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Kalok Chow

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Kalok Chow
Chow attending a promotional event for the TVB drama series Treasure of Destiny on 26 February 2023.
Born
Chow Ka Lok

(1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 29)
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Notable workCome Home Love: Lo and Behold
Your Highness
AwardsTVB Anniversary AwardsBest Supporting Actor
2019 Come Home Love: Lo and Behold
Most Popular Male Character
2022 Your Highness

Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Jiāluò
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZau1 Gaa1Lok3

Kalok Chow (Chinese: 周嘉洛; born 7 October 1995)[1] is a Hong Kong actor currently contracted to TVB.

He is best known for his work in the ongoing TVB sitcom franchise, Come Home Love. In particular, he won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2019 for his comedic performance as Kam Shing-On in Come Home Love: Lo and Behold. He won the TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Male Character with his role in the 2022 drama Your Highness.

Early life

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Kalok Chow was born on 7 October 1995 in Hong Kong and grew up as the middle child in a family of three children. He attended Ho Yu College and Primary School,[2] where he discovered his passion for acting and performing after a drama teacher noticed his expressive personality and encouraged him to join the school's drama club.[3] After completing Form 3 in Hong Kong, he pursued his senior high school studies abroad at Henley High School in Adelaide, Australia.[3] Chow returned to Hong Kong shortly upon completing Year 12.

Career

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Chow successfully auditioned for TVB's 28th Artiste Training Class in 2015, after being prompted by his older sister who saw a television advertisement for the opportunity.[3] He appeared in many background roles as part of this training, including in Come Home Love, which was his television debut. A few months later, Chow was cast in a regular role in 2016 sitcom Come Home Love: Dinner at 8, playing a variety show production assistant named 'Yu Yat-Tong'.[4]

In 2017, Chow landed a major supporting role in the ongoing sitcom Come Home Love: Lo and Behold as the lazy millennial 'Kam Shing-On (On Jai)'. He gained significant popularity and received critical acclaim for his comedic performance in the role.[5][6] The role also earned him several nominations and awards - most notably Best Supporting Actor at the 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards.[7] He currently holds the record for being the youngest actor to win this award, at age 24. In March 2021, it was announced that he would be taking a break from the role after 1255 episodes to film other projects.[8] He continued to make guest appearances on the show during this hiatus, and briefly returned to the role in February 2022.

In 2021, it was announced that Chow would be replacing Wong Cho Lam in wuxia comedy Your Highness. This drama marks Chow's debut in a first male lead role, and it began airing August 2022.[9][10][11] In the same year, Chow also starred in mini-series Communion.[12][13]

He has also been announced as part of the main line-up in upcoming dramas Treasure of Destiny,[14] My Pet My Angel[15] and Romeo and His Butterfly Lover.

Filmography

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Television dramas

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Come Home Love Groomsman 1 episode
Classmate 1 episode
2016 Come Home Love: Dinner at 8 Yu Yat-tong (余日潼) Recurring Role
ICAC Investigators 2016 Pedestrian Episode 1
My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan Gangster 1 episode
Presumed Accidents Constable Episode 8
At-Risk Youth Episode 9
House of Spirits Customer Episode 15
Between Love & Desire Busker 1 episode
Daddy Dearest Basketball Team Member Episode 1
A Fist Within Four Walls Kowloon Walled City Resident 4 episodes
Law dis-Order Policeman Episodes 6, 18, 19, 23
Brother's Keeper II Subordinate Episode 36
Two Steps From Heaven Customer Episodes 1-3, 5, 10, 11, 15, 19, 24, 25
Waiter Episode 13
2017–present Come Home Love: Lo and Behold Kam Shing-On (金城安) Major Supporting Role, Episodes 1-1255
Recurring Role, Episodes 1459-present
2017 Recipes To Live By Persian Messenger Episode 12
May Fortune Smile On You Pedestrian Episodes 2, 4, 5, 30
Party Guest 1 episode
Burning Hands Subordinate Episode 3
Destination Nowhere Policeman Episodes 28, 30
Provacateur Waiter Episode 16
The No No Girl Groomsman Episode 8
Legal Mavericks Customer 1 episode
The Unholy Alliance Subordinate Episodes 24, 25
Nothing Special Force Subordinate Episode 3
The Exorcist's Meter Gangster Episodes 5, 6
My Ages Apart Gangster Episode 27
Tang Ka-Long (鄧家朗) Episode 41
2018 Threesome Liverpool Fan Episodes 5, 6
Life on the Line Soccer Player #1 Episode 4
OMG, Your Honour Tong Kwan-Yiu (湯軍瑤) Episode 1
2019 My Life as Loan Shark Lam (霖) Episode 8
2021 Flying Tiger 3 Young Don Cheung Wai-Wah (年輕張偉樺) Guest Appearance, Episodes 2, 5, 8
2022 You Light Me Up Chow Kong-Hong (周港康) Main Role
Communion Au Ka-Kin (區家健) Major Supporting Role
Your Highness Kei Wei (紀威) Main Role
2023 Treasure of Destiny Oh Kin-Ning (柯建寧) Main Role
My Pet My Angel Golden Wong Sing-Yan (汪聲仁) Main Role
Romeo and His Butterfly Lover Romeo (羅密歐) Main Role
TBA Your Finest Fei Yan (費仁) Main Role

