Kenneth Chan Kai-tai

Kenneth Chan
Kenneth Chan
Born	16 July 1964 (age 60); Hong Kong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳啟泰
Simplified Chinese	陈启泰
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Qǐtài
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Chan4 Kai2-taai3

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

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

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

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
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
2009	Cable Scientific Insepctor 神探csi	Presenter
2008	Today in Court 今日法庭	Presenter
2006	Central Affairs 2	Chai Chun-yu
2006	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
	Flaming Brothers 縱橫四海
	The Mad Phoenix 南海十三郎	Tong Tik-sang 唐滌生
	Divine Retribution 世纪之战	Au-yeung Wai-lun 欧阳玮伦
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

Year	Title
2009	The Past of Hong Kong 香港往事
2004	Final Answer 最後答案

References

^ 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

Awards and achievements
Power Academy Awards
Preceded by -	Outstanding Actor in Television 2001 for Project Ji Xiang	Succeeded by Moses Chan for Where the Legend Begins

[1] Ken Chan biography Archived 3 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "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.

[3] Chinese wikipedia

[4] 從瓦努阿圖到瓦努亞洲陳啟泰

[5] [1] Archived 29 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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