Benny Chan (actor)
Benny Chan Ho-man (born 7 October 1969) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.
Benny Chan | |||||||||||
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陳浩民 | |||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1969 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Lingnan University | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1996–present | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Lisa Jiang (m. 2011) | ||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳浩民 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈浩民 | ||||||||||
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| Genres | Pop | ||||||||||
Education edit
Chan attended Raimondi College. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social science from Lingnan University.
Acting career edit
Chan's career in the entertainment industry began in 1994 when he appeared in a television commercial for Vitasoy. He later joined TVB and acted in many television dramas produced by the company. Some of his best-known roles include Duen Yu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997), the Monkey King in Journey to the West II (1998), and Na-tsa in Gods of Honour (2001).
Since the early 2000s, Chan has become less active in Hong Kong, and has switched to working on mainland Chinese and Taiwanese television series. One of which is a series drama, The Holy Monk, as the main character, Holy Monk. The drama became popular in various countries.[1][2][3]
Music career edit
Apart from being an actor, Chan is also a singer, and has released a number of albums. His best-known song is the theme song of Journey to the West II (1998). He also sang the theme songs for Dragon Love (1999), Gods of Honour (2001), Silver Mouse (2002), Qianlong Xia Jiangnan (2003) and A Pillow Case of Mystery (2006) and the subthemes for Journey to the West II, Anti-Crime Squad (1999), Silver Mouse, Vigilante Force (2003) and Qianlong Xia Jiangnan. His rendition of Chinese versions of two Pokémon songs has won him several awards.
Personal life edit
In 2011 Chan married Lisa Jiang Lisha (蒋丽莎), a mainland Chinese model from Hunan.[4] Their daughter Ya Ru Chan (陳雅薷) was born on 30 November 2011.[5]
Filmography edit
Film edit
- Love and the City (1995)
- Made in Heaven (1996)
- Last Ghost Standing (1999)
- The Final Winner (2001)
- Salon Beauty (2002)
- Love is a Butterfly (2002)
- Tai Ji Soldier (2005)
- Tragic Hero (2008)
- Iceman (2014)
- Kung Fu Boys (2016)
- Funny Soccer (2016)
- Through the Eye (2017)
- Winning Buddha (2017)
- Monster Hunt Bao Man (2017)
- Monster Hunt Bao Man 2 (2018)
- The Incredible Monk (2018)
- Million Demons City (2018)
- The Incredible Monk - Dragon Return (2018)
- Crazy Dragon (2018)
- Fake Partner (2018)
- She's a Man. He's a Woman (2019)
- Deception of the Novelist (2019)
- Kaifeng Demon (2019)
- Flirting Scholar from the Future (2019)
- Monkey King - The Volcano (2019)
- The Incredible Monk 3 (2019)
- My Kickass Wife (2019)
- Zhong Kui (2019)
- Star Master (2019)
- Master Dragon (2019)
- The Sword Legend (2019)
- Jiang Ziya (2019)
- Dragon Hunter 1 (2020)
- Monkey King (2020)
- God Erlang (2020)
- God Erlang 2 (2020)
Television edit
- Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997)
- Dark Tales II (1998)
- Journey to the West II (1998)
- Anti-Crime Squad (1999)
- Dragon Love (1999)
- Zhuang Ya Princess (1999)
- Reaching Out (2000)
- Gods of Honour (2001)
- Silver Mouse (2002)
- Whatever It Takes (2002)
- Network Love Story (2002)
- Vigilante Force (2003)
- Qianlong Xia Jiangnan (2003)
- Carry Me Fly and Walk Off (2003)
- Love Never Dies (2003)
- Deadful Melody (2004)
- The Undercover Swordsman (2004)
- Hi-Fly (2004)
- Yan Hua San Yue (2005)
- A Pillow Case of Mystery (2006)
- The Biter Bitten (2006)
- Da Qing Hou Gong (2006)
- Love Machine (2006)
- A Change of Destiny (2007)
- Liao Zhai 2 (2007)
- Chocolate Lovers (2007)
- The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2007)
- Justice Bao (2008)
- Legend of the Demigods (2008)
- Duo Qing Nu Ren Chi Qing Nan (2008)
- Justice Bao (2010) as Bai Yutang
- The Legend of Crazy Monk (2010)
- Love of Seven Fairy Maidens (2010)
- The Legend of Chinese Zodiac (2011)
- Da Tang Nü Xun An (2011)
- The Legend of Crazy Monk 2 (2011)
- Love Amongst War (2012)
- The Legend of Xishi (2012)
- The Legend of Crazy Monk 3 (2012)
- A Happy Life (2013)
- New Mad-Monk (2014)
- A Happy Life 2 (2016)
- The Story of Liu Hai and Jinchan (2016)
- The Legend of Beggar King and Big Foot Queen (2016)
- Deadful Melody (2018)
References edit
- ^ 陳浩民身價20萬人仔輸阿佘5萬 - 東方日報 (in Chinese). Orientaldaily.on.cc. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ ""濟公"陳浩民分享婚姻觀︰要麼不結要麼不離(組圖) - 倍可親全球快訊". News.backchina.com. 2011-08-20. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ . Worldjournal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ "迷戀豪放艷模搞出人命 陳浩民娶栢芝裸替蔣麗莎 | 香港娛樂頻道". Ihktv.com. 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ Oriental Daily News
- ^ Benny Chan at hkmdb.com
- ^ Benny Chan at chinesemov.com
External links edit
- Benny Chan's official Myspace page
- (in Chinese) Benny Chan's official blog
- Benny Chan at IMDb