Yatho Wong

Biography

Yatho Wong is a Hong Kong actor and singer born on 9 January 1993. He was discovered by director Lau Kok-chui at age fourteen and starred in the film "Besieged City" in 2008, then continued his studies. In 2012, director Maggie Ho recommended him to star in the independent short film "March 6" directed by newcomer Wong Chun, a Golden Horse-nominated director. The film won Best Script at Fresh Wave and the IFVA Open Category Gold Award, was nominated for the Taiwan Golden Horse Short Film, and screened at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Paris Film Festival, and Kaohsiung Film Festival. He then formally began his full-time career as an actor, singer, performer, and film crew member. In 2013 he formed the boy band PlayTime, developing both acting and music careers. He starred in RTHK's "Below the Lion Rock 2014 - Ambiguous Relationship Research Society" directed by Maggie Ho. In 2015 he played a human-shaped black bear subjected to bile extraction in "If This Is Civilization" to protest against bear bile farming. In 2017 he starred in the TV series "100 Days of Passion" on Fantastic Television, and in 2018 he appeared in the film "Tracey." He appeared in several music videos for artists including Eason Chan, Terence Lam, and the band per se. In 2021 he starred in "Far Far Away" directed by Ho Hao-yen, a low-budget film that eventually grossed over ten million HKD thanks to strong audience word-of-mouth. In 2023 he appeared in the dramas "Sparks on Ice," "That Summer We Bloomed Like Flowers," and "Damn! I'm Going to Exorcise," and made his stage debut in the play "Goodnight" with Trinity Theatre.