Benny Chan (actor)

Benny Chan
Chinese name 陳浩民 (traditional)
Chinese name 陈浩民 (simplified)
Pinyin Chén Hàomín (Mandarin)
Jyutping Can4 Hou6-man4 (Cantonese)
Born (1969-10-07) 7 October 1969
Hong Kong
Occupation Actor, singer
Years active 1996-present
Genre(s) Pop
Spouse(s) Lisa Jiang Lisha (2011-present)
Children Chan Nga-yu (b. 2011)
Ancestry Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Benny Chan (born 7 October 1969), also known as Chan Ho-man (陳浩民), is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

Education

Chan was educated in Raimondi College (zh). He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social science from Lingnan University.

Acting career

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 gained lots of popularity in various countries.[1][2][3]

Music career

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

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

Film

  • 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)
  • Comedy Star (2018)
  • Deception of the Novelist (2018)
  • 3 and a Half Men (2018)

Television

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ ""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.
  3. ↑ "世界新聞網-北美華文新聞、華商資訊 - 陳浩民 不稀罕高價挖角". Worldjournal.com. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Oriental Daily News
  6. ↑ Benny Chan at hkmdb.com
  7. ↑ Benny Chan at chinesemov.com
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