Daniel Chan Hiu-tung (born 3 September 1975) is a popular Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is most notable as one of the young talents in the 1990s music scene.

Career

Singer

In 2000, following the death of his manager Rebecca Leung, he began changing his singing style. After nearly three years of being absent from the music scene, he released his 11th Chinese album ''So Hot'' in early September 2011. Chan is a

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Actor

As for his movie career, he took part in many films since 1994. In 1996, he played the character Wang Wen Jun from the movie " Hu-Du-Men" which helped him receive the best newcomer nomination in the 16th

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. In 1997, he played teenager Shum Chi Hong (Shen Zhi Kang) in "

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". After that, he performed in the big budget

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movie alongside

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in ''

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'' in 1998, together

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...Later he starred in the film ''

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as one of the best couple, ''

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'' (2001 -as Hui Lok, went with

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and

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) and the resulting TV series ''

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Discography

Cantonese

Mandarin

Filmography

Movies

TV Series

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References

External links

Official website

Daniel Chan's yahoo blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Daniel 1975 births Living people Cantopop singer-songwriters Hong Kong Mandopop singers Hong Kong male actors Hong Kong male singers Hong Kong male singer-songwriters Hong Kong Buddhists