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Career Chan had his acting debut in the 1989 film Life Goes On as a cancer patient, which won him the Best New Actor Award in the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards. He then gained wider fame as Tang Sanzang in the television series Journey to the West (1996) and its sequel Journey to the West II (1998). After appearing in other dramas such as The Legend of Lady Yang (1999), Crimson Sabre (2001), and A Step into the Past (2001), Chan reached the peak of his fame as the Yongzheng Emperor in 2003's The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow. The show gained extremely high ratings and Chan was acclaimed for his charismatic performance as the emperor who travelled through time to 21st century Hong Kong. Afterwards, he has appeared in The Conqueror's Story (2004).

Personal life During a 2018 interview, Chan stated that he had suffered an accident that rendered him with a temporarily paralysed foot. Not knowing whether or not he would recover, let alone ever walk, he found consolation through Christianity and, during this time, made his conversion.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Life Goes On但願人長久 Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer 1991 The Real Me喋血邊緣 1991 Running On Empty正紅旗下 1992 Sisters in Law積奇瑪莉 1993 Lamb Killer富貴狂花 Michael 1994 To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui新邊緣人 1996 I'm Your Birthday Cake不道德的禮物 / 桃色禮物 Lam Lok-shan 2003 Left Alone歷劫驚濤 Mike 2007 Love Is...真的戀愛了?

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Heroes of Shaolin少林英雄 1986 時光倒流70年 1988 幽靈 1988 烈士忠魂 1990 Housekeeper, My Honey烈士忠魂 1991 第三間電台 1991 Rebuilding Prosperity再造繁榮 1991 Return to the Truth還我今生 / 本是同根 Ko Sai-hong 1991 The Good Fella from Temple Street廟街豪情 Sheung Tin-chee 1992 Spirit of the Dragon李小龍傳 / 龍在江湖 Ko Tin-pang 1992 The Shen Saga新朱門怨 Third Young Master 1993 The Silver Tycoon銀狐 Sung Chak-yuen 1993 Who's the Winner III勝者為王III王者之戰 Fong Tsun 1993 Gamblers' Dream賭神秘笈'93 / 賭神秘笈之賭魔 Chin Tin-long 1994 The Movie Tycoon戲王之王 Po Tsun 1994 A Cruel Lover郎心如鐵 / 失落真心 Shum Man-ho 1994 Secret Battle of the Majesty九王奪位 / 君臨天下 Imperial Prince Yan-tsan / Yongzheng Emperor 1995 I Have a Date with Spring我和春天有個約會 Shum Ka-ho 1995 棘手神探俏嬌娃 / 女幹探 1996 Journey to the West西遊記 Tong Sam-chong / Golden Cicada 1997 Lady Flower Fist苗翠花 Fong Tak 1998 Journey to the West II西遊記（貳） Tong Sam-chong / Golden Cicada 1999 Feminine Masculinity / Mr. Diana先生貴性 Andrew Cheung Ho-wa 1999 Happy Ever After金玉滿堂 Qianlong Emperor 2000 Ups and Downs無業樓民 Ling Hei-sz 2000 The Legend of Lady Yang楊貴妃 Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 2000 Crimson Sabre碧血劍 Ha Suet-yee / Golden Snake 2001 Seven Sisters七姊妹 Mau Lin-sin 2001 The Stamp of Love肥婆奶奶扭計媳 Hanson Sung Hon-man 2001 A Step into the Past尋秦記 Lin Chun / Lo Oi 2002 In the Realm of Fancy繾綣仙凡間 Lee Yuen / Iron-Crutch Lee 2003 The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow九五至尊 Yongzheng Emperor / Lee Dai-ha TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Television Character (Top 12)Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 5) 2003 Riches and Stitches鳳舞香羅 Wing Ho-tung 2004 The Conqueror's Story楚漢驕雄 Hung Yu 2004 新聊齋之畫皮 Wang Anxu 2006 Romance of Red Dust風塵三俠之紅拂女 Dugu Cheng 2009 Life in Sanyuan County跟紅頂白大三元 Man Pok-yan 2010 Criminal Investigation證義搜查線 Inspector Chan Kwok-king

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