William Chan made his debut by participating in a singing contest and signing with Emperor, then joined the group Boy'z (later renamed Sun Boy'z) as a new member and began to build up an image as a dancing singer. 2013, he began to enter the mainland China market, and the following year, he gradually built up a fan base for his role in "Gulian Qitian", and then became a hit for his role as Zhang Qishan in "Old Nine Gates", which once again created an online frenzy, and he also appeared in the Shanghai International Film Festival with this role. He was also featured in the Madame Tussauds Shanghai wax museum.
On March 25, 2021, Chen released a statement announcing the termination of his partnership with Tommy Hilfiger, saying that he "resolutely defends the interests and dignity of our country".
William Chan was born on November 21, 1985 in Hong Kong, China. He has loved dancing since he was a child, and when he was 16 years old, he was a backup dancer for Aaron Kwok.
In 2003, Chan's family connected him to a university in the United States, but he preferred to develop his career in singing and dancing, so he participated in the Global Chinese New Talent Hong Kong Audition and won the "Golden Mimi Award", "Power Dance Performance Award" and "Self-Talent Performance Award". He won the "Golden Mic Award", "Dance Stage Performance Award" and "Self Talent Performance Award", and then entered the showbiz industry and signed with Emperor Entertainment.
In 2004, Chan graduated from high school and gave up the opportunity to go abroad to study at a university to stay in Hong Kong.
In June 2006, Chan started to build up his image as a dancing singer as a new member of the group Sun Boy'z with Zhang Zhiheng and Mak Zihao .
In April 2008, Sun Boy'z officially disbanded; in September, William Chan released his debut album "Will Power", with which he was awarded the "Most Popular Male Newcomer Gold Award" at the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Songs Awards, the "Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award" at the Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, and the "Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award" at the Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, and the "Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award" at the Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. The album won the "Most Promising Newcomer Gold Award" at the Hong Kong Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards.
On July 17, 2009, Chan's second album Warrior was released, and his debut movie Inception was released on July 24th. In the same year, he participated in the national version of Oriental TV's "Dance Forest Convention" twice, showing his dancing skills as a contestant in the competition.
In March 2010, he starred in the comedy film "Beautiful Secret Order", in which he played the role of movie star Qin Lang. in April, his third music album "Do You Wanna Dance" was released. on December 6, Chen released his fourth music album "Heads or Tails".
In March 2011, the movie "The Woman Who Cheated" starred by Timothy Chan was selected as an exhibition work of the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival; on August 25, his fifth music album "WOW" was released; in September, Timothy Chan attended an award ceremony in Hong Kong's Metropole Center and was honored as one of the "Top 10 Healthy Stars" of 2011; in April, his third music album "Do You Wanna Dance" was released. ".
July 10, 2012, Timothy Chan's sixth music album "Pop It Up" was released; in November, he starred in the gangster action movie "Za Zao", in which he played the role of Timothy, a college senior.
In 2013, Chen shifted his focus to mainland China; in July, he officially signed with Arnold Studio, a subsidiary of Huanrui Century Film & Media Co. and took part in the costume martial arts drama "The Four Famous Fighters of Youth", in which he played the role of Life Snatcher, one of the Four Famous Fighters.
In January 2014, he starred in the disaster movie Firefighter, which was released in theaters, and won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Macau International Film Festival for his role as Zhang Wenjian. [5] In March, Chen also took on the Republican-themed drama Living Colors, in which he played the role of An Yiduan .On July 2, his starring role in the costume fantasy romance drama Ancient Sword Chitan was launched on Hunan TV, in which he played the role of his eldest brother, Lingshue, and thus became well known to mainland audiences.
