Eric Kot Man-Fai

December 30, 1966

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Eric Kot Man-Fai, Chinese: 葛民輝, born on December 30, 1966, is a renowned Hong Kong radio presenter, film actor, and director. He played the role of "Soft Taoist Priest" in the music group Soft Hard, a name that is well known in Hong Kong. Since March 1988, he embarked on his radio broadcasting career at the commercial station and co-founded Soft Hard with Jan Lamb in the same year. His unique and entertaining traffic reports on the "Street Angel" programme made him instantly popular. He started participating in film acting in 1989, further expanding his career to television broadcasting, during which he launched a variety of programmes such as "Peculiar DJs Peculiar Show" and "Peculiar DJs Peculiar Show 2". To date, Eric Kot has participated in the production of more than sixty films. He ended his eight-year radio program career in 1996 and segued into the film industry. He collaborated closely with Wong Kar-wai, the producer of "First Love: The Litter on the Breeze", and successfully directed the films "Four Faces of Eve" and "First Love: The Litter on the Breeze".