Robert Mak Tak-law

Biography

Robert Mak Tak-law is a Hong Kong actor, born on December 10, 1958. He has Chinese and Arab ancestry and grew up in Wah Fu Estate, North Point, and Ma Tau Wai Estate in Hong Kong. After graduating from secondary school in 1978, he joined the second Shaw Brothers action actors training course. That same year, he participated in a televised dance competition and won first place, earning him the title "Hong Kong Dance King." He signed with Shaw Brothers and represented Hong Kong at the 1978 World Disco Dancing Championships in London, finishing fourth. In 1987, he represented the Yau Kung Mun school at the first Asian Wushu Championships and placed third. In 2016, he formed the duo "Ho De Brothers" with Wang Weide, releasing songs and holding concerts. He was previously married with one son and divorced his mainland Chinese wife in 2006. In 2020, he contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized but recovered and was discharged in August of the same year.