Adam Cheng
{{short description|Hong Kong actor and singer}}
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{{infobox person
| name = Adam Cheng
| image = 鄭少秋.jpg
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| caption = Cheng in 2019
| native_name = 鄭少秋
| native_name_lang = zh
| pronunciation = Cheng Chong-sai
| birth_name = Wong Ho-chung ({{lang|zh-hant|黃可忠}})
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|2|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = British Hong Kong
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| occupation = Actor, singer
| years_active = 1967–present
| education = The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Lydia Shum|1985|1988|reason=div}}
- {{marriage|Koon Jing-wah|1989}}
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| children = 4, including Joyce Cheng
| awards = Golden Needle Award
2006 Lifetime Achievement
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| title = Cheng Siu-chau
| name1 = Cheng Siu-chau
| t = 鄭少秋
| s = 郑少秋
| p = Zhèng Shàoqiū
| j = Zeng6 Siu3 Cau1
| altname = Cheng Chong-sai
| t2 = 鄭創世
| s2 = 郑创世
| p2 = Zhèng Chuàngshì
| j2 = Zeng6 Cong3 Sai3
| altname2 = Wong Ho-chung
| t3 = 黃可忠
| s3 = 黄可忠
| p3 = Huáng Kězhōng
| j3 = Wong4 Ho2 Zung1
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| module2 = {{infobox musical artist
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| alias = 秋官
| origin = Hong Kong
| genre = Cantopop
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Adam Cheng Siu-chau (born 24 February 1947; formerly known as Cheng Chong-sai and Wong Ho-chung) is a Hong Kong TVB actor and Cantopop singer.
Career
Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for playing the lead roles in TVB Wuxia drama series based on the works of Louis Cha and Gu Long, such as The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and Chor Lau Heung. He also performed some of the theme songs of the TV series he starred in, such as The Greed of Man and Cold Blood Warm Heart.
Ting Hai effect
{{Main|Ting Hai effect}}
In 1992, TVB released the TV series The Greed of Man, based on the central theme of the stock market and explored the schemes and plots used by people to make their fortune in the market. Cheng played Ting Hai (丁蟹) in the series, who made an immense fortune by short selling derivatives and stocks during a bear market. Many people went bankrupt while Ting Hai's family became richer until they were defeated by their nemesis. Cheng became popularly associated with the Ting Hai effect, named after his character in the series. The effect involves a peculiar and unexplained phenomenon, in which global stock markets will fall whenever a new Hong Kong TV drama series, starring Cheng, is aired.
Personal life
Adam's parents are both university lecturers. He has four daughters. The oldest, Cheng On-yee, was from his first low-profile marriage that ended in divorce. He married well-known actress Lydia Shum in 1985 after 14 years of cohabitation, and Shum brought him to fame. Adam and Shum had a daughter, Joyce Cheng in 1987. In 1988 they divorced eight months after their daughter's birth in bad terms.
In 1989, Cheng married a Taiwanese actress named Koon Jing-wah. Cheng and Koon have two daughters, Winnie Cheng Wing-yan and Cecily Cheng Wing-hei.
Adam graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (diploma).
Filmography
= Film =
= Television =
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| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | God of River Lok | Cho Chik | |
| rowspan="2" | 1976 | Chinese Folklore | ||
| The Legend of the Book and the Sword | Chan Ka-lok / Kin-lung Emperor | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1977 | The Great Vendetta | ||
| The Kingdom And The Beauty | |||
| Luk Siu-fung | Yip Koo-sing | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1978 | Vanity Fair | ||
| The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | Cheung Mo-kei | ||
| One Sword | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1979 | Chor Lau-heung | Chor Lau-heung | |
| Over the Rainbow | Wai Ching-lap | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1980 | Five Easy Pieces | ||
| Odd Couple | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1981 | Brothers Four | ||
| In Love and War | |||
| The Hawk | |||
| The Misadventure of Zoo | Chu Gam Chun | ||
| 1982 | The Switch | ||
| 1983 | The Sandwich Man | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1985 | Chor Lau-heung | Chor Lau-heung | |
| The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang | Chu-kot Leung | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1986 | Legendary of Wud | ||
| The Legend of Wong Tai Sin | Wong Tai Sin | ||
| 1987 | Fate Takes a Hand | ||
| rowspan="3" | 1988 | Behind Silk Curtains | ||
| Final Verdict | |||
| Challenge of the Imperial Palace | |||
| 1991 | Chronicles of Emperor Qianlong | ||
| 1993 | The Greed of Man | Ting Hai | |
| rowspan="2" | 1994 | Instinct | Wong Tin | |
| Forty Something | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1995 | Chor Lau-heung | Chu Liuxiang | |
| Cold Blood Warm Heart | Ah Bong | ||
| The Legendary Chin Lung II | |||
| 1996 | Once Upon a Time in Shanghai | Yu Chun-hoi | |
| 1997 | Legend of YungChing | Yongzheng Emperor | |
| 2000 | Divine Retribution | Ting Yeh | |
| rowspan="2" | 2004 | Blade Heart | Ling Fung / Yu Man-fung | |
| The Conqueror's Story | Lau Bong | ||
| 2005 | The Prince's Shadow | Ko Sing | |
| rowspan="2" | 2006 | Bar Bender | Tony Tseung | Nominated – TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 20) Nominated – TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 20) |
| Inside the Forbidden City | |||
| 2007 | Return in Glory | ||
| 2008 | The Book and the Sword | Qianlong Emperor | |
| rowspan="2" | 2009 | The King of Snooker | Yau Yat-Kiu | |
| God of Medicine | |||
| 2012 | Master of Play | Kan Siu Nam | Nominated – My AOD Favourite Award for Top 15 Character |
| 2018 | Ever Night | Fu Zi (Sage Master) | {{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2017-09-22/doc-ifymfcih2486540.shtml|title=《将夜》郑少秋"出山"饰夫子 童瑶陈震尹铸胜加盟|date=22 September 2017|website=Sina|language=zh}} |
{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155532/ |title=Adam Cheng
|access-date=15 April 2010 |publisher=IMDb}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- [https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3424&display_set=eng Adam Cheng Siu-Chow at hkmdb.com]
- [https://www.senscritique.com/contact/Adam_Cheng/22735 Adam Cheng at senscritique.com]
- {{IMDb name|0155532}}
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{{Succession box
|title=Golden Needle Award of RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award
|years=2006
|before=Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
|after=Teresa Carpio}}
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Category:People from Xinhui District
Category:Hong Kong male film actors
Category:Hong Kong Mandopop singers
Category:People from Panyu District
Category:Hong Kong male singers
Category:Hong Kong male television actors
Category:Hong Kong male dancers
Category:Hong Kong television presenters
Category:20th-century Hong Kong male actors