Kenneth Chan Kai-tai
Kenneth Chan | |||||||||||
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| Born | 16 July 1964 Hong Kong | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳啟泰 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈启泰 | ||||||||||
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Kenneth Chan Kai-tai (born 16 July 1964) is a Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel (previously working for TVB and ATV).
Career
[edit]Chan is an alumnus of St. Paul's Co-educational College, Fisher Park High School (where he sang in the school choir and performed in school productions such as 'Bye Bye Birdie') and Carleton University[1] in Ottawa, Canada. He used to work at JPMorgan Chase as a Customer Service Supervisor and later joined an advertising company.
In 1990 he joined TVB to be the host of some TVB programmes. At the same time he also played a supporting role in some TV dramas. However, he generally failed to get a leading role in TVB.[2] In 1998, ATV invited Chan to join the network with higher salary.
At ATV, Chan is best known as the host of Baak Maan Fu Yung, the Hong Kong version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show boosted his career. He had also played three different characters in the three seasons of the My Date with a Vampire television series trilogy, in which each character is related by cloning or reincarnation of the original Yamamoto Kazuo in the first series.
In March 2009, ATV did not extend his contract thus Chan left ATV and joined CATV. In 2011, he returned to ATV but due to financial difficulties, ATV stopped producing enough TV programmes which lead to the decision to leave ATV again in 2013. Chan now is contracted with ViuTV.
Personal life
[edit]- He was born in a rich family, living in a flat of Mid-levels. He has three elder brothers.[3]
- He became a Canadian citizen when he was two years old.[4]
- He married a piano teacher in April 1998.[5] The couple has no children and lived in Kwun Tong.
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Network |
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| 2018 | Shadow of Justice | 郭 Sir | ViuTV |
| 2018 | Plan B | ViuTV | |
| 2011 | ICAC Investigators 2011 | ||
| 2010 | The Men of Justice | Tong Ka-ming | ATV |
| 2009 | Happy Family 2009 開心大發現 2009 |
Brother Ken 大佬 Ken |
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| Cable Scientific Insepctor 神探csi |
Presenter | ||
| 2008 | Today in Court 今日法庭 |
Presenter | |
| 2006 | Central Affairs 2 | Chai Chun-yu | |
| Hong Kong Special Cases | Ma Ho-yin | ||
| 2004 | My Date with a Vampire III | Yuenngan Pat-por | ATV |
| 2001 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Presenter | ATV |
| 2002 | Project Ji Xiang | Yam Gut-cheung | ATV |
| 1999 | My Date with a Vampire II 我和殭屍有個約會II |
Yamamoto Katsuo 山本一夫 |
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| Flaming Brothers 縱橫四海 |
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| The Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎 |
Tong Tik-sang 唐滌生 |
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| Divine Retribution 世纪之战 |
Au-yeung Wai-lun 欧阳玮伦 |
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| 1998 | My Date with a Vampire 我和殭屍有個約會 |
Yamamoto Katsuo 山本一夫 |
ATV |
| 1997 | Untraceable Evidence | TVB | |
| I Can't Accept Corruption | TVB | ||
| The Disappearance | TVB | ||
| Time Before Time | TVB | ||
| Old Time Buddy | TVB | ||
| 1996 | Weapons of Power | TVB | |
| 1995 | The Condor Heroes 95 | Wan Chi-ping | TVB |
| 1995 | Detective Investigation Files | Kong Yu Hien 江宇軒 |
TVB |
| 1995 | Detective Investigation Files II | Kong Yu Hien 江宇軒 |
TVB |
| 1994 | Fate of the Clairvoyant | TVB | |
| 1993 | The Vampire Returns | TVB | |
| 1992 | Angel's Call | TVB |
Discography
[edit]| Year | Title |
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| 2009 | The Past of Hong Kong 香港往事 |
| 2004 | Final Answer 最後答案 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ken Chan biography Archived 3 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "陳啟泰自嘲撈無綫名氣不及亞視". Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Chinese wikipedia
- ^ 從瓦努阿圖到瓦努亞洲 陳啟泰
- ^ [1] Archived 29 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]| Authority control databases: Artists |
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong male television actors
- TVB actors
- Asia Television
- Cable television in Hong Kong
- Carleton University alumni
- Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
- Hong Kong television presenters
- Hong Kong television personalities
- 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
- 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
- Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College