Personal Info
Birth date
1966-12-30 (58 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Also known as
葛民輝
''SoftHard''
葛民辉
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Biography
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".
Filmography
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra
6.5
Overview:
Every 200 million years, a cosmic storm weakens celestial powers, unleashing the Heaven Demon. To stop it, a chosen one must retrieve the Three Pure Land Sutras, guided by three meteorite incarnations. As destiny unfolds, an epic battle between good and evil begins.VR Exorcist
NYR
Overview:
Two middle-aged men, Sunny and his friend dream of shooting a horror movie based on VR exorcism. In order to raise funds, they routinely scam in the name of VR exorcism. They sought help from the tech-savvy Polyphemus and brought a highly intelligent virtual reality headset to help people see the ghost. They make people interact with the "ghost" to settle any unresolved things.City Hunter
6.586
Overview:
A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.Gorgeous
6.4
Overview:
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation
6.1
Overview:
A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.The Banquet
5.2
Overview:
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.Chinese Odyssey 2002
6.8
Overview:
Two pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path. When the young Emperor and his sister contrive to leave the palace, they meet the loves of their lives in the town of Meilong.Lawyer Lawyer
6.3
Overview:
Stephen Chow plays a selfish yet in some places kind hearted barrister who tricks his servant in doing things for his own benefit. Eric Kot playing the servant is misguided by what he thinks is love and leaves Chow vowing that he will never need Chow's help again in life. Shortly afterwards Kot gets into some big trouble (due to be executed) with the British and calls on Chow for help. Chow tries to help his client, but is fish out of water when he has to fight this court room case according to western rules.The Lucky Guy
6.4
Overview:
Lucky Coffee Shop is well-known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart, attracts lots of girls but only loves Candy. He and his friends, Nam, and Fok, all have love problems. At the same time, the coffee shop may collapse since the landlord is increasing the rent tremendously. Let's see how the lucky guys of the shop can revert this situation.You Shoot, I Shoot
6.9
Overview:
A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked.Fly Me to Polaris
7
Overview:
A young man, blind and dumb, works as an audio tape typist in a hospital and fostering a tender and sincere relationship with a beautiful but introverted nurse. When hit by a car, he is the sixty billionth human being to die on earth, and is on transit to Polaris, en route to a yet more sophisticated form of existence in Vega. Given a reprieve of five days and a chance to be reunited with his love on earth, he cannot reveal his true identity behind the temporary facade he must present to her. Both boy and girl eventually learn, through a tangle of difficult and miraculous events, how love and good things always find ways of creeping into people's lives when people are not greedy and least expect these blessings.Butterfly
6.4
Overview:
Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.Men Suddenly in Black
6.2
Overview:
Four men attempt to fool around as much as they can before their wives return from a 14-hour Buddhism trip to Thailand.July Rhapsody
6.5
Overview:
High school teacher Lam Yiu-Kwok is in the midst of a midlife crisis. His wife, Man-Ching, has been unfaithful; his friends are reaping the rewards of successful business careers while he earns a comparatively meager salary at an unglamorous job; and one of his young students, Choy-Lam, has fallen for him. When Man-Ching leaves for a month to help her former lover, a jealous Yiu-Kwok is tempted to retaliate by pursuing an affair with Choy-Lam.Sound of Colors
5.7
Overview:
Ming a marriage consultant who runs into the charming but blind Yeuk through a little help of a guardian angel. The wheel of fortune is set in motion after the lonesome Ming discovers that he is blind one day. Nobody else than Yeuk who is used to make her way through the labyrinth of the metropolis without relying on the power of sight every day becomes Ming's loyal helper. Will Ming's gift of seeing ever return and if so, will he stay together with Yeuk?The Spy Dad
