Benjamin Yuen

Benjamin Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981) is a Hong Kong television actor. His career started when he became the winner of Hong Kong's Mr. Hong Kong beauty contest in 2007. Benjamin is the first winner from Hong Kong as the previous two winners, Matthew Ko and Francois Huynh came from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and France respectively.

Benjamin Yuen
Born (1981-05-11) 11 May 1981
Hong Kong
Alma materNew Method College
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)
Bowie Cheung
​
(m. 2020)​
Partner(s)Jennifer Shum (sep. 2016)
AwardsMr. Hong Kong
2007
TVB Anniversary Awards – Most Popular Male Character
2016 A Fist Within Four Walls

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese袁偉豪
Simplified Chinese袁伟豪
WebsiteOfficial TVB profile
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuen.
Not to be confused with Ben Yuen.

Entertainment career

Benjamin started his career when he won the Yes! Magazine's School Grass Contest (校草選舉) in 1997. He was later reached with a contact by model agencies and officially became a model. This opened many other opportunities as Benjamin went on to act in a number of movies and started in a Vitasoy Commercial in 1998. However, in 2000, his popularity started to decrease and his last film was 香港處男. From then on Benjamin had little work and eventually he had to leave the industry in 2002. He went out to do shipping for many wedding parties and helped design the area. He went on to find a job in Causeway Bay as a marketing executive and competed in the 3rd Mr. Hong Kong contest to reenter the entertainment industry after leaving it in 2002.

Mr. Hong Kong 2007

Benjamin entered the contest as a local candidate. He was a big favorite in the competition due to his past background in commercials and films. During the preliminary and secondary interviews, he bought along a guitar to play, in which eventually made him to choose the guitar as his talent in the finals. After he was selected as #7 in the contest, there were rumors everywhere from newspapers to reporters circulating that he was a playboy and liked to clubbing. Benjamin openly admitted to the deeds but said that the word playboy should not be used to describe the deeds. He explained that he liked to form bands and hanged out with his friends. There were new rules in the contest this year. One of them was the renaming of the groups. In 2005 and 2006, the contestants were grouped as Style and Fitness. However this year, the contestants who were 22 or younger were listed in the Young group and 23 or older were in the Mature group. Due to his age, he was in the Mature group formerly known as the fitness group. On August 11, 2007, he competed for the Mr. Hong Kong 2007 title. For the talent he chose to play and sing the song 浪子心聲 with a guitar. The song was originally sung by Samuel Hui. Afterwards he competed in swimsuit and interview. The interview question was also considered embarrassing as the topic was based on whether men liked sex. Benjamin openly admitted to liking both women and sex. Despite a good performance in the three competitions, he lost to #11 Hu Zhiwei for the Mature Group title. Despite this, Benjamin went on to win the Back to Life competition, an all new competition established by TVB to give a chance for the contestants who did not win a group title to get back into the competition and fight for the title. Benjamin went on to win the Mr. Hong Kong title after a strong performance in martial arts which was the last and final round of the top 3.

Mr. Hong Kong 2007 Scores and placements

Talent Portion: 109 Votes (3rd place in Mature group)

Swimsuit: 292 Votes (1st place in Mature Group)

Total: 401 Votes (2nd place Overall in Mature Group)

Afterwards the bar chart was used to announce the winner of the Young and Mature group, the winner of the Back to Life competition, and the overall winner. The bar chart had 16 boxes and the one who had the most boxes filled up was the winner.

Interview: No votes were taken

Mature Group: All 16 boxes out of 16 filled. However, there was a tie between Benjamin and #11 Hu Zhiwei in which Hu had all his boxes filled. However Hu had three more votes making him the Mature Group winner.

Back to Life Competition: All 16 boxes out of 16 filled.

Final competition between Young, Mature, and Back to Life winners: All 16 boxes out of 16 filled.

