Ng Siu-hin
Ng Siu-hin is a Hong Kong actor best known for his debut role as So Pok-man in the romance film She Remembers, He Forgets, for which he was nominated for Best Actor in the 22nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards, and as Au Yeung Kin-fung in the political anthology film Ten Years. In 2017, he received another Best Actor nomination in the 24th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for his performance in In Your Dreams.
Early life and education
Ng was born on 9 July 1993 in Hong Kong. He grew up in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun, and attended. He developed an interest in performing at a young age and aspired to become an actor. Ng described his school years as "lazy" and "disheartened", and he became fascinated with Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean television shows during secondary school. He only scored 10 marks in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination and enrolled at to retake his exams. He joined the drama club and was exposed to acting in San Wui, and he won the grand prize and best screenplay in a district drama competition for a stage play he wrote. Ng then studied performing arts and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. He was cast in 's She Remembers, He Forgets during his third year of study.Career
In 2015, Ng made his acting debut as So Pok-man, a member of a close-knit trio of friends, alongside Cecilia So and Neo Yau in She Remembers, He Forgets. Edmund Lee of South China Morning Post praised his casting, describing it as "adding a further sheen to the story", and he was nominated for Best Actor in the 22nd Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for this role. He also starred in the political anthology film Ten Years in the segment Self-immolator, portraying Au Yeung Kin-fung, a student democracy activist. The film won Best Film in the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards. Ng received a supporting role in the 2016 drama film Mad World, and landed his first leading role in Carina Lau's 2017 drama ', where Edmund Lee described him as the "true protagonist" of the film in his South China Morning Post review. Lau cast Ng due to his aura which resembles Tony Leung Chiu-wai. He was nominated for Best Actor again in the 24th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for the role. Ng also made his stage acting debut in The Rose of The Name that same year.In 2018, Ng starred as Chik, a technician involved in solving a crime, alongside his She Remembers, He Forgets co-star Cecilia So in '. He then took on a supporting role as Vincent, a lawyer and the husband of Jennifer Yu's character, in the drama film Tracey. He also appeared in the ViuTV drama series ' and the web series ' in the same year. In 2019, Ng appeared in supporting roles as Lo Bun-hong in the comedy film A Home with a View, and as Handiwork, a petty thief, in the crime film A Witness Out of the Blue. He also appeared in the ViuTV series ' and ' that year. In 2020, Ng starred as Zulie, who provokes his best friend to lose his virginity on his 18th birthday, in the Taiwanese drama film '. Cheng Bing-hong, writing for Yahoo! Lifestyle, commended the film's adaptation of Ng's Hong Kong background into the plot and character.
Ng also starred as Ling Su Fei, the male lead and a trainee real estate agent, in the 2020 ViuTV comedy series '. He then made cameo appearances in Adam Wong's drama film ', comedy film All U Need Is Love, and as an inventor residing in a dystopian slum in the sci-fi film Warriors of Future. In 2023, Ng appeared in leading roles in the horror film ', as well as in the ViuTV series ' and '. He also starred as Manny, a young man living with his single father in the drama film . Edmund Lee praised Ng's performances as "consistently heartfelt"; while Alex Chung of HK01 highlighted the evolution in Ng's acting, highlighting his "multifaceted delivery and the layers" he brought to his portrayal. Ng also played a supporting role as a mathematics major who becomes an ICAC investigator in the crime film The Goldfinger, where Keith Ho praised Ng's performance in his review for HK01, highlighting the character's stark contrast to his usual comedic roles and commending his ability to deliver a "precise and lively" portrayal.