Dennis To

Dennis To
To in 2018
Born	(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 (age 44) Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Actor, martial artist
Years active	2007–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	杜宇航
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dù Yǔháng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dou6 Jyu5-hong4
Musical career
Also known as	To Yu-hang, To Yu Hang

Medal record
Men's Wushu Taolu
Representing  Hong Kong
World Championships
	1999 Hong Kong	Changquan
	2001 Yerevan	Changquan (new)
	2001 Yerevan	Daoshu (new)
	2003 Macau	Daoshu
	2003 Macau	Duilian
	2001 Yerevan	Gunshu (new)
	2003 Macau	Changquan
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	CQ All-Around
East Asian Games
	2005 Macau	Changquan

In this Chinese name, the family name is 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.

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.^{[citation needed]} 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Ip Man 葉問	Hu Wei
2009	Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城	Nie Zhongqing
2010	Ip Man 2 葉問2	Cheng Wai-kei
2010	The Legend Is Born – Ip Man 葉問前傳	Ip Man
2011	Choy Lee Fut 蔡李佛		guest star
2011	The Harbor, 2012 港都2012
2011	The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake 競雄女俠·秋瑾	Xu Xilin
2011	1911 辛亥革命	Xiong Bingkun
2011	Summer Love 戀夏戀夏戀戀下	Ryan's brother
2012	Wu Dang 大武當之天地密碼	Taoist Bailong
2012	Zombie 108 棄城Z-108	SWAT cop	guest star
2019	Ip Man: Kung Fu Master叶问宗师	Ip Man
2019	The Grandmaster of Kung Fu
2019	A Lifetime Treasure

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Awards and nominations

Wushu

Year	Award	Competition	Notes
1999	Gold medal	Men's Changquan, 1999 World Wushu Championships
2001	Silver medal	Changquan, 2001 World Wushu Championships
2001	Silver medal	Daoshu, 2001 World Wushu Championships
2001	Bronze medal	Gunshu, 2001 World Wushu Championships
2002	Silver medal	Changquan, 2002 Asian Games	[1][2]
2003	Bronze medal	Changquan, 2003 World Wushu Championships
2003	Silver medal	Daoshu, World Wushu Championships
2003	Silver medal	Duilian, World Wushu Championships
2004	Silver medal	Gunshu, Asian Wushu Championships
2004	Silver medal	Duilian, Asian Wushu Championships
2005	Gold medal	Duilian, 2005 East Asian Games	Won together with Chan Siu-kit and Chow Ting-yu[3][4]

Film

Year	Award / nomination	Film	Event	Notes
2011	Best New Performer nomination	Ip Man 2	30th Hong Kong Film Awards
2011	Best New Performer nomination	The Legend Is Born – Ip Man	30th Hong Kong Film Awards
2011	Gold Award for New Performer of the Year			Awarded by the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild

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". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. 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

External links

• Dennis To at IMDb
• Dennis To at the Hong Kong Movie Database