Ng Siu Hin
{{Short description|Hong Kong actor}}
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| caption = Ng in October 2023
| native_name = 吳肇軒
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hong Kong
| education = {{ubl|Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (BFA)}}
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| occupation = Actor
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| yearsactive = 2015–present
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Ng Siu Hin ({{zh|t=吳肇軒}}; born 9 July 1993) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his debut role as So Pok-man in the romance film She Remembers, He Forgets (2015), 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 (2015). 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,{{Cite web |url=https://www.18-22.com.hk/web/news/detail?id=8474 |title=屯門是愛與恐懼的根源吳肇軒：「幽默係唔愉快，但好有用。」 |date=19 March 2024 |website=18-22 Magazine |last=Chan |first=Jenny |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}} and attended {{ill|Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School|zh|仁愛堂田家炳中學}}.{{Cite web |url=http://news.takungpao.com.hk/paper/q/2016/0419/3307405.html |title=首重學生品格 培養多元發展 |date=19 April 2016 |website=Tai Kung Pao |access-date=27 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517005641/http://news.takungpao.com.hk/paper/q/2016/0419/3307405.html |url-status=dead}} He developed an interest in performing at a young age and aspired to become an actor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/8414/%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BAshow-%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92%E8%B5%B0%E5%87%BA%E6%87%B6%E6%95%A3%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F-%E6%BC%94%E6%88%B2%E5%BB%BA%E7%AB%8B%E8%87%AA%E4%BF%A1 |title=【新人Show】吳肇軒走出懶散人生 演戲建立自信 |date=2 March 2016 |website=HK01 |author=袁曉君 |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407194806/https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/8414/%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BAshow-%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92%E8%B5%B0%E5%87%BA%E6%87%B6%E6%95%A3%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F-%E6%BC%94%E6%88%B2%E5%BB%BA%E7%AB%8B%E8%87%AA%E4%BF%A1 |url-status=live }} Ng described his school years as "lazy" and "disheartened", and he became fascinated with Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean television shows during secondary school.{{Cite web |url=https://www.elle.com.hk/celebrity/ng-siu-hin-381-feature |title=【專訪】吳肇軒：「專注的男人最吸引。」 |date=3 July 2019 |website=Elle Hong Kong |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}} He only scored 10 marks in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination and enrolled at {{ill|San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School|zh|新會商會中學}} to retake his exams.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com.hk/entertainment/61st-golden-horse-awards |title=影壇小鮮肉吳肇軒 新戲夥拍劉嘉玲零怯場 |date=22 December 2017 |website=Cosmopolitan |last=Lam |first=Fanny |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}}{{Cite web |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20170711/bkn-20170711144842640-0711_00862_001.html |title=勉勵DSE考生！胡子彤成功將興趣變事業 |date=11 July 2017 |website=Oriental Daily News |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/celebrity/8-hong-kong-new-young-actors |title=本地薑都有小鮮肉！要立即 Follow 的演藝圈男新人 |date=13 October 2020 |website=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405090903/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/celebrity/8-hong-kong-new-young-actors |url-status=live }} He was cast in {{ill|Adam Wong|zh|黃修平}}'s She Remembers, He Forgets during his third year of study.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mingpaoweekly.com/21936-吳肇軒第二人生 |title=吳肇軒 第二人生 |date=15 November 2015 |website=Ming Pao |author=孫月華 |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/%E7%B8%B1%E6%84%9F%E7%84%A1%E5%8A%9B-%E4%BB%8D%E4%BF%A1%E4%B8%80%E6%AD%A5%E4%B8%80%E8%85%B3%E5%8D%B0-%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92-%E8%98%87%E9%BA%97%E7%8F%8A/77919 |title=縱感無力 仍信一步一腳印 吳肇軒 蘇麗珊 |date=9 November 2018 |website=am730 |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}}
