Dennis To

Dennis To Yu-hang (born 1 January 1981) is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor. He started his career as a wushu practitioner and won several awards at various competitions, including a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games[1][2] and a gold medal at the 2005 East Asian Games.[3][4] He became an actor in 2007 and started by playing minor roles in Ip Man (2008), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and Ip Man 2 (2010). He is best known for his role as the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the 2010 film The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.

Dennis To
Born (1981-01-01) 1 January 1981
Hong Kong
OccupationActor, martial artist
Years active2007–present
Chinese name
Musical career
Also known asTo Yu-hang, To Yu Hang
This is a Chinese name; the family name is To.

Career

To started practising wushu at the age of six in the Hong Kong Wushu Union's classes.[5] He attended Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. After graduating from school, To joined the Hong Kong Wushu Team[5] and started participating in wushu competitions. In 1999, at the age of 18, To won a gold medal in Changquan at the 1999 World Wushu Championships, becoming the youngest wushu champion in Hong Kong. He also won various medals at the 2001 and 2003 World Wushu Championships. In 2002, he won a silver medal in Changquan at the 2002 Asian Games.[1][2] In 2005, To, together with Chan Siu-kit and Chow Ting-yu, won a gold medal in duilian at the East Asian Games.[3][4]

To took part in the Hong Kong leg of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay as one of the 120 torchbearers in Hong Kong.[5]

To joined the entertainment industry in 2007. He is an artiste under National Arts Holdings Limited.[6] To made his debut in a minor role in the 2008 film Ip Man, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Donnie Yen, and he also appeared in the sequel Ip Man 2 (2010). Later, in 2010, he was cast as the lead character, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, in the 2010 film The Legend Is Born – Ip Man.

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Ip Man
葉問		Hu Wei
2009Bodyguards and Assassins
十月圍城		Nie Zhongqing
2010Ip Man 2
葉問2		Cheng Wai-kei
2010The Legend Is Born – Ip Man
葉問前傳		Ip Man
2011Choy Lee Fut
蔡李佛		guest star
2011The Harbor, 2012
港都2012
2011The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
競雄女俠·秋瑾		Xu Xilin
20111911
辛亥革命		Xiong Bingkun
2011Summer Love
戀夏戀夏戀戀下		Ryan's brother
2012Wu Dang
大武當之天地密碼		Taoist Bailong
2012Zombie 108
棄城Z-108		SWAT copguest star
2019The Grandmaster of Kung Fu
2019A Lifetime Treasure

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Awards and nominations

Wushu
YearAwardCompetitionNotes
1999Gold medalMen's Changquan, 1999 World Wushu Championships
2001Silver medalChangquan, 2001 World Wushu Championships
2001Silver medalDaoshu, 2001 World Wushu Championships
2001Bronze medalGunshu, 2001 World Wushu Championships
2002Silver medalChangquan, 2002 Asian Games[1][2]
2003Bronze medalChangquan, 2003 World Wushu Championships
2003Silver medalDaoshu, World Wushu Championships
2003Silver medalDuilian, World Wushu Championships
2004Silver medalGunshu, Asian Wushu Championships
2004Silver medalDuilian, Asian Wushu Championships
2005Gold medalDuilian, 2005 East Asian GamesWon together with Chan Siu-kit and Chow Ting-yu[3][4]

Film
YearAward / nominationFilmEventNotes
2011Best New Performer nominationIp Man 230th Hong Kong Film Awards
2011Best New Performer nominationThe Legend Is Born – Ip Man30th Hong Kong Film Awards
2011Gold Award for New Performer of the YearAwarded by the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild
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References
  1. "Wushu team to promote HK in Canada". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "Wushu Performance 2006". Hong Kong School Sports Programme Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. "List of medalists at the Olympic Main Site". Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. Wan, Freda; Kin-wa, Chan. "Wushu wonders strike gold for HK". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. Scoops Guild. "To Yu Hang on Joining Grandmaster Yip Man". wu-jing.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  6. "NATIONAL ARTS (08228.HK) Company Profile".
  7. Dennis To at douban.com
  8. Dennis To at chinesemov.com
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