Filmography

Television dramas
YearEnglish TitleChinese TitleRoleNotes
2008 Forensic Heroes II 法證先鋒II Eric Kat Ka-ho
(吉家浩)
Your Class or Mine 尖子攻略 Lin Cheung-shing
(連長勝)
2009 The King of Snooker 桌球天王 Jimmy
D.I.E. Again 古靈精探B Tong Kai-fat
(唐啟發)
2010 The Season of Fate 五味人生 Abraham
Cupid Stupid 戀愛星求人 Kelvin
Don Juan De Mercado 情人眼裏高一D Contestant
My Better Half 老公萬歲 Model
Suspects in Love 搜下留情 Chow Wai-tong
(周偉棠)
Sisters of Pearl 掌上明珠 Pang Chun-choi
(彭駿才)
Every Move You Make 讀心神探 Ethan Lo Man-kin
(盧文健)
2011 The Rippling Blossom 魚躍在花見 Nin Kei-sai
(年紀細)
Relic of an Emissary 洪武三十二 Lei King-lung
(李景隆)
Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir! 點解阿Sir係阿Sir Kwan Sir
(關Sir)
My Sister of Eternal Flower 花花世界花家姐 Chan Bo-lai
(陳步禮)
Wax and Wane 團圓 Vincent
The Other Truth 真相 David
The Life and Times of a Sentinel 紫禁驚雷 Muk Fung
(穆峰)
River of Wine 九江十二坊 Boss Tsui
(徐老闆)
Super Snoops 荃加福祿壽探案 Tong Sap-sam
(唐十三)
2011–2012 Til Love Do Us Lie 結·分@謊情式 Alvin Ko Ching-wan
(高青雲)
2012 The Hippocratic Crush On Call 36小時 Dr. Benjamin Lau Bing-chan
(劉炳燦)
Gloves Come Off 拳王 Lai Ying
(黎英)
Tiger Cubs 飛虎 ASGT Tse Ka-Sing
(謝家星)
The Last Steep Ascent 天梯 Ho Sai-leung
(賀世亮)
Highs and Lows 雷霆掃毒 Tse Ka-sing
(謝家星)
2013 A Change of Heart 好心作怪 Martin Ting Chun-ping
(丁俊平)
Karma Rider 師父·明白了 Young Lok Mo-ngai
(年青樂無涯)
Always and Ever 情逆三世緣 Chin Chiu / Chin Chiu-yan
(展昭 / 展超仁)
The Hippocratic Crush II On Call 36小時II Dr. Benjamin Lau Bing-chan
(劉炳燦)		 2013 TVB Star Awards Malaysia#Winners and nominees My Favourite TVB Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated)
Bounty Lady My盛Lady Young Talent
(青年才俊)
2014 Rear Mirror 載得有情人 Jason Yiu Ngai-chung
(饒毅忠)
2014–2015 Tiger Cubs II 飛虎II ASGT Tse Ka-sing
(謝家星)
Noblesse Oblige 宦海奇官 Fong Kwai-cheung
(方貴祥)
2015 The Fixer 拆局專家 SGT Mak Hang-chik
(麥行直)		 TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite TVB Actor in a Supporting Role
TVB Star Awards Malaysia My Favourite Top 16 TVB Drama Characters
Nominated – StarHub TVB Awards for My Favourite TVB Supporting Actor
Nominated – TVB Anniversary Awards for Most Popular Male Character
2016 Speed of Life 鐵馬戰車 P. Inspector Sze Ma
(施馬)
Over Run Over EU超時任務 SGT Kwok Sheung-ching
(郭尚正)
A Fist Within Four Walls 城寨英雄 Duen Ying-fung / Duen Tung-tin
(段迎風 / 段通天)
Rogue Emperor 流氓皇帝 Chu Cheung-fun
(朱祥勳)
2017 Line Walker:The Prelude 使徒行者2 Tsui Tin-tong
(徐天堂)
  • 2017: StarHub_TVB_Awards_2017 My Favourite TVB Male TV Characters
2018 Threesome 三個女人一個「因」 Kai Lee Tong-kai
(利東佳)
  • 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards: My favorite TVB Drama in Malaysia
  • 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards: My favorite TVB Drama in Singapore
Stealing Seconds 棟仁的時光 Tsang Tung-yan
(曾棟仁)
  • 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards: My favorite TVB Actor in a Leading Role in Malaysia
  • 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards: My favorite TVB Actor in a Leading Role in Singapore
Another Era 再創世紀 Walter Fong Chak-yu
(方澤雨)
2019 The Defected 鐵探 Inspector Seung Sing
(尚垶)
  • 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor (最佳男主角) (nominated)
  • 2019 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Drama (最佳劇集) (nominated)
2020 Line Waker: Bull Fight 使徒行者3 Tsui Tin-tong
(徐天堂)
  • 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards: My favorite TVB Actor in a Leading Role in Malaysia (nominated)
  • 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards Most Popular Male Character (最受歡迎電視男角色) (nominated)
  • 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor (最佳男主角) (nominated)
TBA A Nail in the Heart 刑偵日記 Dr. Wai Yui-kit
(韋睿傑)
把關者們 Senior Superintendent Hoi Fung
(海鋒)

