Louis Koo: TVB star who starred in Forensic Heroes for 4 seasons, now sells fried fish balls for a living

Koo Ming-hwa is known as a veteran actor of Hong Kong cinema. He once surpassed Charmaine Sheh and Bobby Au-yeung to star in 4 parts of the hit series "Forensic Heroes".

Louis Koo was born in 1964 and graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Right after graduating, he immediately had the opportunity to act in a major film and was nominated for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards. This proves that Louis Koo is truly talented and not just a famous actor.

However, while Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Louis Koo, and Aaron Kwok quickly became stars in the Cbiz sky thanks to their eye-catching appearances, Louis Koo struggled for a long time. In 1993, the actor joined TVB and began acting in TV dramas according to the signed contract.

After that, Koo Ming Hua appeared continuously in works such as "Thien Long Bat Bo", "Bo Vo Phong Luu", "10 Anh Em", "Dau Si Duong Pho" and "Tien Pham Tinh Chua Dut". However, he was only remembered by the audience as a supporting actor, nothing more, nothing less.

It was not until 2012, thanks to the role of Su Ji in "Sui Gia Nan Giai", that Koo Ming Hua finally attracted special attention. More importantly, Su Ji was gay - a role that the actor had rarely played before. However, with his professionalism, he still successfully turned Su Ji into a lively character, loved by Hong Kong audiences.

TVB audiences loved this character so much that they voted for Koo Ming-hwa to win the Best Supporting Actor award at the TVB annual awards ceremony. Receiving the prestigious award after 18 years of obscurity, he was indeed somewhat moved and choked up.

Koo Ming Hua shared: "I am a professional actor, so even if the role has no lines or is just a supporting role that appears briefly on screen, I still have to do my best. I never imagined that this character would become so famous. After reviewing it, I still feel that I did not do well, and could change to be more complete.

But during filming, everyone told me: Wow, this character of yours will definitely be famous. I even told them: You guys say that about every role. I really thank producer Phan Duy Duc for having the courage to believe in me and give me a chance."

From 2012 to 2019, Koo Ming-wah had more room to express himself. The audience who loved the actor once thought that one day they would see him holding the Golden Cup for Best Actor. However, that hope was extinguished when in January 2020, Koo Ming-wah's contract with TVB expired, and he, like many other actors, decided not to renew.

Leaving the TV station, Koo Ming-hwa went to China to seek development opportunities. During his time in the country, in addition to acting in films, he also opened a restaurant specializing in Hong Kong-style food and drinks in Guangdong province. The business helped the actor earn more money than when he worked for TVB.

In October 2022, when returning home to attend the event, Koo Ming-hwa gave an interview to the media. He said that although he mainly works in the arts and business in China, he has not settled down yet. When there is work or an event in Hong Kong, he will return to participate.

On July 1, 2023, Sohu reported that Gu Minghua attracted attention when he was photographed selling fish balls on the roadside in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. Sharing with Sohu, the actor said that he and Tang Junming invested in the fast food stall. Since he was no longer busy with filming, Gu Minghua directly fried the fish and sold the goods. The stall was small but quite popular. It could earn 110 USD per day.

Regarding his personal life, 3 years after joining TVB, Koo Ming-wah married an ordinary woman outside the industry. Their married life seemed warm and happy until one day, his wife had a car accident that left her with a crippled leg and unable to walk normally.

As the breadwinner of the family, Koo Ming-hwa worked hard to make movies. He worked continuously to earn money to take care of his wife and children. Then when his daughter turned 10, the actor was dealt another blow when she was diagnosed with kidney disease.

Being a green leaf actor at TVB doesn't bring much money, now he also has to take care of his wife and children with the price of living increasing day by day, Koo Ming-hwa said that filming continuously for 50 hours is more than normal for him. Every month, the actor spends a large amount of money on hospital medicine, in addition, he also takes care of the cost of education and books so that his daughter does not have to be inferior to her friends.

Up to now, Koo Ming-hwa's efforts have been somewhat rewarded, his wife is still healthy, his daughter is also living happily, going to school normally. Although Koo Ming-hwa is a freelance actor, without a fixed income from TVB, he still has money from dubbing.

Up to now, Koo Ming-wah has dubbed for many big projects such as Toy Story 3, Three Kingdoms, Shrek 2, Transformers... Talking about dubbing work, the actor shared that he once had the opportunity to work at the Hong Kong Documentary Theater and has knowledge of this job.

Later, he was given a chance by the famous voice actor Dinh Vu, so he tried his hand at it to earn extra income. Having a talent, Co Minh Hoa quickly got a job. To this day, he still considers voice acting as a stable source of income, helping him cover expenses in addition to acting on television.

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