Mạc Văn Khoa

Mạc Văn Khoa was born in 1992 in Vietnam. Mạc Văn Khoa's first taste of comedy came at school, when in the eighth grade he was sent to perform in a school comedy competition. After secondary school he tried for the acting department of the theatre and cinema university in Hanoi and was cut in the first round, so he studied directing at an arts college in Nha Trang instead. Money was tight after that and he took labouring jobs on building sites, until he read about the auditions for Cười xuyên Việt (“Laughing Through Vietnam”) in 2015, signed up and went on to finish second. He has performed solo comedy.

The competition opened the door to acting. In early 2016 he appeared in Vợ ơi... em ở đâu? (“Wife, Where Are You?”), produced by Thủy Tiên and Công Vinh, and in Phim trường ma (“Haunted Film Set”), and he took parts in sitcoms such as Gia đình vui nhộn (“Funny Family”). Lý Hải cast him in Face Off: The Walking Guests (Lật mặt 4: Nhà có khách) and again in Lật mặt: 48h (“Face Off: 48 Hours”), and he played in the holiday comedy 30 chưa phải tết (“The 30th Is Not Yet Tết”). In 2019 and 2020 he took part in Ơn giời cậu đây rồi! (“Thank Goodness You Are Here!”) alongside Lâm Vỹ Dạ, and in 2019 he was nominated for a Mai Vàng (“Golden Apricot Blossom”) award as a comic actor.

He played the title role in the web series Anh Mạc Comedy, and in 2023 he released a remix of the song Hải Dương niềm thương nhớ (“Hải Dương, Beloved and Remembered”), produced together with DJ Prank.