He played the stepfather of Van Fan's character Aga in the film Cape No.
7, a role that won him Best Supporting Actor at the 45th Golden Horse Awards in 2008.
[1][2] Ma's portrayal of Geta, a triad leader in Monga,[3] won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2011 Chinese Film Media Awards.
Ma backed the 2010 Taipei mayoral campaign of Eric Chu.
[4] Ma was admitted to the Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital [zh] in Taipei to treat an infection and died on 9 June 2019.