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简介

Sammul Chan Kin Fung was born in Hong Kong in 1978 into a multi-generational Christian family. His father was a church affairs officer at Kowloon City Baptist Church and his mother was a nurse. He attended several schools including Hong Kong Pui Ching Secondary School and scored 15 points in the Hong Kong Secondary Education Examination. He enrolled in physics at the University of Hong Kong but dropped out because he disliked the subject, then became a radio DJ at Metro Radio after winning a DJ talent search. He entered the entertainment industry in 1996 as a Metro Radio DJ, and was discovered by agent Zhou Kunran in 1997, signing with TVB. He attempted to release his first Mandarin album in Taiwan in 1999 but it was not released due to a change of record company. He gained recognition for his role as a lawyer in "New Legal Heroes" in 2003 and was one of TVB's most popular young actors in the 2000s. He left TVB in 2010 after 13 years and moved to work in mainland China. He starred in the lead role in "Beauty's Rival in Palace" in 2011, portraying Emperor Heng and earning the title "Most Handsome Emperor in History." He retired from the entertainment industry in the late 2010s due to health problems from a hereditary cerebrovascular disease. He then became a diving coach and enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Paris in the 2020s to transition to a career as a French chef. He holds dozens of skill certifications in areas including canoeing, sign language for the deaf, first aid, and consultant diving instructor. He is known for his charitable work, having donated blood over 30 times since secondary school, and was appointed Red Cross ambassador in 2009.