Eric Wan Tin-Chiu

Biography

Eric Wan Tin-Chiu, nicknamed "Ah Chiu", is a Hong Kong actor and former contracted artist of Asia Television. Born into a poor family, with his father working as a caretaker and his mother as a homemaker, he was the youngest of seven siblings. He grew up in the Tin Lok Lei and Shek Mei Fei Road areas, spending his leisure time playing with neighborhood children. He attended Hong Kong Chiu Chow School and graduated in 1976, later studying at Chan Wei Chow Memorial School before graduating from St. John's Anglo-Chinese College in 1981. He was an accomplished athlete in elementary school, winning gold medals in jumping and track events. After graduation, he worked as a restaurant waiter before being encouraged by a friend to apply for Asia Television's artist training program, where he was eventually admitted. He began his career at Asia Television, and in recent years has entered the film industry, taking on leading roles and also working as a film producer.