Benjamin Yuen

Benjamin Yuen
Background information
Chinese name	袁偉豪 (traditional)
Chinese name	袁伟豪 (simplified)
Pinyin	Yuán Wěi Háo (Mandarin)
Jyutping	jyun^^4 wai^^5hou^^4 (Cantonese)
Born	11 May 1981 Hong Kong
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Partner(s)	Jennifer Shum 2015 - Present
Ancestry	Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Website	Official TVB profile
Awards TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2013 Most Improved Actor 2015 Supporting Actor (The Fixer) My Top 16 Favourite TVB Drama Characters (The Fixer)

Benjamin Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981) 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.

Career in Entertainment Industry

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 opportunely 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 play at night. 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 play 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

Year	Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
2008	Forensic Heroes II	法證先鋒II	Eric koo 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 阿伯拉罕
	Cupid Stupid	戀愛星求人	Kelvin
	Don Juan De Mercado	情人眼裏高一D	Contestant 參賽者
	My Better Half	老公萬歲	Model 模特兒
	Suspects in Love	搜下留情	Chow Wai Tong 周偉棠
	Sisters of Pearl	掌上明珠	Pang Jun-choi 彭駿才
	Every Move You Make	讀心神探	Ethan Lo Man-ken 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	Lee 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 Po-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 Fun 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 Sup-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	Benjamin Lau Ping-chan 劉炳燦
	Gloves Come Off	拳王	Lai Ying 黎英
	Tiger Cubs	飛虎	ASGT Tse Kar-sing 謝家星
	The Last Steep Ascent	天梯	Ho Sai-leung 賀世亮
	Highs and Lows	雷霆掃毒	Tse Kar-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 Lou Mou-ngai 年青樂無涯
	Always and Ever	情逆三世緣	Chin Chiu 展昭 Chin Chiu-yan 展超仁
	The Hippocratic Crush ll	On Call 36小時II	Benjamin Lau Ping-chan 劉炳燦
	Bounty Lady	My盛Lady	Young Choi Jun 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 Kar-sing 謝家星
	Noblesse Oblige	宦海奇官	Fong Gwai-cheung 方貴祥
2015	The Fixer	拆局專家	Mak Hang-cik 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	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 段迎風 Duen Tung-tin 段通天
Un-aired	Rogue Emperor	流氓皇帝	Chu Cheung-fun 朱祥芬
Filming	Three Women, One Gene	三個女人一個	Kai Lei Dong-kei 利東佳

Films

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
1998	Young and Dangerous: The Prequel	新古惑仔之少年激鬥篇	Chau Pei 巢皮
1999	The Legend of Speed	烈火戰車2之極速傳說	Big Head Man 大頭文
	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	Shiu 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
	My Good Brother	好兄吾兄
	The Social Worker From the Edge	猛鬼女社工
2000	Hong Kong Pie	香港處男	Ah Sak 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
	Infernal Affairs	無間道	CIB team 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	Shun Chai 信仔
	Explosive City	爆裂都市	Glen's assistant
2005	It Had to Be You	後備甜心	Jill's friend
2007	The Haunted School	校墓處	Man 阿文
2009	Turning Point	Laughing Gor之變節	Man 阿文
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
2011	I Love Hong Kong	我愛香港	Man in period costume

Shows hosted

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

Music Video Appearances

Year	Song Title	Details	Video
2007	Doesn't Matter (無所謂)	Singer(s): Janice Vidal 衛蘭 Album: Wish (2009 Janice Vidal album)	Video on YouTube
2009	If Time Arrives (如果時間來到)	Singer(s): Raymond Lam 林峯 Album: Let's Get Wet	Video on YouTube

Awards

• 1997: Yes! Magazine's School Grass Contest Winner (校草選舉冠軍)
• 2007: Mr. Hong Kong 2007 Winner (2007年度香港先生選舉冠軍) and Live Audience's Pick for Mr. Hong Kong 2007 (現場女性眼中的香港先生)

External links

• Mr. Hong Kong 2007 Profile 香港先生競選的個人介紹網頁 (Chinese)
• Official TVB Blog 袁偉豪網誌 (Chinese)