Dennis To

Dennis To Yu-hang (born 1 January 1981) is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor. He started his career as a wushu practitioner and won several awards at various competitions, including a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 2005 East Asian Games. He became an actor in 2007 and started by playing minor roles in Ip Man, Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and Ip Man 2 (2010). He is best known for his role as the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the 2010 film The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.

Career To started practising wushu at the age of six in the Hong Kong Wushu Union's classes. He attended Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. After graduating from school, To joined the Hong Kong Wushu Team To made his debut in a minor role in the 2008 film Ip Man, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Donnie Yen, and he also appeared in the sequel Ip Man 2 (2010). Later, in 2010, he was cast as the lead character, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, in the 2010 film The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2008 Ip Man葉問 Hu Wei 2009 Bodyguards and Assassins十月圍城 Nie Zhongqing 2010 Ip Man 2葉問2 Cheng Wai-kei 2010 The Legend Is Born – Ip Man葉問前傳 Ip Man 2011 Choy Lee Fut蔡李佛 guest star 2011 The Harbor, 2012港都2012 2011 The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake競雄女俠·秋瑾 Xu Xilin 2011 1911辛亥革命 Xiong Bingkun 2011 Summer Love戀夏戀夏戀戀下 Ryan's brother 2012 Wu Dang大武當之天地密碼 Taoist Bailong 2012 Zombie 108棄城Z-108 SWAT cop guest star 2019 Ip Man: Kung Fu Master 叶问宗师 Ip Man 2018 Kung Fu League (Chinese: 功夫联盟) Ip Man; later revealed to be an imposter, Ip Bit Man 2019 The Grandmaster of Kung Fu Huo Yuanjia 2019 A Lifetime Treasure

Awards and nominations

Wushu Year Award Competition Notes/ 1999 Gold medal Men's Changquan, 1999 World Wushu Championships 2001 Silver medal Changquan, 2001 World Wushu Championships 2001 Silver medal Daoshu, 2001 World Wushu Championships 2001 Bronze medal Gunshu, 2001 World Wushu Championships 2002 Silver medal Changquan, 2002 Asian Games 2003 Bronze medal Changquan, 2003 World Wushu Championships 2003 Silver medal Daoshu, World Wushu Championships 2003 Silver medal Duilian, World Wushu Championships 2004 Silver medal Gunshu, Asian Wushu Championships 2004 Silver medal Duilian, Asian Wushu Championships 2005 Gold medal Duilian, 2005 East Asian Games Won together with Chan Siu-kit and Chow Ting-yu

Film Year Award / nomination Film Event Notes 2011 Best New Performer nomination Ip Man 2 30th Hong Kong Film Awards 2011 Best New Performer nomination The Legend Is Born – Ip Man 30th Hong Kong Film Awards 2011 Gold Award for New Performer of the Year Awarded by the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild