Jeffery Lai Hok Kan

Biography

Jeffery Lai Hok Kan is a Hong Kong male model, actor, and television host. He grew up in a single-parent household in Wah Fu Estate on Hong Kong Island and graduated from Wah Fu Primary School in 2000. He attended Yu Chun Keung Memorial Secondary School, graduating in 2005, and during his secondary school years he joined the Hong Kong water polo team but chose to abandon training to care for his ailing mother. He obtained a Level I swimming coaching certificate in 2008 and graduated from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education with a higher diploma in game and animation design. He signed with JamCast Management in 2014. In 2017, he gained widespread attention after appearing in a television advertisement for the hotel booking website trivago, earning the nickname "Mr.Trivago." He then starred in his first mainland Chinese film, "王者攻略," playing the general "Wang Jing." He joined Shaw Brothers in July 2021 and TVB in 2022, and drew renewed attention in 2023 for his role as "Tanaka Naoto" in the drama "有種好男人."