Awards and nominations

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Year Category Drama(s) Result
2017 Best Newcomer Nominated
2018 Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Come Home Love: Lo and Behold Nominated
Year Category Drama(s) Result
2018 Most Improved Male Artiste Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Come Home Love: Lo and Behold Nominated
Best On-Screen Partnership for a Drama
(with Ricco Ng, Sarkis Fung and Sky Chiu)
Nominated
Year Category Drama(s) Result
2019 Most Improved Male Artiste My Life as Loan Shark,
Come Home Love: Lo and Behold
Nominated
Most Popular Male Character Come Home Love: Lo and Behold Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Won
Most Popular On-Screen Partnership
(with Ricco Ng)
Nominated
Best OST
(with the ensemble of Come Home Love: Lo and Behold)
Nominated
2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
(with the ensemble of Come Home Love: Lo and Behold)
Won
2021 Most Popular Male Character Top 5 Finalist
Most Popular On-Screen Partnership
(with Ricco Ng, Sky Chiu, Keefe Ng, Oman Lam, Tom Lo, Andrea So, Iris Lam and Sophie Yip)
Nominated
2022 Best Actor You Light Me Up Nominated
Your Highness Top 5 Finalist
Most Popular Male Character You Light Me Up Nominated
Communion Nominated
Your Highness Won
Best Supporting Actor Communion Nominated
Favourite TVB Actor in Malaysia You Light Me Up Nominated
Your Highness Top 10 Finalist
Favourite OST I am the Protagonist (Theme from "Your Highness") Nominated
Most Popular On-Screen Partnership
(with Ricco Ng, Joey Thye, Kayan Yau)
Communion Nominated
Most Popular On-Screen Partnership
(with Jeannie Chan, JW, Brian Chu, Jonathan Cheung)
Your Highness Won
2023 Best Actor Treasure of Destiny Nominated
My Pet My Angel Top 10 Finalist
Romeo And His Butterfly Lover Nominated
Favourite TVB Actor in Greater Bay Area My Pet My Angel Nominated
Favourite TVB Actor in Malaysia Treasure of Destiny Nominated
My Pet My Angel Nominated
Year Category Drama(s) Result
2022 Best Couple
(with Jeannie Chan)
Your Highness Won

References

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  1. ^ "Kalok Chow's Artist Profile" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  2. ^ "Alumni Chow Ka Lok Achieves Amazing Results In Acting Career". Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Kalok Chow Interview: Receiving Acting Tips from Joyce Tang". on.cc.
  4. ^ "Kalok Chow doesn't dare to be lazy" (in Chinese). on.cc. 2016-10-05.
  5. ^ "Kalok Chow makes a breakthrough with 「Kam Shing On」" (in Chinese). ON.CC. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  6. ^ "Kalok Chow gains popularity for portraying lazy yet immensely destructive character" (in Chinese). Hong Kong Economic Times. 2019-03-20.
  7. ^ "2019 TVB Anniversary Awards Show Winners".
  8. ^ "Kalok Chow temporarily bids farewell to Come Home Love Lo and Behold".
  9. ^ "Kalok Chow cast in costume drama project".
  10. ^ "Producer Andy Chan confirms Kalok Chow as first male lead of upcoming drama". Headline Daily (in Chinese). 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  11. ^ "Your Highness producer praises Kalok Chow's performance". 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  12. ^ "Kalok Chow concurrently films for 'Communion' and 'Lo and Behold'". 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  13. ^ "Kalok Chow, Ricco Ng, Alice Chan and Roger Kwok star in a new drama". 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  14. ^ "Kalok Chow cast in 「Treasure of Destiny」". ON.CC (in Chinese). 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  15. ^ "Kalok Chow filming for My Pet My Angel". 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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