Danny Chan (actor)

For other people named Danny Chan, see Danny Chan (disambiguation).

Danny Chan
Chinese name	陳國坤 (Traditional)
Chinese name	陈国坤 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Guókūn (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Can4 Gwok3kwan1 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Chan Kwok-kwan
Ancestry	Shajing, Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China [1]
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	1 August 1975 (1975-08-01) (age 36) Hong Kong
Other name(s)	小龍 (Siu Lung / Little Dragon)
Occupation	Actor, Director, Dance choreographer, Cinematographer, Singer
Years active	1995-present

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chan.

Danny Chan, also known as Chan Kwok-Kwan (simplified Chinese: 陈国坤; traditional Chinese: 陳國坤; born August 1, 1975) is a Hong Kong male actor, dance choreographer and lead singer of his rock band 'Poet'. He has been in both of Stephen Chow's box office smash movies Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. He bears a striking resemblance to the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, and plays up to this in his role as the goal keeper in Shaolin Soccer. This role had shot him up to fame. Because of his striking resemblance to Lee, he was chosen to play Lee in a television series titled The Legend of Bruce Lee in 2008. [1] Chan is currently working on the Hong Kong-Chinese-Taiwanese-Singaporean production Spirit of Fight to honor the 70th birth anniversary of Bruce Lee. While not a biographical film of Lee, the film instead showcase the spirit in Lee's Jeet Kune Do. A teaser trailer was released on 27 November 2010, which was Lee's 70th birthday. It was a promo trailer with footage that is not going to be in the actual film. It is set to be released in 2011.^[2][3][4]

Chan is also a practitioner of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1995	Lost Boys in Wonderland 壞孩子俱樂部
1996	Young and Dangerous 3 古惑仔3之隻手遮天	"Fat Sze's gangster"
1999	Sealed with a Kiss 甜言蜜語	"yellow hair thug"
	The Legend of Speed 烈火戰車2極速傳說	extra
2001	Shaolin Soccer 少林足球	"Empty/Lighting Hand"
	Bullets of Love 不死情謎
2002	The Era of Vampires 殭屍大時代	"Choi"
	Fighting to Survive 一蚊雞保鏢	"debt collector"
2004	Kung Fu Hustle 功夫	"Brother Sum"
2005	Where Is Mama's Boy 我亞媽發仔瘟	"tall rascal"
2006	I'll Call You 得閒飲茶	"Hong"
2007	It's a Wonderful Life 心想事成	"Sun Wukong the Monkey King aka Monkey God"
	Kung Fu Fighter 功夫無敵	"Don Ching"
2008	CJ7 長江七號
	My Wife is a Gambling Maestro 我老婆係賭聖	"Manu"
	The Luckiest Man 大四喜	Ho Kin
2009	All's Well, Ends Well 2009 家有喜事2009	"Web single #2"
2010	Just Another Pandora's Box 越光寶盒	"Soldier"
	Ice Kacang Puppy Love 初戀紅豆冰	"Aquarium Owner"
2011	Spirit of Fight 截拳之魂	"Jin"

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Country & Channel
2005	Hala 哈拉教父	Cameo role	Republic of China (Taiwan)
2007	Kung Fu Beggar 功夫狀元	"Nip Siu Lung"	Hong Kong - ATV
	God of Cookery 食神	"Goosehead"	China
2008	The Legend of Bruce Lee 李小龍傳奇	"Bruce Lee"	China - CCTV
2010	The Great Rescue 大营救	"Qin Guo Zhong"	China - CCTV
2011	Twin of Brothers 大唐雙龍傳之長生訣	"Kuo Zhong"	China - CCTV-1

Reference

1. ^ 陈国坤-WMA中国武术职业联赛形象大使
2. ^ http://www.thejerseymonk.com/elusiveleads/tag/spirit-of-fight
3. ^ http://www.alivenotdead.com/nicholaschee/Sinema-interviews-director-Randy-Ang-on-Spirit-of-Fight-profile-1103722.html>
4. ^ http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/11/could-the-next-asian-martial-arts-star-come-from-singapore-spirit-of-fight-star-danny-chan-says-yes.php

External links

• LoveHKfilm entry
• Living up to Bruce Lee's Legend
• Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Kwok-kwan Chan at the Internet Movie Database
• Hong Kong Cinemagic: Danny Chan Kwok-kwan
• Danny Chan Kwok-kwan 陳國坤 - spcnet.tv

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Name	Chan Kwok-kwan, Danny
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Date of birth	1 August 1975
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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