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Kenneth Ma is a Actor born on 13 february 1974

Kenneth Ma

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Birth 13 february 1974 (50 years)

Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming (born 13 February 1974) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actor, with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong. He is currently based in Hong Kong. He speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English with a Hong Kong accent. Ma is currently under the management of TVB.

Biography

Early life
The youngest of a three child family, he has older twin sisters. He attended Delia International School before immigrating with his family to Vancouver, Canada in 1992. His father who worked as an mechanical engineer would travel back and forth between Hong Kong and Vancouver for work. At first his family lived in Richmond before settling in Port Coquitlam. After attending one semester at Douglas College, he transferred to University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical engineering. During college Ma joined an acting troupe that would perform sketches. After graduating from college in 1998, Ma and his entire family decided to return to Hong Kong since Hong Kong life was more suited for them.


Career
When Ma returned to Hong Kong he initially worked at a glass manufacture as an quality surveillance inspector but found his job boring. Hoping to find something more of his interest he sent out over 70 resumes but only received a response from TVB for an interview notice to their 14th Artist Training Class. His starting salary at TVB was a meager estimated HK$4000.00 a month, one third of his former job salary, but since he found acting to be more suitable for him he decided to join TVB.

In the beginning his career at TVB was often playing supporting roles as extras, passers-by and fill ins. One of Ma's early roles was playing the giant cockroach Sui Kung in Dayo Wong's music video “Blue Sky”. However within 5 years since graduating from TVB's training course the company started to promote him when he was chosen as one of the S4's for 2004's drama “Triumph in the Skies” and later as one of the six sui sangs to be the "Olympic 6" (the others being Sammul Chan, Ron Ng, Bosco Wong, Raymond Lam and Lai Lok-yi) during the 2004 Athens Olympic games. In 2006, he won the "Most improved actor awards at the 39th TVB Awards. He was handed his first leading role in the drama serial Survivor's Law II opposite Hong Kong singer Ella Koon. The drama aired in 2008 and achieved credible ratings of 31 points in the second half of its broadcast as well as a favorable reception. Ma's role in The Hippocratic Crush, earned him awards both from Malaysia (Most Favorite Leading Actor) and Hong Kong (Most Favorite Male Character).

In 2013 after starring in Triumph in the Skies II, Ma caught the eye of international star Jackie Chan and was invited to star in the romantic comedy "Fate Is a Game".

Usually with

Eric Tsang
Eric Tsang
(1 films)
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
(1 films)
Frankie Chan
Frankie Chan
(1 films)
Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung
(1 films)
Wayne Lai
Wayne Lai
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kenneth Ma (3 films)

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Actor

Triumph in the Skies, 1h40
Directed by Wilson Yip
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Francis Ng, Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng, Julian Cheung, Elena Kong, Amber Kuo (郭采潔)
Roles Roy
Rating43% 2.1812952.1812952.1812952.1812952.181295
Young pilot Branson (Louis Koo) recently takes over Skylette, his father’s aviation empire, only to realize his old flames Cassie (Charmaine Sheh) is a flight attendant there. Several years ago, he was forced to break up with her and move to New York to take care of his father's business. To this day, the two continue to harbor feelings for each other but decide to keep them bottled up.
72 Tenants of Prosperity, 1h39
Directed by Eric Tsang
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy
Actors Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang, Anita Yuen, Stephy Tang, Linda Chung Ka-yan, Kate Tsui
Rating57% 2.8523652.8523652.8523652.8523652.852365
In 1970s Hong Kong, rapacious landlords try to evict 72 tenants but sworn brothers Ha Kung and Shek Kin help the group of 72 defeat the landlord and landlady and coincidentally rescue Pinky from a planned forced marriage. When both sworn brothers fall for Pinky and propose to her, she flips a coin heads or tails, they both cheated during the toss but Ha wins her hand in marriage.