Gregory Charles Rivers

His performance of the song “Forever ATV”, which made fun of the apparent government support for Asia Television (the doomed Hong Kong No. 2 broadcast television station that was then on the brink of collapse and finally to be stripped of its broadcasting licence and close its doors) was awarded “Hong Kong’s most popular male singer 2015” at the satirical “TVMost 1st Guy Ten Big Ging Cook Gum Cook Awards Distribution” (TVMost’s First Top Ten Wonderful Songs, Golden Songs Awards Ceremony) in January 2016. His rendition of his own Cantonese rap song 香港地 (This Hong Kong) was welcomed as a defence of localism during difficult political times.

In October 2007, Rivers was one of the four non-Chinese TV actors featured in an in-depth interview and feature story ‘Hello Neighbour’ in Muse, discussing his sense of cultural identity and how he saw his work.

In a TV interview aired on 19 March 2007 on TVB, Rivers mentioned his reason for learning Cantonese was his association with Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking friends during his time at the University of New South Wales. It was this close friendship and the songs of Leslie Cheung that sparked his interest in learning the language.

In 2005, Rivers appeared on stage beside Teresa Teng in an opera production.

Gregory Charles Rivers (Chinese: 河國榮 ; Cantonese Yale: Hòh Gwok-wìhng ; born 30 April 1965) is a Hong Kong actor of Australian heritage.