Vincent Wong Ho Shun (, born 7 July 1983) is a

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and

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currently contracted to

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and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Wong had won the

TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor The TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is one of the TVB Anniversary Awards presented annually by Television Broadcasts Limited Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong ...

with his role in the ''

Legal Mavericks ''Legal Mavericks'' (; literally “Crossing the Line") is a Legal, Crime, Detective television drama created by Lam Chi-wah and TVB. It began principal photography in October 2016. It aired concurrently on TVB Jade, and iQiyi. The second s ...

'' series in 2017 and 2020 respectively.

Early life and career

Wong was born in

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

. His father is a

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while his mother is a Uyghur. He moved to Hong Kong when he was a child. Wong studied

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

at the

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, and worked as a designer before he was scouted by a talent agent in 2004. Wong attended The Colorado Springs School in the United States. In 2005, Wong debuted as a singer under the record label Neway Star with his first single "訊號 (Signal)" and released an album with Neway. In 2008, Wong joined

and made his acting debut in the drama ''

Wars of In-Laws II ''Wars of In-Laws II'' (Traditional Chinese: 野蠻奶奶大戰戈師奶) is a TVB modern comedy series released overseas in December 2007 and broadcast in January 2008. It stars Liza Wang, Myolie Wu & Bosco Wong. The series is an indirect seq ...

''. With his role in the 2010 drama ''

Gun Metal Grey ''Gun Metal Grey'' is a 2010 Hong Kong police procedural television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). It originally aired on Jade from 1 November to 10 December 2010, consisting of 30 episodes. ''Gun Metal Grey'' is a dram ...

'', he earned his first Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 2010

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and won My Favourite Most Promising Male Artiste award at the 2011 My AOD Favourites Award. Wong won the Most Improved Male Artiste award at the 2013

. With his role in the 2014 drama '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'', Wong earned his first nomination for the Most Popular Male Character at the 2014

and won My Favourite TVB Supporting Actor award at the 2015 StarHub TVB Award. In 2015, Wong took on his first male leading role in the drama ''

Brick Slaves ''Brick Slaves'' (; literally "Flat Slave") is a List of TVB series (2015), 2015 Hong Kong romantic-comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Vincent Wong (Hong Kong actor), Vincent Wong and Selena Lee (actress), Selena Lee a ...

'', garnering his first Best Actor nomination at the 2015

. Wong gained recognition with his role as "Ditch" in the 2016 drama '' Over Run Over''. His onscreen partnership with Tracy Chu was well received, for which he won the Most Popular Onscreen Partnership award with Chu at the 2016

. Furthermore, he was placed in the top five nominations for Best Actor and Most Popular Male Character. With his role as the blind barrister "Hope Man" in the 2017 critically acclaimed drama ''

'', Wong won My Favourite TVB Actor award at the StarHub TVB Awards and the Best Actor award at the

. With the same role in the sequel '' Legal Mavericks 2020'', he won

award again as well as the Favourite TVB Actor in Malaysia award. Also, together with

Owen Cheung Owen Cheung (; born 20 July 1987) is a Hong Kong actor contracted to TVB. Cheung is best known for his roles as Kuk Yat-ha (Gogo) in ''Legal Mavericks'' (2017) and Ko Ban in '' Al Cappuccino'' (2020). After winning the 2019 TVB Anniversary Awa ...

and Brian Chu, Wong won the Most Popular Onscreen Partnership award with the 2020 comedy drama ''

Al Cappuccino ''Al Cappuccino'' () is a Hong Kong television crime comedy series produced by TVB. With Lam Chi-wah serving as executive producer, the series stars Vincent Wong as a struggling actor who gets hired by the OCTB of the Hong Kong Police Force to b ...

''. In 2021, Wong starred opposite veterans

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and

Philip Keung Philip Keung Ho-man (; born 26 October 1966) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. Keung began his acting career as a television actor in 1985 for Asia Television (ATV), and also began appearing in films from 1988. He eventually left ATV in 201 ...

in the crime thriller ''

Murder Diary ''Murder Diary'' is a Hong Kong crime thriller produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), starring Kara Wai, Vincent Wong, Philip Keung, Benjamin Yuen, Mandy Wong, Lai Lok-yi and Venus Wong as the main cast. The drama first premiered ...

'', portraying a

dissociative identity disorder Dissociative identity disorder (DID), better known as multiple personality disorder or multiple personality syndrome, is a mental disorder characterized by the presence of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. The di ...

character — the police undercover agent "Ip King-fung", the

graphologist Graphology is the analysis of handwriting with attempt to determine someone's personality traits. No scientific evidence exists to support graphology, and it is generally considered a pseudoscience or scientifically questionable practice. Howe ...

and

criminal profiler Offender profiling, also known as criminal profiling, is an investigative strategy used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and has been used by investigators to link cases that may have been committed by the same perpetrato ...

"Chu Kei", and the fourteen-year-old "Matt".

Personal life

Wong got married with TVB actress

Yoyo Chen Yoyo Chen Chi-yiu (born 27 August 1981) is a Hong Kong television actress and model contracted to TVB. Biography Early life Yoyo Chen was born in Hong Kong and is of Fuzhounese ancestry. She finished secondary 7 and graduated from Po Kok Girls' M ...

on 11 November 2011. Their daughter was born in April 2012.