Kenneth Chan

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 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. 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. He became a Canadian citizen when he was two years old. He married a piano teacher in April 1998. 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 ATV2009 Happy Family 2009 開心大發現 2009 Brother Ken 大佬 Ken Cable Scientific Inspector 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 ATV2001 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Presenter ATV2002 Project Ji Xiang Yam Gut-cheung ATV1999 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 TVB1992 Angel's Call TVB

Discography Year Title2009 The Past of Hong Kong 香港往事2004 Final Answer 最後答案