4.7
Overview:
In Hong Kong, a terrorist organization plans to blackmail the world's government with the help of two fatal diseases a goofy scientist created. Two Interpol agents went to stop their evil plot of world domination, but one of them became a victim of one of the diseases and wanders off acting like a six-year old child. He mindlessly walks into a bullied action film star's mansion, and the star, Jones Bon, was forced to babysit him while dealing with affairs involving his divorced wife and his two daughters. Only a short period of times has passed when Jones, although paying more attention to solving his family situations, finds himself fighting the terrorists.Bet to Basic
3.5
Overview:
Inferior gangster Flying Dragon has a bad habit of gambling, he thus offends the three great gamble deceivers. Luckily his younger cousin, Roy, who comes back from America is extraordinarily lucky, he can win every round of the game and saves Flying Dragon. Flying Dragon hence brings Roy to Mahjong casino to earn money for him. Roy observes the rivalry between two Mahjong geniuses Hua San Yuan and Ge He Qing by chance, he witnesses the fate of them - one turns to be insane and one becomes bankrupt, and decides not to snatch the reputation of "The King of Mahjong". Though Roy has no desire to seize the fame, his good luck elicits the worry of aggressive Mie Luo who then plans to harm Roy.The Saint of Gamblers
5.4
Overview:
Blackie Tat looks for a new Saint of Gamblers, and finds him in the form of a dimwitted mainlander.Fantasia
6.3
Overview:
In Hong Kong 1969, private investigation agency boss Man is investigating an extra marital case. With his two employees, the smart looking idiot Kit and the Hong Kong Columbia Radio Night School graduate Pufferfish, he follows the target Lascar Row. The trio stumbles into an antique shop and breaks many antiques in the store. The cheap Man force Kit and Pufferfish to take responsibility. Kit wisely makes Pufferfish take sole responsibility. The dumb Pufferfish helpless buys the pile of shattered antiques with his own money. In the pieces he finds a broken magic lamp...Just One Look
6.3
Overview:
Set in 70s Hong Kong, Just One Look actually tells of Fan (Shawn Yu), whose policeman father commits suicide in a cinema toilet, but Fan believes he was murdered by a gangster nicknamed 'Crazy' (Anthony Wong). Ten years later Fan contemplates avenging his father's death. Meanwhile, he and best friend Ming (Wong Yu Nam), who are movie fans and sell their family wares outside the local cinema, decide to enlist for kung fu lessons after spotting the master's beautiful daughter (Charlene Choi). But Fan falls for a mysterious girl who lives in the countryside (Gillian Chung).Gen-Y Cops
4.4
Overview:
When terrorists abduct a deadly government attack robot, the call is put out to the Gen-Y Cops, an elite task force with lethal fighting skills. Together with a trigger-happy FBI agent, the Gen-Y Cops race against time to destroy the robot before it destroys their city.Cocktail
NYR
Overview:
The melancholy Candy runs the Half Mortal, a trendy bar in Hong Kong. She hires Paul; Stella, a part-time employee who's a college student in psychology, trains him. He has a gift for mixing the perfect drink to fit each customer's emotional needs. His own emotions, however, are complex: his father, an alcoholic, has died recently; he's abandoned his studies; and, although he's likes Stella, he's a tyro with women and inarticulate with her. Is alcohol the key to happiness, as Paul wonders; does it simply change peoples' personality, as Stella thinks; or, is it just there, as Candy's business sense tells her? Can Paul and Stella blend into something smooth?Lost in Hong Kong
5.6
Overview:
When Xu Lai goes on vacation with his wife and extended family, he gets a chance to meet his former lover. However, his brother-in-law foils his plans and he becomes a suspect in a murder case.Heavenly Mission
5.5
Overview:
Ekin Cheng plays Autumn Yip, a triad mobster who gets caught in Thailand and does 8 years in prison before being released. He visits "The Doctor" and asks for a loan before returning to Hong Kong where he is eagerly awaited by his old triad business partners as well as the Hong Kong police who have set up a special 'anti-Triad' unit just to keep tabs on Yip. The movie shows the confusion shown by the mob and the police over Yip's sudden philanthropy as he makes headline after headline for doing good deeds, not bad. This does not sit well with his old triad boss Brother Hung (Ti Lung) nor Hung's son, Gwai Chai (Stephen Fung). Gwai Chai in particular is itching to rise the ranks of the mob and take over and sets up deals on his own which increasingly puts pressure on himself to deliver. The mob's success hinges on Yip's connections to Thailand and Gwai Chai takes matters to the extreme in order to force his deal to be a success...Tricky King
3.3
Overview:
Oh My God, a doofus nice guy who’s down on his luck after being pranked repeatedly by an evil trickster, asks help from The Tricky King to save his life.Perfect Wedding
4.5
Overview:
A generic romantic comedy for Hong Kong audiences that's successful for what it is. Director Barbara Wong shelves any pretension or undue meaning - which is good news where Wong is concerned.Acting
TBA軟硬天師 Long Time No See Softhard Hong Kong Coliseum 2006 as Unknown
TBAThe Conjurer And The Kid as Unknown
2024The Lyricist Wannabe as Law's Father
2023One Night at School as Unknown
2023YUM Investigation as Papier-mâché Chan
2023The Law In This World as 黃耀光
2023Bodyshop as Fake Reporter
2021Sugar Street Studio as Boss Choi
2019We Are Legends as Unknown
2018Tracey as Chi Jun
2018Napping Kid as Carlos Lim
2018Hotel Soul Good as Buck-toothed Fred
2018VR Exorcist (20 Episodes) as Unknown
201729+1 as Sun
2017The Yuppie Fantasia 3 as Unknown
2015Lost in Hong Kong as Policeman
2014Temporary Family as Gynaecologist
2014Break Up 100 as Unknown
2013The Great War: Director's Cut as Himself
2013Together as Drama teacher
2013Hotel Deluxe as Da Wah
2012The Bounty as Sergant Chung
2010Perfect Wedding as Unknown
2009Club Sparkle (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Super Fans as So Sik
2006Heavenly Mission as CL Hui
2006August Story as Unknown
2006Feel It Say It ... as Dr Zmong Heung
2006Half Twin as Ching Kwok-wing
2006Bet to Basic as Scott
2006Cocktail as Tong
2005AV as Loan Officer
2004Butterfly as Ming
2004A-1 Headline as Ma
2004Elixir of Love as Fishy
2004Fantasia as Muo, Street Cleaner
2003Sound of Colors as Shing
2003The Spy Dad as Dr Donno
2003Men Suddenly in Black as Man in Elevator
2003Dream & Desire as Unknown
2003Honesty as Romeo
2002Just One Look as Unknown
2002If U Care... as Biggie
2002The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (44 Episodes) as Chu Bak Gai
2002July Rhapsody as Wong Yui
2002Chinese Odyssey 2002 as Unknown
2001You Shoot, I Shoot as Bart
2001Feel 100% II as Sunshine
2001Thank You Grandpa (25 Episodes) as Unknown
2001Everyday is Valentine as Unknown
2000Gen-Y Cops as Dr. Lai Shung-Fung
2000Sausalito as Bob
2000Juliet in Love as Master Fong
1999Fly Me to Polaris as Angel
1999Dragon Heat as Unknown
1999Gorgeous as Man at Pier
1999Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King as Brother Jing
1998Tricky King as Oh My God
1998The Lucky Guy as Fook
1997First Love: The Litter on the Breeze as Unknown
1997He Comes From Planet K as P.K.
1997Lawyer Lawyer as Ho Foon
1997A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation as Ten Miles (voice)
1997L-O-V-E...... Love as Dick
1997Ah Fai, the Dumb as Unknown
1997Love: Amoeba Style as Yam Chi Long
1996Feel 100%... Once More as Monster
19964 Faces of Eve as Chan Giu's husband
1996Bodyguards of Last Governor as Lugo
1996Feel 100% as Hui Lok
1996Blind Romance as Yim Sai Chung
1995Out of the Blue as Unknown
1995Super Mischieves as Gump
1995The Saint of Gamblers as God Bless You
1995Mean Street Story as Crab
1995Love in the Time of Twilight as Little Shrimp
1995Tricky Business as Unknown
1995The World of Treasure as Jue Faat
1994Oh! My Three Guys.... as Kau / Gau Goo Leung
1994Run as Leung
1994In Between as Keung
1993City Hunter as Entertainer
1991The Banquet as English Teacher
1990A Tale from the East as Electrician Number 2
1990To Spy with Love!! as Soft Fujiyama
1990Brief Encounter In Shinjuku as Unknown
Directing
2007Super Fans ... Director
1999Dragon Heat ... Director
1997First Love: The Litter on the Breeze ... Director
19964 Faces of Eve ... Director