Benny Chan Ho-man (born 7 October 1969) is a

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actor and singer.

Education

Chan attended . He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social science from

Lingnan University Lingnan University (LN/LU), formerly called Lingnan College, is a public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. It aims to provide students with an education in the liberal arts tradition and has joined the Global Liberal Arts Alliance since ...

Acting career

Chan's career in the entertainment industry began in 1994 when he appeared in a television commercial for

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. He later joined

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and 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 ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers ''Ming Pao'' in Hong Kong and ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' in Singapore. It has been a ...

'' (1997), the

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in ''

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'' (1998), and Na-tsa in ''

Gods of Honour ''Gods of Honour'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the 16th-century novel '' Fengshen Bang'' (also known as ''Investiture of the Gods'' or ''Creation of the Gods''), a Chinese vernacular classic written by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. ...

'' (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.

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 ''

'' (1998). He also sang the theme songs for ''Dragon Love'' (1999), ''

'' (2001), ''

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'' (2002), ''Qianlong Xia Jiangnan'' (2003) and ''

A Pillow Case of Mystery ''A Pillow Case of Mystery'' (Traditional Chinese: 施公奇案; literally ''The Curious Cases of Lord Sze'') is a 2006 Hong Kong detective-fantasy television drama starring Bobby Au-yeung as the title character, Mr. Sze ( Sze Sai-lun). Produced ...

'' (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 ''

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'' songs has won him several awards.

Personal life

In 2011 Chan married Lisa Jiang Lisha (蒋丽莎), a mainland Chinese model from

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. Their daughter Ya Ru Chan (陳雅薷) was born on 30 November 2011.

Filmography

Film

* '' Love and the City'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

Last Ghost Standing ''Last Ghost Standing'' is a Hong Kong films of 1999, 1999 Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong film directed by Billy Chung. The film is an adaptation of the novel by Simon Lui. Cast * Sherming Yiu - Yiu-yiu * Simon Lui Yue Yeung - Yang Yang * Paul ...

'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

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'' (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

* ''

'' (1997) * ''

Dark Tales II Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low ...

'' (1998) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Anti-Crime Squad'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Reaching Out'' (2000) * ''

'' (2001) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Whatever It Takes'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Qianlong Xia Jiangnan'' (2003) * '' Carry Me Fly and Walk Off'' (2003) * '' Love Never Dies'' (2003) * '' Deadful Melody'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Hi-Fly'' (2004) * '' Yan Hua San Yue'' (2005) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

The Biter Bitten ''The Biter Bitten'' () is a TVB modern adventure series broadcast in March 2006. The story takes place in a circus and shot in Panyu, China. Synopsis : A treasure is hidden inside a circus. : One step closer to the treasure; one step closer to ...

'' (2006) * '' Da Qing Hou Gong'' (2006) * '' Love Machine'' (2006) * ''

A Change of Destiny ''A Change of Destiny'' (Traditional Chinese: :zh:天機算, 天機算) is a TVB costume drama series broadcast in April List of TVB series (2007), 2007. The series is about two young men having the same birthday but have both of them have a diff ...

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Chocolate Lovers'' (2007) * '' The Legend of Chu Liuxiang'' (2007) * '' Justice Bao'' (2008) * ''

Legend of the Demigods ''Legend of the Demigods'' () is a TVB fantasy-adventure TV series starring Linda Chung, Benny Chan and Sunny Chan as the main lead, with Halina Tam, Stephen Au, Nancy Wu and Charmaine Li as the main supporting cast. The ending theme song ''Fat ...

'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Justice Bao'' (2010) as

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* ''

The Legend of Crazy Monk ''The Legend of Crazy Monk'' () is a Chinese television series about the life of Ji Gong. The series was directed by Lin Tianyi and based on Guo Xiaoting's classical novel ''Biography of Ji Gong''. It was a hot TV series recently in Guangdong Telev ...

'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' The Legend of Chinese Zodiac'' (2011) * ''

Da Tang Nü Xun An ''Da Tang Nü Xun An'' is a Chinese television series about Xie Yaohuan (谢瑶环), a fictional Tang dynasty female detective-official who solves several mysterious cases during the reign of the empress Wu Zetian. Directed by Tao Lingling, the s ...

'' (2011) * ''The Legend of Crazy Monk 2'' (2011) * '' Love Amongst War'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''The Legend of Crazy Monk 3'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''New Mad-Monk'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''The Story of Liu Hai and Jinchan'' (2016) * ''The Legend of Beggar King and Big Foot Queen'' (2016) * ''Deadful Melody'' (2018) Benny Chan at chinesemov.com
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References

External links

Benny Chan's official Myspace page
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Benny Chan's official blog
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