Bryant Mak Chi-lok, Hong Kong actor

Bryant Mak Chi-lok

BIOGRAPHY

Bryant Mak Chi-lok (Chinese: 麥子樂, born 12 January 1980) is a Hong Kong actor. He spent roughly a decade in walk-on parts before a single role changed how the industry saw him.

He entered the business at twenty-two and graduated from the eighteenth intake of the TVB Artiste Training Class in 2004, joining the station afterwards. Between 2002 and 2012 he turned up in the long-running sitcom Virtues of Harmony as a series of unrelated one-episode characters, and passed through dozens of TVB dramas as a reporter, a waiter, a constable, a student, a passer-by. Bit parts in Triumph in the Skies (2003), The Academy (2005), Forensic Heroes (2006), Rosy Business (2009) and When Heaven Burns (2011) sit in that stretch. Around this time the Hong Kong press took to calling him a lookalike for the actor Raymond Lam.

The turn came in 2012 with Highs and Lows, in which he played Chan Ka-chun, a character with an intellectual disability, and drew serious notice for the first time. He left TVB the same year for Hong Kong Television Network, where he appeared in The Election (2014), Doomsday Plus Five (2014), The Menu (2015), Blackish Sky (2015) and Night Shift (2015) as Chan Ho-yeung. When that contract ended in 2015 he signed with Emperor Motion Pictures. He is now managed by 天下一將士藝人有限公司, the artist arm of the One Cool group.

On film he has worked steadily in the middle of good Hong Kong casts: Pang Ho-cheung’s Love in a Puff (2010), She Remembers, He Forgets (2015), Wong Chun’s Mad World (2017) as Louis, Johnnie To’s Three (2017), Fagara (2019), My Prince Edward (2019) and Bursting Point (2023), where he played a former soldier. On ViuTV he appeared in Detective Tales: The Prequel (2019), the anthology Utopia (2019) and Law and Emotion (2023). In 2022 he took one of the male leads in the web drama Chasing the Tide, produced by Chik Kei-yi, and in 2026 he appears in the Youku and Media Asia series Major Crime Decoded as Ma Siu-tung. He has also fronted music videos for Charmaine Fong, AGA, Elanne Kwong and others, and recorded audio description narration for a documentary strand on Hong Kong Open TV.

In 2026 he appears in the Cantonese-language Boys’ Love series Ash (煙灰).

Bryant Mak Chi-lok plays in two Youku series in 2026, Major Crime Decoded and Ash.

Ash is adapted from the novel 煙灰 by the Chinese writer Feng Nong and is performed in Cantonese. The finished nine episodes stream on Youku.

He began at a television station that supplied work through a contract, and his management now sits with an artist company. Details of the series are at Ash.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
麥子樂
Real Name
Mak Chi-lok (麥子樂)
Nickname
Bryant Mak
Pronouns
he/him
Born
(Age 46)
Birthplace
Hong Kong
Gender
Male
Western Zodiac
Capricorn ♑
Chinese Zodiac
Goat 🐐
Profession
Nationality
Debut
2002 · Virtues of Harmony (皆大歡喜, TVB, 2002)
Agency / Label
天下一將士藝人有限公司 (One Cool group artist management)
Years Active
2002-present
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese
Skills
Screen acting, Television presenting, Voice-over and audio description

FILMOGRAPHY: TV SERIES (1)

FUN FACTS

  • Ash follows two men in Hong Kong who are each hiding what they are. Mok Fei-foon, played by Kingston Yi Xuan, is a police officer working undercover under a false name, and Hui Leuk-to, played by Leo Peng Ziye, runs a business group knitted into the underworld with a family empire behind him.
  • A counterfeiting operation and a war between rival groups keep tightening around the pair, and the crime plot carries on while the romance develops.
  • The first trailer appeared on 7 August 2026, exactly one week before the opening episodes.
  • Because 12 January 1980 fell before the Lunar New Year of that year, his Chinese zodiac animal is the Goat, while his western sign is Capricorn.

TRIVIA

He recorded audio description narration for a Hong Kong Open TV documentary strand in 2021, work aimed at viewers with sight loss.

  • Pat Ha Man-jik, a pioneering figure in Hong Kong action cinema, appears in the Ash cast, and Sing Lee plays Chiu Yan.
  • Feng Nong, the writer of the novel behind Ash, also wrote the novels behind General and I and Golden Jade Dynasty.

EDUCATION

TVB Artiste Training Class, 18th intake (graduated 2004)

CAREER AT A GLANCE

Bryant Mak Chi-lok holds one record across the site: one supporting role.

It dates from 2026.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is Bryant Mak Chi-lok?

Bryant Mak Chi-lok (麥子樂) is a Hong Kong actor, born 12 January 1980, who has worked in Hong Kong television and film since the early 2000s. He appears in the 2026 Cantonese BL series Ash.

How did he start out?

He entered the industry at twenty-two and graduated from the eighteenth intake of the TVB Artiste Training Class in 2004. He worked as an extra and in small parts for around a decade before a leading supporting role brought him attention.

What was his breakthrough role?

Chan Ka-chun in the 2012 TVB drama Highs and Lows, a character with an intellectual disability. It was the performance that first drew serious notice to him.

Which of his films are best known?

Love in a Puff (2010), She Remembers, He Forgets (2015), Mad World (2017), Johnnie To’s Three (2017), Fagara (2019), My Prince Edward (2019) and Bursting Point (2023).

Which stations has he worked for?

TVB from 2004, Hong Kong Television Network from 2012, then Emperor Motion Pictures from 2015. He has also appeared in ViuTV and Hong Kong Open TV productions, and is currently managed by the artist arm of the One Cool group.

How old is he?

He was born on 12 January 1980, which makes him 46 in 2026. His zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Who directed and produced Ash?

Brando directed the nine episodes and Tongmeng International produced the series.

How was Ash released?

Youku put out the first two episodes together on 14 August 2026 and then one episode a week on Fridays, closing on 2 October 2026.

Who else is in the cast of Ash?

Kingston Yi Xuan and Leo Peng Ziye play the two leads. Pat Ha Man-jik plays Hui Wong Wan-ping, Sing Lee plays Chiu Yan, Ethan Ku Gu Yihang plays Hui Luk Ching, Jonathan Hau Yuanhao plays Tam Fung and Hugo Wong Sing Cheuk plays Lam Tung Sek.

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