Roger Kwok (, )(born October 9, 1964) is an actor for
Hong Kong's television station,
TVB. He was born in Hong Kong and his native family roots are in
Zhongshan,
Guangdong. Kwok was a singer in his early career before he turned to acting.
Career
He worked for
TVB for many years, and received moderate fame in dramas such as
Detective Investigation Files IV (1999),
At the Threshold of an Era (1999-2000) and
Law Enforcers (2002), but it was not until he played the role of the low-IQ Ting Sheung Wong (丁常旺) in the hugely popular drama
Square Pegs (2002-2003) did he reach stardom, and go on to win Best Actor in the 2003 TVB Drama Awards. After appearing in the moderately popular dramas
Not Just a Pretty Face (2003) and
To Get Unstuck in Time (2004), he reprised his role as Wong in the modernized version of
Square Pegs,
Life Made Simple, in 2005, which again was a huge success. In November 2005, he won Best Actor for the second time, becoming a few of TVB's actors to win the award twice along with Gallen Lo and Louis Koo.
Personal
Roger is the youngest of nine children. On July 22, 2006, Roger Kwok married his girlfriend of 7 years,
Cindy Au, at
Hong Kong Disneyland. Their son Brad Kwok (郭令山), was born on
March 23 2008.
Sonija Kwok is their son's godmother.
