Leo Tsang Kin Ming

Biography

Leo Tsang Kin Ming was born in Hong Kong in 1956 and grew up in various areas including Kennedy Town, Tsuen Wan, and Shek Lei Estate, with his father being a merchant. He attended multiple primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong, spending eight years in primary school due to transfers and repeating grades, and an additional year in secondary school due to involvement in extracurricular activities. He worked selling vegetables at his grandmother's street stall from age seven and also worked selling pastries at a tea restaurant in a housing estate. He joined community acting classes before enrolling in the third artist training course at RTV in 1977, graduating in 1978 to become a full-time actor at the network. He received an Outstanding Acting Award at the Municipal Council Drama Festival in 1981. He moved to TVB in 1988 after participating in their actor selection program, then returned to TVB in 1996 as a contracted actor to the present day. He has received several awards including a Best Story Silver Award in a screenplay competition in 1994, an Educational Enthusiasm Award in 1996 for over ten years of work in educational television, and a "Con Artist King" award in a variety show in 2016.