Alan Wan Ka Wai

Biography

Alan Wan Ka Wai is a Hong Kong actor and television host of American nationality. He grew up in New York, USA, and has an older brother. He graduated from Commack High School in 2005. In 2008, his mother encouraged him to participate in the reality show "Hong Kong Gentleman Election" while he was working as a golf coach; he reached the top three in the youth category but did not win. He then returned to the United States to complete his studies at Stony Brook University. In July 2009, he returned to Hong Kong and joined TVB as a contracted artist, and in December of the same year became a weather reporter on Pearl Channel. He gained recognition in 2012 through the food programme "食得峰騷" co-hosted with Su Minfeng. In 2015, he opened his ice cream sandwich shop "Stacks Ice Cream" in Mong Kok in partnership with his family. In 2017, he travelled to Singapore to film the English drama "學潮" as the second male lead. In 2018, he played a significant role in the TVB drama "特技人". He left TVB in October 2019 and moved to Fly Entertainment, while establishing a production company "A1 Film Studios". In October 2020, the drama "Last Madame" in which he starred won the "Best Asian Drama" award at the 25th Busan International Film Festival and was made available on Netflix.