Wong Cho-lam

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Wong Cho-lam (born Wong Ho-yin; 9 January 1980)[1] is a Hong Kong entertainer currently working as the Chief Creative Officer of TVB.[2] He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor, DJ, television host, lyricist, scriptwriter and singer. He is also the host of Hunan TV's World's Got Talent.

Wong Cho-lam
王祖藍
Born
Wong Ho-yin

(1980-01-09) 9 January 1980 (age 44)
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materHong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television and radio host
  • manager
  • singer
  • lyricist
Years active1998–present
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
(m. 2015)
ChildrenGabrielle Wong (daughter)
Hayley Wong (daughter)
AwardsRTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
Best Prospect Award (Bronze)

2008 (for his performance in 2008)TVB Anniversary AwardsMost Improved Actor
2008 Best Selling Secrets ; Super Trio Supreme ; D.I.E. ; Miss Hong Kong 2008
Best Presenter
2009 Super Trio Supreme
2010 Fun with Liza and Gods
2014 Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk

Musical career
OriginHong Kong
LabelsEEG Music Plus (2008–2014)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Birth name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Background edit

He graduated from The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts majoring in acting. He is a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong.

His most noted work includes his performance in the long-running popular TVB series, Best Selling Secrets (同事三分親) portraying the character, Lau Wah (樓華). In 2008, he signed on as an artist with EEG (英皇娛樂), and became one of the presenters of Super Trio Supreme (鐵甲無敵獎門人).[3]

He was a co-host during the 2008 and 2010 Miss Hong Kong Pageant with Eric Tsang. He won Most Improved Actor at the 2008 TVB Awards.

Cho-lam's debut album Cho-lam Everywhere was released on 27 November 2008. Out of 10 songs in the album, Cho-lam wrote the lyrics for eight of them, with each song covering different areas in life, including family, friends, love, work, etc. which all aimed to share positive messages with the audience.

Cho-lam was one of the cast members of Keep Running, the Chinese version of the Korean game show Running Man, broadcast on Zhejiang TV in 2014.[4] He also left EEG Plus in 2014, officially shifting his focus away from being a singer.

In Jan 2021, Cho-lam was appointed as the Chief Creative Officer of TVB.[5]

Personal life edit

Wong was a primary school classmate with singer Joey Yung, and in 2012, Wong discovered he is a distant cousin of Eason Chan in his visit to his ancestral home in Dongguan, China.[6] On 19 November 2014, Cho-lam publicly proposed to Leanne Li during live TVB Anniversary show, and was witnessed by TVB officials and colleagues.[7] They married on Valentine's Day in 2015. The couple are devoted Protestants, who have both publicly declared sexual abstinence before marriage.[8][9][10] They had a daughter, Gabrielle Wong, who was born on 17 December 2018.[11] Wong is one of the Hong Kong celebrities that voice support for the National People's Congress decision on Hong Kong national security legislation.[12] In December 2020, Cho-lam welcomed the birth of his second daughter Hayley.[13]

Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Glittering Days Ma Wai-ming
2007 Heavenly In-Laws Cheng Sau-fu
Best Bet Gwong Ji
2007-2008 Best Selling Secrets Lau Wah TVB Award for Most Improved Actor
2007 Heart of Greed mentally retarded boy
The Family Link waiter
On the First Beat Ah Shui
2008 D.I.E. Yun Wai-ping (Theo) TVB Award for Most Improved Actor
2008-2010 Off Pedder Tang Lai-gwan
2009-2010 The Beauty of the Game Yuen Kwok-fan
2010 Don Juan DeMercado Gung Yan-tung
2011 Super Snoops Hung Chak-nam Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 15)
2013 Inbound Troubles Choi Sum
2014 A Time of Love Narrator (various) Episode 4 - Japan cartoon/comic theme
Gilded Chopsticks Ko Tin-po
Come On, Cousin Yau Tin
2016 Happy MiTan Wang Zu Cai
2017 Nezha and Yang Jian Nezha
Oh My Grad Choi Sum / Yau Tin He reprise his two roles from Inbound Troubles and Come On, Cousin as recurring characters.

