Jerry Ku Ming Wah

Biography

Jerry Ku Ming Wah is a Hong Kong actor who grew up in a stone house on the hillside of Fu Wah Tsuen in Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon. His father was a rattan chair craftsman, and Jerry also learned to make rattan chairs. He performed well academically and was classmates with Cheung Tat-ming from Primary 2 through Form 3. He graduated from Pope XII School in 1978, attended Tsui Wah English Secondary School for junior secondary, and graduated from Yuk Kwan Secondary School in 1983, after which he worked as a plastic mould machine operator at his brother's factory. In 1983-1984, he performed part-time with Cheung Tat-ming at the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and joined a theatre group founded by Law Koon-lan. Encouraged by Law, he applied to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts twice and was admitted in 1985, spending five years studying drama. After graduating in 1990, his classmates included Chan Chun-hung, Lawrence Cheng, Jim Chim, Leung Wing-chung, and others. In 1993, he received a Best New Performer nomination at the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards for the Category III film "The Heroic Trio" (旺角馬場). In 1994, he appeared in Stephen Chow's "From Beijing with Love" as an executioner, a role that remains memorable. To support himself, he worked as a freelance voice actor in the 1990s and joined TVB's dubbing unit in 2010, leaving in 2013. His notable dubbing roles include Sarge in "Toy Story," Moses in "The Prince of Egypt," Pete in "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse," and others. He spent years in supporting roles until 2012, when his portrayal of the effeminate character So Ki in "Divas in Distress" won widespread acclaim, earning over 100,000 online votes and the Best Supporting Actor award at the TVB Anniversary Awards that year, followed by the Professional Actor Award in 2016.