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Occupation(s) | Actor, Director, Designer, Entrepreneur | ||||||||||
Years active | 2003 - present | ||||||||||
Spouse | Camille Lam | ||||||||||
Parent(s) | Maria Wong (Mother), Shek Sau (Father), | ||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 陳宇琛 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈宇琛 | ||||||||||
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Sam Chan Yu-sum (Chinese :陳宇琛, born 22 August 1979) is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. He made his acting career debut in TVB's Hearts Of Fencing in 2003. His father, Shek Sau, is an iconic TV and film actor. In the past decade, he has expanded his career as a director and producer, establishing his own production company, A Rocking Production, in 2014. He is currently co-creating a lifestyle brand and YouTube channel with award-winning actress, Teresa Mo, and his wife Camille Adeline, a TV presenter and multimedia artist.
Chan Yu Sum Sam was born in Hong Kong. He attended Diocesan Preparatory School (currently known as Diocesan Boys' School Primary Division), the primary division of Diocesan Boys' School. Upon his parents' decision to immigrate to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he left Hong Kong at the age of 10. Returning to Hong Kong at 16, he completed his studies at Chinese International School. He was then admitted into Kingston University, [1] in England, and inspired by of his uncle who is a structural engineer, he went on to study architecture, from which he graduated in 2002. It was during his time in England when he grew passionate of theatre and dramatic arts.
Besides his work as an actor, Sam Chan is a designer, director and entrepreneur, hoping to share his artistic background in all of his business ventures. He founded his jewelry brand LLazy Bonez Design in 2009, designing handcrafted pieces influenced by Neo-Gothic architecture. [2] He is also the co-founder and Managing Director of A Rocking Production (陳宇琛工作室), an innovation and strategic consultancy specializing in marketing, short films and event management. [3]
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Infernal Affairs II is a 2003 Hong Kong crime-action film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is a prequel to the 2002 film Infernal Affairs. Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue and Chapman To reprise their roles from the original film alongside new cast members Carina Lau, Francis Ng, Hu Jun and Roy Cheung. Neither Andy Lau nor Tony Leung, who played the central roles in the original, appear in this film as they are replaced by their younger versions portrayed by Chen and Yue respectively. The events of the film take place from 1991 to 1997. It was followed by Infernal Affairs III (2003), which is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film.
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