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Danny Chan

陳國坤　/　ちゃん・くぉっくわん

Actor from People's Republic of China

August 1, 1975 (age 50)　・　Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

actor
choreographer
television actor

My Take

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan has the most fascinating burden in Hong Kong cinema: he looks uncannily like Bruce Lee, and he's built a real career on it, playing Lee in The Legend of Bruce Lee and in Ip Man 3 and 4. What elevates it past mimicry, for me, is that he's an actual Jeet Kune Do practitioner, so the movement is rooted, not faked. Carrying someone else's legend is a strange, pressured way to make a living, yet he's done it with dignity. I have a soft spot for these committed, physically literate performers who turn a resemblance into genuine craft.

Overview

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (born 1 August 1975) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He is known for resembling Bruce Lee in appearance and has portrayed Lee in the 2008 television series The Legend of Bruce Lee, the 2015 film Ip Man 3, and its 2019 sequel, Ip Man 4. Chan is also a practitioner of Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by Bruce Lee.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Danny Chan
Name (Japanese): 陳國坤
Reading: ちゃん・くぉっくわん
Born: August 1, 1975 (age 50)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rabbit
Origin: Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / choreographer / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dannychankk/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%9C%8B%E5%9D%A4

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