On February 4, 2015, he starred in the TV series "Living Colors", which aired on Hunan TV, in which Chen played the role of An Yiduan, his debut in a Republican drama. [6]
In May, Chen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Shanghai Television Festival's Magnolia Awards for his role as Ling Yue in "Gu Jian Qi Tan". [7]
In June, he starred in the action movie Fighting Fan City, which was released in theaters, and released the EP Waiting. [8]
In July, he starred in the 3D film The Big Bombing, a tribute film commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory in the anti-fascist war. [9]
On September 22, the metaphysical martial arts masterpiece "Shushan Warriors" starring William Chen made its global premiere on Aiki VIP, in which he played Ding Yin, and which marked the first time that William Chen took on the role of the male lead in a mainland TV drama. [10]
On October 26, the song "1121", in which Chen personally participated in the creation of the song show, made its global debut. [11]
On December 31, 2015, all-around entertainer William Chen will join in support of Hunan TV's New Year's Eve concert. [12]
On the afternoon of February 3, 2016, Emperor Entertainment's agent Chloe Fok announced that William Chen had regretfully withdrawn from the 2016 CCTV Year of the Monkey Spring Festival Gala due to injury.
On February 28, Chen starred in the TV series Because of Love There is Happiness, which landed on Hunan TV, with Chen playing the male lead Su Kaiwen. [13]
On March 8, Chen starred in the TV series Lao Jiumen (老九门), which was successfully wrapped up in Hengdian.
On April 6, the urban romance drama Fate for Happiness (缘来幸福) premiered on Tencent VIP, with Chen playing the role of perfectionist He Han (何瀚), which was aired on Shenzhen Satellite Television (深圳卫视), on June 23rd. [15]
On July 4, his starring role in the TV series "Old Nine Gates" aired on Oriental Satellite Television, with William Chen playing the role of Zhang Qishan, the bold and insightful Zhang Dafu master, and singing the theme song "My Gate" for the series. [16][17]
On August 27, Chen held the Beijing concert of his InsideMe 2016 national tour, his first concert since his debut. [18]On September 10, he held the Shanghai concert of the InsideMe tour. [On November 19, InsideMe held a special "Let's Party" in Nanjing for his birthday. [20]
On December 15, 2016, the press conference for the "17 Gathering Happiness" Jiangsu TV 2017 New Year's Eve Concert was held in Beijing, and Chen Weiting was confirmed to join the event. [21]
On the evening of January 27, 2017, Chen Weiting sang the song "Love You for Ten Thousand Years" at CCTV's 2017 Year of the Rooster Spring Festival Gala. [22]
In March, he filmed the urban emotional drama "There is a Qiaomu in the South", in which he played the yuppie bar owner Shi Yue. [23]
On April 22, Chen held the Chongqing stop of his 2017 InsideMe Tour. [24]On April 30, he held the Guangzhou stop of the 2017 InsideMe Tour. [25]
On April 24, Chen Weiting was inducted into Madame Tussauds Shanghai with the image of the classic character Zhang Qishan Zhang Dafaolong from Lao Jiumen, becoming the first artist in 2017 to be inducted into Madame Tussauds Shanghai with a film or television character. [26] In May, he took part in the TV series The Orange and Red Era, playing the role of Liu Ziguang, an aspiring young man with extraordinary skills, intelligence and courage. [27] In July, he starred in the TV series Drunken Linglong, which aired on Oriental TV, in which he played the role of Yuan Ling, a deep-minded, stoic and conceited prince of the Western Wei Dynasty, and sang the theme song "Because of You" for the series. [28][29] In October, Chen confirmed that he would be joining the variety show Hot Blooded Street Dance Team as the "Hot Blooded Convener". [30] On December 22, he starred in the 3D legendary adventure film The God of War, which was released in theaters. [31] On December 30, he participated in Zhejiang TV's "Leading 2018 Concert"[32] and on the same day, he took part in the variety show "Taste of Frontier" in Hong Kong. [On December 31, 2018, he participated in the 2018 Dream East New Year's Eve Ceremony. [34]
On April 28, 2018, he acted in the movie "War God Chronicle" released nationwide. [35]
