Power Chan Kwok-Pong

Biography

Power Chan Kwok-Pong is a Hong Kong actor born on February 4, 1968. He grew up in a traditional residential building in Ma Tau Kok with his siblings. He attended Po Leung Kuk Chong Kai Chi Primary School, then Chung Shan Hui Secondary School where he studied metal sheet engineering. He later transferred to a grammar school to complete his matriculation examinations. Inspired by a presentation from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, he enrolled in 1985 and graduated in 1989. He has participated in over fifty films over twenty years. He was nominated for the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 1989 for "Be a Hero" and the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1994 for "Ambition of the Tigers". He filmed TV dramas in Taiwan and mainland China in the late 1990s, then returned to TVB in 2000. In 2011, he performed in the play "Tuesdays with Morrie" as student Ming Zhe, with his mentor Professor Zhong Jinghui playing Professor Morrie. He officially left TVB in 2016 after his contract ended, dedicating himself to artistic work. In 2017, he performed in "Red Plum Reborn" with the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre for its 40th anniversary, then returned to teaching drama at a university. He was appointed guest lecturer at the Academy of Film of Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018. He married actress Lo Man Chong in 2009.