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Ng Siu Hin

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Ng Siu Hin
吳肇軒
Ng in October 2023
Born (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31)
Hong Kong
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Ng Siu Hin (Chinese: 吳肇軒; born 9 July 1993) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his debut role as So Pok-man in the romance film She Remembers, He Forgets (2015), for which he was nominated for Best Actor in the 22nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, and as Au Yeung Kin-fung in the political anthology film Ten Years (2015). In 2017, he received another Best Actor nomination in the 24th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for his performance in In Your Dreams.

Early life and education

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Ng was born on 9 July 1993 in Hong Kong.[1] He grew up in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun,[2] and attended Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School [zh].[3] He developed an interest in performing at a young age and aspired to become an actor.[4] Ng described his school years as "lazy" and "disheartened", and he became fascinated with Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean television shows during secondary school.[4][5] He only scored 10 marks in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination and enrolled at San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School [zh] to retake his exams.[6][7] He joined the drama club and was exposed to acting in San Wui, and he won the grand prize and best screenplay in a district drama competition for a stage play he wrote.[2] Ng then studied performing arts and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.[8] He was cast in Adam Wong's She Remembers, He Forgets during his third year of study.[9][10]

Career

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In 2015, Ng made his acting debut as So Pok-man, a member of a close-knit trio of friends, alongside Cecilia So and Neo Yau in She Remembers, He Forgets.[11] Edmund Lee of South China Morning Post praised his casting, describing it as "adding a further sheen to the story",[12] and he was nominated for Best Actor in the 22nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for this role.[13] He also starred in the political anthology film Ten Years in the segment Self-immolator, portraying Au Yeung Kin-fung, a student democracy activist.[14] The film won Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Ng received a supporting role in the 2016 drama film Mad World,[15] and landed his first leading role in Carina Lau's 2017 drama In Your Dreams [zh], where Edmund Lee described him as the "true protagonist" of the film in his South China Morning Post review.[16] Lau cast Ng due to his aura which resembles Tony Leung Chiu-wai.[17] He was nominated for Best Actor again in the 24th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for the role.[18] Ng also made his stage acting debut in The Rose of The Name that same year.[1]

Ng interviewed by Hong Kong Economic Times in July 2020

In 2018, Ng starred as Chik, a technician involved in solving a crime, alongside his She Remembers, He Forgets co-star Cecilia So in Napping Kid [zh].[19][20] He then took on a supporting role as Vincent, a lawyer and the husband of Jennifer Yu's character, in the drama film Tracey.[21] He also appeared in the ViuTV drama series Afterlife Firm [zh] and the web series Shadow of Justice [zh] in the same year.[22][8] In 2019, Ng appeared in supporting roles as Lo Bun-hong in the comedy film A Home with a View,[23] and as Handiwork, a petty thief, in the crime film A Witness Out of the Blue.[24] He also appeared in the ViuTV series Stained [zh] and The Republic [zh] that year.[25][26] In 2020, Ng starred as Zulie, who provokes his best friend (played by Isaac Yang [zh]) to lose his virginity on his 18th birthday, in the Taiwanese drama film Leaving Virginia [zh].[27] Cheng Bing-hong, writing for Yahoo! Lifestyle, commended the film's adaptation of Ng's Hong Kong background into the plot and character.[28]

Ng also starred as Ling Su Fei, the male lead and a trainee real estate agent, in the 2020 ViuTV comedy series Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong [zh].[29] He then made cameo appearances in Adam Wong's drama film The Way We Keep Dancing [zh],[30] comedy film All U Need Is Love,[31] and as an inventor residing in a dystopian slum in the sci-fi film Warriors of Future.[32] In 2023, Ng appeared in leading roles in the horror film It Remains [zh],[33] as well as in the ViuTV series Food Buddies [zh] and Tales at the Corner [zh].[34][35] He also starred as Manny, a young man living with his single father (played by Ben Yuen) in the drama film Stand Up Story [zh].[36] Edmund Lee praised Ng's performances as "consistently heartfelt";[36] while Alex Chung of HK01 highlighted the evolution in Ng's acting, highlighting his "multifaceted delivery and the layers" he brought to his portrayal.[37] Ng also played a supporting role as a mathematics major who becomes an ICAC investigator in the crime film The Goldfinger, where Keith Ho praised Ng's performance in his review for HK01, highlighting the character's stark contrast to his usual comedic roles and commending his ability to deliver a "precise and lively" portrayal.[38]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 She Remembers, He Forgets So Pok-man (蘇博文) [11]
Ten Years Au-yeung Kin-fung (歐陽健鋒) Segment: Self-immolator[14]
2016 Mad World Cable guy (寬頻仔) [15]
2017 In Your Dreams [zh] Cheung Tsz-hang (張子行) [16]
2018 Napping Kid [zh] Chik (阿植) [19]
Tracey Vincent Tung (佟立賢) [21]
2019 A Home with a View Lo Bun-hong (盧奔康) [23]
A Witness Out of the Blue Handiwork (手作仔) [24]
2020 Leaving Virginia [zh] Zulie (陳祖烈) [27]
2021 The Way We Keep Dancing [zh] Heyo's brother Special appearance[30]
All U Need Is Love Hotel resident Cameo[31]
2022 Warriors of Future Citizen A Cameo[32]
2023 It Remains [zh] Ng Ho-tin (吳浩天) [33]
Stand Up Story [zh] Chim Cheuk-man (詹卓文) [36]
Night School [zh] Yin (言仔) [39]
The Goldfinger Chim Man-wai (詹文偉) [38]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Afterlife Firm [zh] Wong Yi (王爾) Main role[22]
Shadow of Justice [zh] Cheung Sek-hoi (張碩海) Recurring role[8]
2019 Stained [zh] Sek Chun (石晉) Recurring role[25]
The Republic [zh] Cheung Ho-ming (張皓明) Main role[26]
2020 Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong [zh] Ling Wu Fei (令狐飛) Main role[29]
2023 Food Buddies [zh] Wong Chi-tak (王智德) Main role[34]
Tales at the Corner [zh] Marco Main role[35]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2015 22nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor She Remembers, He Forgets Nominated [13]
2017 24th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards In Your Dreams [zh] Nominated [18]

References

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