Matthew Ko Kwan Yin

Biography

Matthew Ko Kwan Yin is a Hong Kong actor born on May 20, 1984 in Hong Kong to a Chaoshan, Guangdong family. He spent his childhood in Hong Kong and attended Diocesan Primary School before his family immigrated to Toronto, Canada when he was 10, where he completed his primary and secondary education and later attended York University studying business administration with a major in marketing. He was captain of the university hockey team and frequently participated in singing competitions. In 2003, he won the Toronto Sunshine Boyz contest and returned to Hong Kong in 2004 to work as a model. He rose to fame after winning the Hong Kong Pageant in 2005, which led to an eight-year contract with TVB. After leaving TVB in 2014 seeking new opportunities, he moved to mainland China and signed with Shengshi Qiangyin Company. His first mainland drama was "The Legend of Chi Ying in the Classic of Mountains and Seas". In 2015, he invested over one million Hong Kong dollars with friends to open an izakaya in Cheung Wan, personally handling all tasks from cleaning to cooking and serving. He returned to Hong Kong in 2020 and seized an opportunity meeting a variety show colleague to appear on "Classic Songs 50 Years Later." That September, he returned to TVB and Shaw Brothers, signing contracts with both until his Shaw Brothers contract ended in 2023.