Wong Cho-lam | |||||||||
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Chinese name | 王祖藍 (traditional) | ||||||||
Chinese name | 王祖蓝 (simplified) | ||||||||
Pinyin | Wáng Zǔlán (Mandarin) | ||||||||
Jyutping | wong4 zou2 laam4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
Origin | Hong Kong China | ||||||||
Born |
Hong Kong |
9 January 1980 ||||||||
Occupation | actor, singer, lyricist, presenter, comedian, Impressionist | ||||||||
Voice type(s) | Tenor, Falsetto | ||||||||
Label(s) | EEG Music Plus | ||||||||
Years active | 1998 - present | ||||||||
Spouse(s) | Leanne Li (m. 2015) | ||||||||
Ancestry | Houjie, Dongguan, Guangdong | ||||||||
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Wong Cho-lam (王祖藍, born 9 January 1980) is a Hong Kong artiste currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor (aka dubbing), DJ, television host, composer, lyricist, script writer and singer. 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 Limited.
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 artiste with EEG (英皇娛樂), and is one of the presenters for Super Trio Series (Super Trio Supreme, 鐵甲無敵獎門人).
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 2008.
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 8 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.
It is confirmed that Cho-lam will be one of the cast members of Hurry Up, Brother the China version of the Korean game show Running Man to begin filming in August 2014 and broadcast on TV at the end of the year.
Wong married his girlfriend Leanne Li on Valentine's Day in 2015. The couple are devoted Christians whom have both publicly declared sexual abstinence before marriage. On 19 November 2014, Cho-lam publicly proposed to Leanne during live TVB Anniversary show, and was witnessed by TVB officials and colleagues.