Wong Cho-lam (born Wong Ho-yin; 9 January 1980) is a Hong Kong entertainer currently working as the Chief Creative Officer of

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. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor, DJ, television host, lyricist, scriptwriter and singer. He is also the host of

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's '' World's Got Talent''.

Background

He graduated from

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in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts majoring in acting. He is a member of the

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. His most noted work includes his performance in the long-running popular

series, ''

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'' (同事三分親) portraying the character, Lau Wah (樓華). In 2008, he signed on as an artist with EEG (英皇娛樂), and became one of the presenters of '' Super Trio Supreme'' (鐵甲無敵獎門人). He was a co-host during the 2008 and 2010

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with

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. He won Most Improved Actor at the 2008 TVB Awards. Cho-lam's debut album ''Cho-lam Everywhere'' was released on 27 November 2008. Out of 10 songs in the album, Cho-lam wrote the lyrics for eight of them, with each song covering different areas in life, including family, friends, love, work, etc. which all aimed to share positive messages with the audience. Cho-lam was one of the cast members of ''

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'', the Chinese version of the Korean game show '' Running Man'', broadcast on

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in 2014. He also left EEG Plus in 2014, officially shifting his focus away from being a singer. In Jan 2021, Cho-lam was appointed as the Chief Creative Officer of TVB.

Personal life

Wong was a primary school classmate with singer

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, and in 2012, Wong discovered he is a distant cousin of

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in his visit to his ancestral home in

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, China. On 19 November 2014, Cho-lam publicly proposed to

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during live TVB Anniversary show, and was witnessed by TVB officials and colleagues. They married on Valentine's Day in 2015. The couple are devoted

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, who have both publicly declared sexual abstinence before marriage. They had a daughter, Gabrielle Wong, who was born on 17 December 2018. Wong is one of the Hong Kong celebrities that voice support for the

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. In December 2020, Cho-lam welcomed the birth of his second daughter Hayley.

Filmography

Television

Film

Variety

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Discography

* ''Cho-lam Everywhere'' (2008) *"Love For Real"(2010) * ''All About Loving You'' (2011) *"Love For Real 2"(2011) *Fook Lu Shau '' Brother'' (2012) *"Love For Real 3"(2012) *"Curious Case"(2013) *"Love For Real 4"(2013)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official TVB Blog of Wong Cho-lam

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