Benny Chan (actor)

Benny Chan Ho-man (born 7 October 1969) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

Benny Chan
陳浩民
Born (1969-10-07) 7 October 1969
Alma materLingnan University
OccupationActor, singer
Years active1996-present
Spouse(s)
Lisa Jiang
(m. 2011)
Children4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳浩民
Simplified Chinese陈浩民
Musical career
GenresPop

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 became popular 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)
  • 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

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References

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