1. William Chan Wai-ting was born on 21 November 1985 and is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor.
27 Facts About William Chan
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William Chan began his singing career by joining Cantopop group Sun Boy'z in 2006 and left the group in 2008 to pursue a solo career, releasing his debut solo album in the same year.
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William Chan is known for his roles in television series Swords of Legends, The Mystic Nine, Lost Love in Times, Age of Legends and Novoland: Pearl Eclipse.
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In 2003, William participated in the International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship Hong Kong regional finals and won several awards.
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William Chan was then signed by Emperor Entertainment Group as a new talent and started appearing in TV shows as a host.
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In 2006, William Chan joined Sun Boy'z, a Cantopop boy group created by EEG, together with Steven Cheung and Dennis Mark and started adopting a dance-singer persona.
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In September 2008, William Chan released his first solo album Will Power, and won the Most Popular Male Newcomer award at the 2008 Hong Kong Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation and Most Promising Award at the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards.
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William Chan participated in Dragon TV's dance program Let's Shake It.
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From 2010 to 2013, William Chan released four more albums, namely Do You Wanna Dance, Heads or Tails, WOW and Pop It Up.
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In 2015, William Chan released his first EP titled Waiting, which is his first Mandarin album.
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In 2016, William Chan released the single "Plan W", which topped local music charts and reached ten million downloads in 12 hours.
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On 27 August 2016, William Chan embarked on his first solo tour Inside Me which kick-started in Beijing.
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In 2019, William Chan featured in the hit rap song "Wild Wolf Disco".
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In 2009, William Chan made his big screen debut in crime thriller Overheard.
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William Chan was cast in his first lead role in Hi, Fidelity, which was showcased at the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival.
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William Chan then starred in the Hong Kong-Chinese film As the Light Goes Out, which won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the Macau International Movie Festival for his performance.
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In 2013, William Chan began to shift his career focus to Mainland China.
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William Chan filmed his first Chinese drama, The Four, an adaptation of Woon Swee Oan's novel Si Da Ming Bu.
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William Chan then starred in his first period drama, Legend of Fragrance alongside his Swords of Legends co-star Li Yifeng.
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In 2016, William Chan starred in the tomb-raiding drama The Mystic Nine, which serves as a prequel to the popular web drama The Lost Tomb by Nanpai Sanshu.
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William Chan gained a surge in popularity for his role as Fo Ye, and was named the "Person of the Year" at the iQiyi All-Star Carnival.
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In 2017, William Chan starred in the historical fantasy drama Lost Love in Times.
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In 2018, William Chan headlined the war epic film Genghis Khan, as well as modern romance drama Only Side by Side with You and crime action drama Age of Legends He starred as a supporting role in the war film Air Strike.
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In 2021, William Chan starred as the main antagonist in fantasy film The Yinyang Master, as well as the main protagonist in cyber security action drama The Dance of the Storm and historical fantasy drama Novoland: Pearl Eclipse.
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William Chan's upcoming work includes short drama See Her Again.
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In 2016, William Chan was appointed as the first Chinese ambassador of the NFL China.
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William Chan established his own fashion brand CANOTWAIT_, which partnered with luxury car brand Maserati to release a limited edition sedan in 2021.