Ruco Chan
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| Chinese name | 陳展鵬 (traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 陈展鹏 (simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Chén Zhǎnpéng (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Jyutping | Can4 Zin2paang4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
| Birth name | Chan Chin-pang | ||||||||
| Born |
14 January 1977 British Hong Kong |
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| Other name(s) | Chin Pang (煎pang) (meaning "frying pan") | ||||||||
| Occupation | Actor, singer | ||||||||
| Genre(s) | Cantopop | ||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||||||
| Voice type(s) | Baritone | ||||||||
| Label(s) |
PolyGram (1997–99) Sun Entertainment Culture Limited (2016–present) |
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| Years active | 1994–present | ||||||||
| Ancestry | Xiamen, Fujian, China | ||||||||
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Ruco Chan Chin-pang (born 14 January 1977) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He made his acting debut when he was seventeen years old, appearing in an episode of the TVB television drama Instinct (1994). After years of playing background and minor supporting characters, Chan got his first major role in the ATV television drama Love In a Miracle (2003). Though he continued to star in ATV television dramas for the next three years, his drama series were not commercially successful.
Chan returned to TVB in 2008 and gained public recognition when starring as the young barrister Keith Lau in the TVB legal drama The Other Truth (2011), a role that also established him as a leading television actor. Chan received critical acclaim for his subsequent performances, most notably in Brother's Keeper (2013), Ruse of Engagement (2014), and Captain of Destiny (2015), the latter winning him the TVB Anniversary Award for Most Popular Male Character. He is the first actor to win My Favourite TVB Actor at the StarHub TVB Awards for three consecutive years (2014, 2015, 2016), and is also the first actor to make two consecutive wins for My Favourite TVB Actor at the TVB Star Awards Malaysia (2015, 2016). In 2016, Chan won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor for A Fist Within Four Walls.
Chan was born in Hong Kong. His father was a firefighter and his mother was a tailor. Influenced by his father at a young age, Chan developed a love for table tennis and joined the Hong Kong Table Tennis team after receiving rigorous training at the Jubilee Sports Academy when he was thirteen. He was the youngest player to represent Hong Kong in overseas competitions at the time. After five years of committing to the sport, Chan left the team upon finishing his high school education exams. After graduation, Chan was accepted into a technical institution and, attracted by the 3,000 HKD monthly income, also joined TVB's Artiste Training Class. Being only seventeen at the time, Chan was required to have his parents' signed approval before signing a management contract with TVB. His father initially refused, but later gave in when TVB offered an automatic contract cancellation if Chan didn't do well in his classes. Chan graduated from TVB's Seventh Artiste Training Class of 1994.
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