Actor

Anthony Chan Yau

Acting

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Acting credits

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.1

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Movies: 82Series: 3Crew credits: 14

TMDB ID: 83560

IMDb ID: nm0150796

Known for: Acting

Born: October 1, 1952

Age: 73

Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2025

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 6.48

Wikidata: Q707426

Also known as

陳友 • Chan Friend • Chan Chi To • The Wynners • 진우 • 陈友

Other jobs

Director (7)Producer (4)Writer (2)Thanks (1)

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Biography

Anthony Chan Yau is a Hong Kong actor and the drummer for the band Wynners. In 1981, Chan formed a film production company with Kenny Bee and produced Monkey Business. Chan joined Shaw Brothers in 1983 and produced his remarkable project Let’s Make Laugh, which was directed by Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting. Then, Cheung and Chan formed a production company afterwards. One of Chan’s most ambitious projects was A Fishy Story, starring by Kenny Bee and Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, in which Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk won the best actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In recent years, Chan emigrated to US and retired from the film industry.