Ko Hon Man

Biography

Ko Hon Man was born at Tsan Yuk Hospital in Hong Kong and lived in Guang Han Tai on Kotewall Road in Central until the age of five before moving to Kornhill Health Village in North Point. His father worked as a dim sum chef and waiter at Tai Nam Da Cha Restaurant on Ching Sheung Pan in Sai Ying Pun, while his mother was a seamstress. He grew up around Sai Sai Ho and listened to radio dramas in his childhood. He attended North Point Methodist School, graduating in 1972, and Chang Chuk Shan English Secondary School, graduating in 1977. During his school years, he participated in stage set design activities and developed a deep interest in performing arts. At the age of fourteen, he first took the stage at Hong Kong City Hall in September 1974, playing the role of a student in the short drama "Storm". After graduation, he worked as a bank clerk at Banque Nationale de Paris in 1979 before joining the Far East Drama Troupe and Southeast Asia Dance Troupe to learn acting and dance. In April 1986, he joined the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre as a full-time actor. In November 1990, he became a freelance voice actor. He is currently a regular voice actor for Pixar, Disney, Illumination Entertainment, and Sony Animation, and serves as the regular voice actor for Hong Kong actor Wong Cho Sang and Korean actors Ha Jung and Yoon Do Mun. In 2011, he participated in "War of the Beans" and won the Best Actor in a Comedy award at the Hong Kong Drama Awards.