陳友 (演員)

简介

Anthony Chan Yau, born Chen Zhi Tao on October 1, 1952, is the drummer of the Hong Kong band Wynners. He grew up in the Tin Hau area near Electric Road in old buildings. He has one older brother, two older sisters, and two younger sisters. In his childhood, he often helped his uncle in a grocery shop near his home, where he met his four neighbors: Chen Pak Cheung, Chen Pak Sun, Pang Kin Sun, and Yip Chi Keung. Chan Yau and Pang Kin Sun were classmates in primary school. At age thirteen, while playing basketball, he fell and suffered a detached retina, requiring three months of hospitalization, after which he turned to playing drums. In the late 1960s, his father had arranged for him to attend university in Canada to study civil engineering, but as a rebellious teenager, he went to play drums in Wan Chai bars with his friends Chung Chun Tao and Chen Pak Cheung and formed a band. They later officially formed "Wynners" and performed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Okinawa, Japan, receiving great acclaim. Before the band's fame, Chan Yau worked as a musician in bars and distributed newspapers for income. In 1973-1974, he and his bandmates were noticed by Shaw Yi Fu and Fong Yi Wah, but did not sign a ten-year contract with Shaw Brothers to appear in period films due to the long contract length and lack of interest in period films. Later, Chan Yau sought development outside the band and did not want to still be playing drums at age thirty, so he accepted an invitation from behind-the-scenes production staff and joined the television world by signing with TVB to become a singer and television artist, appearing in TV series and variety shows including "The Tonight Show". In the late 1970s, Wynners were invited by Huang Zhan to appear in the film "Everybody's Happy," bringing Chan Yau to the big screen for the first time. His contract with TVB ended in the early 1980s. Chan Yau is a prominent Hong Kong film figure, having worked as an actor, screenwriter, director, and producer in front of and behind the camera. In 1986, he co-founded "Two Friends Films" with director Zhang Jingting to produce low-to-mid-budget comedies. His notable works include "Seven Days of Wrong," "One House Two Wives," "One Wife Two Husbands," "Killing the Wife by Two People," "Birdman," "Two Couples Eight Hearts," the "Cousin, You're Great!" series, and "The Person Who Doesn't Take Off Socks." Chan Yau was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Fate" and won awards for "The Person Who Doesn't Take Off Socks."