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Sunshine Cops Student
2006 Marriage with a Fool Lam
2007 Blessing Through Love Siu Wong
Beauty and the 7 Beasts Bruce
2008 L For Love, L For Lies Loan shark
La Lingerie Antonio
Connected Salesman
2009 Short of Love Jack Lam
2010 72 Tenants of Prosperity Kin Chai
Just Another Pandora's Box Guard of Cao
La Comédie humaine Soya
The Jade and the Pearl Ling Kam Hoi (凌感開), a storyteller
2011 I Love Hong Kong Youth Tok Shui-lung
The Fortune Buddies Wong Luk Lam (Blue)
2012 My Sassy Hubby Mr.Lee
2013 I Love Hong Kong 2013 Sung Samsung
Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters Horny Four / Kung Fu master
Ip Man: The Final Fight Blind Chan
The Midas Touch Gibson Special guest appearance
Firestorm Correctional Service Superintendent
2014 Black Comedy Officer Johnny To
Horseplay Tung Yin
Delete My Love So Boring
Rise of the Legend Big Tooth
2015 Running Man Himself
Lucky Star 2015
2016 Mr. High Heels
Mission Milano Amon
2017 Buddies in India
The Golden Monk
2019 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
2020 Enter the Fat Dragon

Variety edit

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Super Trio Supreme Host
2012–2013, 2015, 2017 Happy Camp guest
2014–2018 Keep Running Cast member
2015 Celebrity Honeymooners Host
2016 Ace vs Ace Cast member
2017 Ace vs Ace 2 Cast member
2018 没想到吧 Cast member

[14][15]

Educational TV Shows edit

Year Title Network Note
2000 青春心曲 ETV Teenage love story[16]

Discography edit

  • Cho-lam Everywhere (2008)
  • "Love For Real"(2010)
  • All About Loving You (2011)
  • "Love For Real 2"(2011)
  • Fook Lu Shau Brother (2012)
  • "Love For Real 3"(2012)
  • "Curious Case"(2013)
  • "Love For Real 4"(2013)

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2007 2007 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Supporting Actor Best Selling Secrets Nominated
2007 TVB Anniversary Awards Favourite Male Best Selling Secrets Nominated
2007 TVB Anniversary Awards Most Improved Actor Nominated
2008 2008 TVB Anniversary Awards Most Improved Actor Won
2008 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Host Nominated
2008 Next TV Awards Most Promising Actor Won
2008 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards Most Potential Singer Won
2008 Music Pioneer Chart Awards Best New Singer Won
2009 2009 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Host Won
2010 2010 TVB Anniversary Awards Favourite Male Don Juan DeMercado Nominated
2010 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Host Won
2011 2011 TVB Anniversary Awards Favourite Male Super Snoops Nominated
2011 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Best Performance Won
2012 2012 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Host Nominated
2012 Music Pioneer Chart Awards Improved Singer Won
2013 2013 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor Inbound Troubles Nominated
2013 TVB Anniversary Awards Favourite Male Inbound Troubles Nominated
2013 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Host Nominated
2013 Next TV Awards Top Ten TV Artist Won
2014 2014 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor Gilded Chopsticks Nominated
2014 TVB Anniversary Awards Favourite Male Come On, Cousin Nominated
2014 TVB Anniversary Awards Favourite TV Song Gilded Chopsticks Nominated
2014 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Host Won
2015 2015 Sina Web Festival Best All-around Artist Won
2015 Sina Web Festival Breakthrough Artist Won
2015 Reality Show Star Power List Best Reality Show Star Won

References edit

  1. ^ "【廿四孝爸爸】王祖藍生日都為囡囡着想". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "It's outdated and not funny, Hong Kong viewers tell TVB, after new variety show triggers controversy". South China Morning Post. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ^ Wong Cho-lam's Official Personal Blog
  4. ^ "CRIENGLISH". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Actors take on senior roles at TVB". The Standard. 2021-01-22
  6. ^ "They have hidden relationships, eight don't mix they are relatives". www.bestchinanews.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  7. ^ phoenix ho (1 December 2014), Marry me wong cho lam(1), retrieved 4 December 2017
  8. ^ "Jayne Stars".
  9. ^ "Jayne Stars".
  10. ^ "Jayne Stars".
  11. ^ "Leanne Li and Wong Cho Lam welcome daughter Gabrielle". sg.style.yahoo.com. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  12. ^ "China Steps up Propaganda in Support of National Security Law for Hong Kong".
  13. ^ "Wong Cho Lam Welcomes 2nd Daughter, Says He's Thankful She Looks Nothing Like Him". TodayOnLine.com. 2020-12-25
  14. ^ Cho Lam at imdb.com
  15. ^ Cho Lam at chinesemov.com
  16. ^ "第1集《青春心曲》(2000)". RTHK. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

External links edit

Awards and achievements
TVB Anniversary Awards
Preceded by
Amigo Choi
for Sccop ; E-Buzz ; Jade Solid Gold ; Enjoy Yourself Tonight 2007
Most Improved Actor
2008
for Best Selling Secrets ; Super Trio Supreme ; D.I.E. ; Miss Hong Kong 2008
Succeeded by