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",{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1875868/film-review-she-remembers-he-forgets-adam-wongs-noble-flawed |title=Film review: She Remembers, He Forgets – Adam Wong’s noble but flawed follow-up to The Way We Dance |date=5 November 2015 |website=South China Morning Post |last=Lee |first=Edmund |access-date=27 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=26 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826032136/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1875868/film-review-she-remembers-he-forgets-adam-wongs-noble-flawed |url-status=live }} 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 Picture at the 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 {{ill|In Your Dreams (2017 film)|lt=In Your Dreams|zh|以青春的名義}}, 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.{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E4%BB%A5%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E7%9A%84%E5%90%8D%E7%BE%A9-%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92%E5%96%AE%E6%8C%91%E5%8A%89%E5%98%89%E7%8E%B2-092154702.html |title=《以青春的名義》 吳肇軒單挑劉嘉玲 |date=27 December 2017 |website=Yahoo! News |last=Lam |first=Wing Kee |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://paper.hket.com/article/1931750/%E9%A6%96%E6%BC%94%E8%88%9E%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%E3%80%8A%E5%AE%B6%EF%BC%8E%E5%AF%B6%E3%80%8B%20%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E5%90%8D%E5%AD%97 |title=首演舞台劇《家．寶》 吳肇軒我的名字 |date=25 October 2017 |website=Hong Kong Economic Times |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}}
File:Ngsiuhin2020.png in July 2020]]
In 2018, Ng starred as Chik, a technician involved in solving a crime, alongside his She Remembers, He Forgets co-star Cecilia So in {{ill|Napping Kid|zh|逆向誘拐 (電影)}}.{{Cite web |url=https://skypost.hk/article/2204429/%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92-%E8%98%87%E9%BA%97%E7%8F%8A-%E5%9C%A8%E5%BD%B1%E5%9C%88%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E6%88%90%E9%95%B7 |title=吳肇軒 蘇麗珊 在影圈一起成長 |date=9 November 2018 |website=Sky Post |access-date=27 November 2024 |language=zh}} 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 {{ill|Afterlife Firm|zh|身後事務所}} and the web series {{ill|Shadow of Justice|zh|蝕日風暴}} 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 {{ill|Stained (2019 TV series)|lt=Stained|zh|心冤}} and {{ill|The Republic (2019 TV series)|lt=The Republic|zh|理想國 (電視劇)}} that year. In 2020, Ng starred as Zulie, who provokes his best friend (played by {{ill|Isaac Yang|zh|楊懿軒}}) to lose his virginity on his 18th birthday, in the Taiwanese drama film {{ill|Leaving Virginia|zh|破處}}. Cheng Bing-hong, writing for Yahoo! Lifestyle, commended the film's adaptation of Ng's Hong Kong background into the plot and character.{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%84%AD%E7%A7%89%E6%B3%93%E5%BD%B1%E8%A9%95%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84%E5%A4%A0%E5%B1%8C%E7%B2%BE%E9%87%87%E7%9A%84%E6%88%90%E9%95%B7%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E7%A0%B4%E8%99%95%E9%9B%A2%E4%B8%8D%E9%96%8B%E5%A4%A2%E5%B9%BB%E5%B3%B6-062726735.html |title=【鄭秉泓影評專欄】夠屌精采的成長電影《破處》離不開夢幻島 |date=6 July 2020 |website=Yahoo! News |last=Cheng |first=Bing-hong |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}}
Ng also starred as Ling Su Fei, the male lead and a trainee real estate agent, in the 2020 ViuTV comedy series {{ill|Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong|zh|地產仔}}. He then made cameo appearances in Adam Wong's drama film {{ill|The Way We Keep Dancing|zh|狂舞派3}}, 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 {{ill|It Remains|zh|釀魂}}, as well as in the ViuTV series {{ill|Food Buddies|zh|Food Buddies}} and {{ill|Tales at the Corner|zh|轉角浣紗街}}. He also starred as Manny, a young man living with his single father (played by Ben Yuen) in the drama film {{ill|Stand Up Story|zh|說笑之人}}. 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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/938815/%E8%AA%AA%E7%AC%91%E4%B9%8B%E4%BA%BA%E5%BD%B1%E8%A9%95-%E8%A2%81%E5%AF%8C%E8%8F%AF%E5%90%B3%E8%82%87%E8%BB%92%E7%81%AB%E8%8A%B1%E5%8D%81%E8%B6%B3-%E8%97%89%E6%A3%9F%E7%AF%A4%E7%AC%91%E8%AC%9B%E5%87%BA%E6%B8%AF%E5%BC%8F%E7%88%B6%E5%AD%90%E6%83%85 |title=說笑之人影評｜袁富華吳肇軒火花十足 藉棟篤笑講出港式父子情 |date=16 September 2023 |website=HK01 |last=Chung |first=Alex |access-date=28 November 2024 |language=zh}} 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.
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Hong Kong actors
Category:Alumni of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts