何啟南

简介

Stephen Ho Kai Nam is a Hong Kong actor born on 1 August 1966. He studied at Hong Kong Pui Ching Primary School and YMCA College, and also attended Ming Ai Adult Education Centre in the early 1980s. He represented Hong Kong in the All Asia YMCA Swimming Competition in Japan and won a bronze medal. His artistic career began in 1982 when his friend Wang Shu Chi invited him to take a cover photo for a youth magazine, after which he was invited to host the RTHK programme "Youth Road". He was discovered by a talent scout in a nightclub and entered the film industry. In 1987, he was nominated for Best New Actor at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in "Zero in Conduct". He studied a two-year film production diploma at the London Film School. Upon returning to Hong Kong, he worked as an assistant director and film producer before joining TVB in 1996. He is known for playing villainous and rebellious characters, and won the "Alternative Best Actor - King of Villains" award in the programme "Sunday Playhouse" in 2016. He remarried in 2017 to a woman outside the entertainment industry.