Chan Chin-pang (; born 14 January 1977), better known as Ruco Chan, is a

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actor and singer. Chan is the first TVB 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 Favourite TVB Actor at the TVB Star Awards Malaysia (2015, 2016). In 2016, Chan won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor with his performance in the action drama '' A Fist Within Four Walls''.

Early life

Chan was born in

with ancestral roots from Xiamen, Fujian. His father was a

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and his mother was a tailor. Influenced by his father at a young age, Chan developed a love for

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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

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'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.

Career

Chan's television debut was in the serial drama ''

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'' in 1994, where he briefly appeared as the young friend of

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's character Pao Man-lung. Weeks later, he made a brief appearance in the sitcom '' A Kindred Spirit'' as the friend of Andy, portrayed by Hawick Lau, who was Chan's training class classmate. For the next three years, Chan performed in minor roles in over eighteen TVB television dramas. Chan left TVB in 1998 after signing a record deal with PolyGram. Prior to the release of his debut EP, Universal acquired PolyGram and Chan's contract with PolyGram became defunct. For the next few years, Chan won several small supporting roles in various Hong Kong films. When he had no filming jobs, he would work as a renovation worker, earning only 300 HKD per day. In 2001, Chan signed with ATV to start working on television acting again. According to Chan, his first two years at ATV were "rough, uncomfortable, and filled with regret." Despite his past acting experiences in both television and film, ATV only gave him minor roles and spots in music videos. Chan's first major role was in the 2004 period drama ''Love in a Miracle'', playing the main antagonist. He was then given a major supporting role in '' My Date with a Vampire III'' (2004). Besides performing in television dramas, Chan also made appearances in many variety shows, and hosted many gala ceremonies for ATV. Unsatisfied with his career at ATV, Chan returned to TVB in 2008 and signed an eight-year management contract with the company. He was cast into supporting roles in several successful television dramas, such as '' The Threshold of a Persona'' (2009), '' Burning Flame III'' (2009), '' The Mysteries of Love'' (2010), ''

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'' (2010), '' When Lanes Merge'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2010), most of them being villainous roles. In 2011, Chan garnered media attention and critical acclaim for his portrayal of barrister Keith Lau in the television legal drama ''

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''. He earned his first nominations for Best Actor and My Favourite Male Character at the 2011 TVB Anniversary Awards. Chan's subsequent performances won him critical acclaim, 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''.

Personal life

Chan began a romantic relationship with Miss Asia winner Eunis Yiu in 2008. They broke up in 2010. In the next few years, there were rumours of Chan dating actresses, but none have resulted in quite as much media attention as his '' Brother's Keeper'' and ''All That is Bitter is Sweet'' partner Linda Chung and later, '' A Fist Within Four Walls'' and '' The Unholy Alliance'' partner Nancy Wu. Chan repeatedly denied these rumours and these rumours turned out to be false. In 2016, while a guest judge for

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, he met contestant Phoebe Sin and subsequently in March 2017, was photographed in a car with her on The Peak. The media highlighted this relationship and on 10 September 2018, Chan announced his engagement to Phoebe. They were married on 13 October the same year. On 10 November 2018, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child via Instagram. Their daughter Quinta Chan was born on 14 April 2019.

Filmography

Television dramas

Film

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Discography

*1998: ''Blue'' *1998: ''Chui Ho Kwan Hai'' () **CD1, Track 9: "''Wan Ha La''" ()

Soundtrack appearances

Other appearances

Awards and nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards

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My AOD Favourites Awards

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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TVB Star Awards Malaysia

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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StarHub TVB Awards

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Weibo Stars Awards

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Jade Solid Gold Music Awards

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Others

*2012 Singapore Entertainment Awards—Most Popular Hong Kong TV Actor *2013 Singapore Entertainment Awards—Most Popular Hong Kong TV Actor *2014 Singapore Entertainment Awards—Most Popular Hong Kong TV Actor *2015 Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards—Most Searched Male TV Artiste *2016 McMillan Woods Global Awards—Asia Pacific Best Male Actor *2016 Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards—Most Popular Male TV Artiste *2016 Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards—Most Popular TV Drama Duet (with Nancy Wu)

References

External links

Ruco Chan
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