Joel Chan Shan-chung (born 2 October 1976) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

contracted to

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 ...

and Shaw Brothers Pictures. He made his debut in 1995 as a solo

Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ...

singer, later transitioning into acting. Chan won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2017

TVB Anniversary Awards The TVB Anniversary Awards (), officially known as the TVB Awards Presentation, is an annual awards ceremony honoring TVB's programming achievements in Hong Kong television; despite claims that it is the region's equivalent to the American Emm ...

with his role as Kent in the action drama '' The Unholy Alliance.'' In 2019, Chan played his first male leading role in the critical acclaimed supernatural drama '' Barrack O'Karma''. With his dual role as Siu Wai-ming and Lau Yuk-fai, Chan earned his first nominations for Best Actor and Most Popular Male Character at the 2019

, eventually being placed among top 5 for both categories.

Personal life

In 2011, Joel Chan and Florinda Ho, the third daughter of "Gambling King"

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, were repeatedly rumored to be in a relationship but the two denied the news. Joel Chan also admitted that he had gone through divorce procedures with his ex-wife Ponny Yeung with whom he had been in a relationship for 10 years at the end of 2010. In the early morning of August 14, 2011, Florinda Ho, the daughter of the rich businessman Stanley Ho, uploaded a photo on Weibo, officially publicizing the relationship. In 2013, he and Florinda ended their two-year relationship. On November 1, 2019, Chan married his out of industry girlfriend, Apple Ho, after dating for 5 years. The two held a wedding banquet at the W Hotel in Hong Kong. On 14 February 2020, he announced on Instagram that his wife was pregnant. On July 1 of the same year, his wife gave birth to their 7.1-pound son, Jaco Chan, by caesarean section. Due to their common interest in long-distance running, Chan along with

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, Selena Lee and

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formed the group “Crazy Runner”.

Filmography

Television dramas (
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)

Television dramas ( Shaw Brothers Pictures)

Film

*1999: '' The Social Worker from the Edge'' *2000: '' God's Family Hymnal'' *2003: '' Dream and Desire'' *2003: '' Mark Six Comedy'' *2004: '' Cop Unbowed'' *2004: ''

A-1 Headline ''A-1'' (), known internationally as ''A-1 Headline'', is a 2004 Hong Kong thriller film written and directed by Gordon Chan and Rico Chung and starring Anthony Wong, Angelica Lee, Edison Chen, with a special appearance by Tony Leung Ka-fai. C ...

'' *2004: ''

The Beautiful Life ''The Beautiful Life'' (also known as ''The Beautiful Life: TBL'') is an American teen drama television series, which ran on The CW from September 16 to September 23, 2009. The series starred Mischa Barton, Elle Macpherson, Sara Paxton, and ...

'' *2005: '' Futago'' *2010: ''

72 Tenants of Prosperity ''72 Tenants of Prosperity'' (72家租客) is a 2010 Hong Kong comedy film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, Television Broadcasts Limited, United Filmmakers Organization, Sil-Metropole Organisation and Sun Wah Media Group. It was directed b ...

'' *2014: '' Grey Met Shrek'' *2019: ''Line Walker 2'' *TBA: '' Endless Battle'' Joel Chan at chinesemov.com
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Discography

*1994: ''A B C D'' *1996: 愛是全意 (Love is My Focus)

Other works

; Musicals *1996: ''

Snow White "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...

'' as the Prince ; Music video appearances * "一不小心" (Once Not Careful) by Nicola Cheung ; Soundtracks * "天數" (Counting Destiny),

theme song Theme music is a musical composition that is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at so ...

for ''

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 ...

'' ** Duet with

Steven Ma Steven Ma Chun-wai (born 26 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, ''Lucky for Meeting You'' (幸運就 ...

References

External links

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Joel Chan's Official TVB BlogJoel Chan's Official Sina Microblog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Joel 1976 births Living people TVB veteran actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male television actors Hong Kong male singers Cantopop singers Macau emigrants to Hong Kong 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Macau-born Hong Kong artists