Matthew Ko

{{Short description|Hong Kong actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{infobox person

| name = Matthew Ko (183cm)

| image = Matthew_Ko's_portrait.png

| alt = This person

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=y|1984|5|20}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| occupation = Actor, singer

| awards = Mr. Hong Kong
2005

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

| t = 高鈞賢

| s = 高钧贤

| p = Gāo Jūnxián

| j = Gou1 Gwan1 Jin4

}}

}}

Matthew Ko Kwan-yin (born 20 May 1984) is a Hong Kong actor. In September 2014, Ko left TVB after his contract ended{{cite web |url= http://www.lollipop.sg/content/former-mr-hk-matthew-ko-leaves-tvb-after-9-years-i-dont-want-be-molester-anymore |title= Former Mr HK Matthew Ko leaves TVB after 9 years: "I don't want to play the role of a molester anymore" |date= 12 September 2014 |accessdate= 21 May 2015 |work= lollipop.sg |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220117/http://www.lollipop.sg/content/former-mr-hk-matthew-ko-leaves-tvb-after-9-years-i-dont-want-be-molester-anymore |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.ihktv.com/gao-jun-xian-li-wu-xian.html |title= 浪費9年青春越做越霉 高鈞賢離無綫不再扮色魔 |date= 10 September 2014 |accessdate= 21 May 2015 |work= IHKTV.com |archive-date= 9 June 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190609151930/https://www.ihktv.com/gao-jun-xian-li-wu-xian.html |url-status= live }} to later sign with Catchy Tone Artists in Mainland China.{{cite web |url= http://life.china.com.cn/live/2014-11/25/content_30026666.htm |title= 盛世强音撬走港男冠军 TVB香港先生选举流产 |date= 25 November 2014 |accessdate= 21 May 2015 |work= China Internet Information Center |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150518000103/http://life.china.com.cn/live/2014-11/25/content_30026666.htm |archivedate= 18 May 2015 }}

Matthew emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his parents at the age of seven. He attended Dr. G.W. Williams Secondary School and played on the Wildcats Basketball team. He then entered York University. In 2003, he participated in the Toronto Sunshine Boyz election and won the championship. He returned to Hong Kong in 2004 and worked as a model. In 2005, he became the first ever winner of Hong Kong's Mr. Hong Kong male beauty contest and subsequently signed a contract with TVB.{{cite news

| title = Winner of Mr. HK announced

| agency = Xinhua News Agency

| date = 25 July 2005

| url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/25/content_3263041.htm

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070223070648/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/25/content_3263041.htm

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 23 February 2007

| accessdate = 21 January 2007}} Ko speaks fluent English, French, Cantonese and Mandarin.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}