Jason Chan

Biography

Jason Chan (Chen Zhishen) is a Hong Kong actor and television host, born on 12 December 1977. He grew up in the United Kingdom, where his parents ran a restaurant, and is the second of four brothers. He studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, earning a postgraduate diploma in economics. After graduation, he worked in hospital administration but found it dull, so he returned to Hong Kong in 2003 to pursue a career in entertainment. He initially taught English at his aunt's tutoring centre, then joined TVB's 200th Artiste Training Course in 2006 and signed with TVB as a contracted artist. Due to his fluency in English, he was recommended to host English-language programmes on the Pearl channel. He began his acting career in minor roles until his first major supporting role in the sitcom "Who's the Family Cook?" in 2011 brought him some recognition. In 2012 he played a villainous character in "Office of the Low Salaried" and his first leading role in the romance drama "Wheel of Destiny". He ended his contract with TVB in June 2018 and launched a YouTube channel "sarah & jason" with his wife, Song Xinian, who was crowned Miss Chinese International in 2007. In recent years he performed the lead role of musician Chen Gexin in the Chinese-British Theatre musical "Life Is Originally a Bitter Song".