Kenneth Ma
馬國明
Born	(1974-02-13)13 February 1974 (age 51) British Hong Kong
Nationality	Canadian
Education	BEng. Mechanical Engineering U British Columbia, 1998
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Notable work	The Hippocratic Crushseries The Exorcist's Meterseries Big White Duelseries The QUEEN of News
Spouse	Roxanne Tong (2023-present)
Awards	See in article
Musical career
Also known as	Ma Ming (馬明)
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	馬國明
Simplified Chinese	马国明
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎ Guómíng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Maa5 Gwok3 Ming4

Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming (born 13 February 1974) is aHong Kongactor contracted toTVB.^[1]

Ma had won theMost Popular Male Character award at theTVB Anniversary Awards for four times in 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2021 respectively, becoming the TVB actor with the most wins in that category. In 2019, he won theTVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor with his role in the dramaBig White Duel.

As the youngest of a family of three children, Kenneth Ma has two older twin sisters. He attendedSalesian English School before immigrating with his family toVancouver,British Columbia, Canada in 1992. His father, who worked as a mechanical engineer, would travel back and forth between Hong Kong and Vancouver for work. At first his family lived inRichmond before settling inPort Coquitlam. After attending one semester atDouglas College, he transferred toUniversity of British Columbia majoring inmechanical engineering. During college, Ma joined an acting troupe that would perform sketches. After graduating from college in 1998, Ma and his entire family decided to return to Hong Kong.^[2]

When Ma returned to Hong Kong, he initially worked at a glass manufacturing company as a quality surveillance inspector but found his job boring.^[3] Hoping to find something more of his interest, he sent out over 70 resumes but only received a response from TVB for an interview notice to their 14th Artist Training Class. His starting salary at TVB was a meager estimated HK$4000.00 a month, one third of his former job salary, but since he found acting to be more suitable for him, he decided to join TVB.

In the beginning of Ma’s career at TVB, he often played extras, passers-by and fill ins. One of Ma's early roles was playing the giant cockroach “Siu Keung” inDayo Wong's music video "Blue Sky". Within 5 years since graduating from TVB's training course, the company started to promote him when he was chosen as one of the S4's in 2003 dramaTriumph in the Skies^[4] and later as one of the six "siu sangs" to be the "Olympic 6" (the other five beingSammul Chan,Ron Ng,Bosco Wong,Raymond Lam andLai Lok-yi) during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

In 2006, Ma won theMost Improved Male Artiste award at theTVB Anniversary Awards. In late 2007, he played his first leading role in the dramaSurvivor's Law II.

In 2012, Ma gained recognition with his role as Cheung Yat-kin in the critical acclaimed medical dramaThe Hippocratic Crush, winning awards from both Malaysia (Favourite TVB Actor) and Hong Kong (My Favourite Male Character).

After starring in the hit 2013 dramaTriumph in the Skies II, Ma caught the eye of international starJackie Chan and was invited to star in the romantic comedyFate Is a Game.^[5]

In 2017, Ma starred in the critically acclaimed supernatural dramaThe Exorcist's Meter as the taxi driver and exorcist Ma Kwai (Siu Ma). Acknowledging his strong performance in that series, Ma was labelled as "citizen's best actor pick" and became a strong contender for the Best Actor award at the 2017TVB Anniversary Awards. He eventually won theMost Popular Male Character award, which was his second win in that category. In addition, Ma won the Best Actor in a Leading Role awards in both thePeople's Choice TV Awards 2017 and theHong Kong Television Awards 2017, which served as a public recognition, as all awardees were 100% voted for by audience and netizens.

In 2018, Ma won theMost Popular Male Character award for the third time at theTVB Anniversary Awards with his role in the period dramaDeep in the Realm of Conscience.

In 2019, Ma starred in critical acclaimed medical dramaBig White Duel, eventually winning theBest Actor award at theTVB Anniversary Awards.

With his role in 2021 medical dramaKids’ Lives Matter, Ma won theMost Popular Male Character award at theTVB Anniversary Awards, which is his fourth win in that category.

Kenneth Ma lives with his parents in a 900 square feet flat located in Tai Koo City, Hong Kong. He has said that his future wife must get along with his parents and be able to live together with them.^[6]

During his youth, Ma and his mother were fans ofLeslie Cheung. Ma's mother adopted her western name after Cheung's hit song "Monica". At age 14, Ma was featured in Cheung's 1988 Pepsi commercial.^[7]

Ma is known to commute to work via mass transit even though he owns a car.^[8] He is a soccer fan and supporter of Real Madrid, Manchester United, and AC Milan.^[9]

Ma metJacqueline Wong in 2015 during the filming ofInspector Gourmet. The two announced their relationship in 2017^{[citation needed]}, but broke up after Wong was spotted kissing married starAndy Hui in April 2019.^[10][11][12]

On 12 June 2020, Ma andRoxanne Tong were found to be dating in Hung Hom. They admitted their relationship on the next day via Instagram.^[13] They became engaged in 2023.^[14] They got married in December 2023

Ma has won eightTVB Anniversary Awards between 2005 and 2023.

Ma has won eight awards at theTVB Star Awards Malaysia (known as the My Astro On Demand Favourites Awards for a time) between 2010 and 2014.

Ma has won seven awards between 2012 and 2017 at theStarhub TVB Awards.

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• People from Port Coquitlam
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