Films
YearEnglish titleChinese titleRole
Young and Dangerous: The Prequel 新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇 Baau Daat Ming (Chaau Pei)
包達明 (巢皮)
1999 The Legend of Speed 烈火戰車2之極速傳說 Big Head Man
大頭文
The Conman 1999 賭俠1999 Jack
Pizza Express 薄餅速遞
There's a Ghost in the Boy's Room 鬼咁過癮
My Heart Will Go On 還我情心
A Man Called Hero 中華英雄 Seui Ho
水賀
Stupid 死蠢
X Imp 鬼片王之再現凶榜 Nokia
The Three Brothers 串燒三兄弟
2000 My Good Brother 好兄吾兄
The Social Worker From the Edge 猛鬼女社工
Hong Kong Pie 香港處男 Ah Chaak
阿澤
Un Baiser Vole 偷吻
2001 Bullets of Love 不死情謎
The Avenging Fist 拳神
2002 Fighting to Survive 一蚊雞保鏢 Debt collector
收數佬
Infernal Affairs 無間道 CID officer
重案組探員
2003 Infernal Affairs III 無間道III CIB officer
情報科探員
2004 Heat Team 重案黐孖Gun Seun Chai
信仔
Explosive City 爆裂都市 Glen's assistant
Glen手下
2005 It Had to Be You 後備甜心 Jill's friend
Jill的朋友
2007 The Haunted School 校墓處 Ah Man
阿文
2009 Turning Point Laughing Gor之變節 Police officer
探員
2010 The Jade and the Pearl 翡翠明珠 Scholar Ho
何公子
72 Tenants of Prosperity 七十二家房客 Sales of Shek Kin's store
石堅店售貨員
2011 I Love Hong Kong 我愛香港 Man in period costume
2019 Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy 使徒行者2: 谍影行动 Ah John

[1] [2]

Shows hosted
  • 2001: Wire Television YMC Channel "YMC People We Wet Web
  • 2007: 終極奪獎SHOW

Music Video Appearances
YearSong TitleDetailsVideo
2007Doesn't Matter
(無所謂)		 Video on YouTube
2009 Please Video on YouTube
2009If Time Arrives
(如果時間來到)

Awards

Reference
  1. Benjamin Yuen at hkmdb.com
  2. Benjamin Yuen at chinesemov.com
  3. "2020 TVB anniversary awards show winner list". 38jiejie. 2021-01-10
Awards and achievements
Mr. Hong Kong
Preceded by
Francois Huynh		 Mr. Hong Kong
2007		 Succeeded by
Michael Wilson Tsu
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.