speeches on his social media sites backing The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, and the Chief Executives

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(from the

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) and the incumbent

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. Most of Cho's speeches are unpleasant on specific politicians or actors in favour from the pro-democratic camp, which has led to

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and

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s while gaining appreciation by the medias of and supporters from the

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. In 2016, Cho posted a message on Weibo, which he regarded the Rules of Law in Hong Kong "is dying" when the Spokesman of

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was judged as innocence. On 20 May 2019, Cho responded on a

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news article written about activist

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, and made a post celebrating Wong's time in jail. Afterwards, he replied: "" (Cantonese: "Wishing him a death very soon"). Cho's replies garnered massive controversy around the internet sphere as numerous Hong Kong netizens back. Cho then added with a provocative tone that he would not argue with “trash when it is meaningless”.【FB開火】黃之鋒入獄曹永廉揶揄「快啲香」網民鬧爆：去大灣區啦你！- Hong Kong Appledaily
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External links

Official TVB blog of Raymond Cho
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References

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