Kwok-Choon was born in Montreal, to Sino-Mauritian parents. He holds a Bachelor's of Arts & Sciences in Communication Studies from Concordia University. He subsequently moved to Toronto to attend George Brown Theatre School.[1] Soon after graduating, he was offered a seat on George Brown Theatre School's Advisory Board.
In 2014, out of 600 applicants, he was one out of the ten artists offered scholarships to train at the CFC Actors Conservatory.
He currently resides and works in Toronto, Ontario, and Los Angeles, California.
Career
Kwok-Choon landed his first starring role immediately after graduation. He played Ferdinand in the Canadian Stage's production of The Tempest. As the show was running, he was hired again by Canadian Stage to rehearse and perform in Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard.[2]Rock 'n' Roll was directed by Donna Feore, the spouse of Canada's screen and stage legend Colm Feore. "Rock 'n" Roll" ran in the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto, Ontario and the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta.
In 2010, he played the title character in the world premiere of A Boy Called Newfoundland by Graeme Gillis at The Tarragon Theatre.[3]
Kwok-Choon's most notable role was Seth Park, a series lead on Open Heart, a 2015 American/Canadian mystery-drama television series produced by the Epitome Pictures unit of DHX Media in association with Marblemedia. It first aired on January 20, 2015, on TeenNick in the United States.
In 2023, Kwok-Choon signed with the Buchwald talent agency, purportedly to attract new film roles by raising his industry profile. Soon thereafter, he was picked to play a supporting role in the Joaquin Phoenix feature Beau Is Afraid, directed by Ari Aster. The A24 surrealist film tells the story of a paranoid man who embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.
^"Patrick Kwok-Choon". The Canadian Independent Visual and Digital Media Association Inc. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
