Eddy Ko

He was born Ho Yiu-sum in Zhongshan in 1947.[1][2] He started his career in 1968 at the Shaw Brothers Studio and adopted the name Ko Hung as a stage name. Ko joined TVB later and has since acted in many TV drama series. In 1990, Ko joined TVB's rival ATV and worked there until 1995. In 2000, Ko rejoined TVB and continued acting in many TVB-produced drama series. He is also sometimes also credited as Ko Hung, Gao Xiong, Eddie Ko, Edward Ko, and Lin Sheng (林琛).[3]

Within the Chinese community, his most remembered performance was in the 1995 version of the television drama Fist of Fury as Huo Yuanjia, the mentor of Chen Zhen, which led to similar martial arts mentor roles, subsequently.

He migrated his family to Canada and in 1998 co-starred in a role of an illegal immigrant in Lethal Weapon 4, his first international role.[4]

• Eddy Ko at IMDb
• HK Cinemagic entry
• Tian Bo Star Agent (Eddy Ko's agent website)