On February 3, 2018, he participated in the CCTV-3 variety show "Straight to Spring Festival Gala". [36] On February 15, he participated in the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. [37] On March 22, the theme song "Lucid Dreaming" for the TV series Southern Qiaomu was released online. [38] On March 25, starred in the TV series "South has Qiaomu 》, which landed on the prime time slot of Zhejiang Satellite TV and Jiangsu Satellite TV. [39] On March 31, she participated in the Zhejiang Satellite TV Spring Festival. [40] In April, he released the single "A Stroke of the River and Lake". [41] April 30, appeared in the "Grammy Music Festival". [42] On May 9, he starred in the TV series "Storm Dance". [43] On July 13, she attended the exclusive meeting of Aqiyi VIP members and became the spokesperson of Aqiyi VIP members. [44] On September 17, he released the single "Light". [45] On September 17, he starred in the TV series The Orange and Red Era, playing Liu Ziguang. [46] On October 17, it was announced that the movie The Big Bombing, in which he starred, had been canceled. [47][48][49] On October 21, the variety show Next Stop Legend, in which he participated, aired. [50] On October 22, he was shortlisted for the 24th Huading Award for Best Actor in a Chinese Contemporary Drama Series for Southern Qiaomu. [On November 26, he appeared in the 2018 "Most Beautiful Performance" one-minute short film. [52] In December, First Financial Weekly and Spike Systems jointly released the "2018 Most Commercially Valuable Stars List", in which Chen Weiting ranked No. 9. [53] On December 31, he attended the 2019 Jiangsu TV New Year's Eve Concert. [54]
On February 4, 2019, he participated in the 2019 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song "I Struggle, I'm Happy". [55] On April 5, he participated in the variety show Ace vs. Ace 4. [56] On May 10, he participated in the variety show "Longing for Life Season 3", which aired on Hunan TV. [57][58] On May 20, the chorus single "New World" was released. [59] On September 23, the single "My Lady" was released. [60] On October 1, the choral single "Motherland, I Want to Sing a Song for You" was released. [61] On October 18, the single "Same Us" was released. [62] On November 8, he participated in the night running reality show "Chase Me", which was broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV. [63][64] On December 17, the chorus single "Favor" was released. [65] On December 24, the single "Happy New Year" was released. [66] On December 31, she starred in the film Favored Love, in which she played Zhao Le. [67]
On January 8, 2020, the single "Climbing Walls" was released. [68] On January 24, 2020, he participated in the 2020 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, performing the song and dance "New Year's Disco". [69] In the same year, he performed at the Guangzhou Bao Neng Guanzhi Culture Center for his 2020 "One Drum, One Spirit" concert tour. [70][71] On February 16, he released the choral single "Love Will Win". [72] On February 27, the chorus single "Tomorrow Will Be Better" was released. [73] On April 16, the variety show Hope Search Words, in which she participated, was scheduled to air on the CCTV Variety Channel. [74] In May, he acted in the TV series Lady Dendrobium, in which he played Fang Zhu and Fang Jianming. [75][76] On May 4, the creative media program "Struggle! Youth" was scheduled to air on Central Video. [77] On July 3, he participated in the audition reality show "Serious GAGMAN", which was scheduled to air on Tencent video. [78][79] On August 27, the 2020 Forbes China Celebrity List was released, with Chen ranking 40th. [80] On September 29, the all-media program "China Literature and Art Report" in which he participated was scheduled to premiere on CCTV-3. [81] On September 30, he participated in the program ""Chinese Dream - Ode to the Motherland" - 2020 National Day Special Program", performing the song "Guardian". [82] On December 4, he starred in the movie "Cold-Blooded Banquet" scheduled for release on Tencent Video, where he played the role of Phantom. [83] On the same day, the original trend management experience program "Trend Partner 2", in which he participated, was scheduled to air on Aichi. [84]
On February 4, 2021, the single "Serving Covenant" was released. [85] On February 11, 2021, she participated in the 2021 Spring Festival Gala, singing the opening song and dance "All Things Go Well". [86] On February 12, she starred in the film The Order of the Serving God, scheduled for release in mainland China, in which she played the role of Cimu. [87][88] On March 12, she participated in the variety show Winter Dream Date, which aired on Beijing TV. [89][90] On April 1, the music video for the song "Superpower", in which he appeared, was released.