Benny Chan (actor)

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Chan. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Benny Chan and the Chinese-style name is Chan Ho-man.
Benny Chan
陳浩民
Chan in March 2024
Born (1969-10-07) 7 October 1969 (age 55)
British Hong Kong
Other namesChan Ho Man
Alma materLingnan University
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Lisa Jiang
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(m. 2011)​
Children4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳浩民
Simplified Chinese陈浩民
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Hàomín
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingCan4 Hou6-man4
Musical career
GenresPop
Signature

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

Education

Chan attended Raimondi College. 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), Sun Wukong in Journey to the West II (1998), and Na-tsa in Gods of Honour (2001).

Since the early 2000s, he 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 Legend of Crazy Monk, as the main protagonist Ji Gong. The drama became popular in various countries.[1][2][3]

Music career

Chan is also a singer. He 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

  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. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. 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