Kent Cheng
{{Short description|Hong Kong actor and director}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2018}}
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1996 The Log}}{{awards|award=Golden Bauhinia Awards|name=Best Actor
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Kent Cheng Jak-si is a Hong Kong film and television actor. He is a two time recipient of the best actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Biography
Cheng was born in a poor family in Hong Kong.Interview of Be my Guest, TVB, 21 June 2008 He intended to be an actor when he was a child, written on his comprehension. However, the comprehension was seriously criticised by his teacher.
Cheng joined a film company in 1972, but he could not gain any position in that film company, until joining TVB in 1976. Since then he became an actor for several TV dramas.
In the 1980s he changed his focus in acting in films and directing. In 1985 he won the Best Actor award in the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in the film called Why Me?. Cheng won again in 1996.
Cheng opened a film company in the 1990s, but failed and struggled through financial problems during the late 1990s. He thus returned to be an actor for TVB in 1993. However, Cheng could not gain a leading role, so he decided to turn to ATV in 1997.
In recent years he focused in mainland China. In 2006 he returned to TVB.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Awards | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Hotel | TVB | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1978 | The Giant | Law Kwan | TVB | |
| The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | TVB | |||
| 1979 | The Sword of Romance | Muk-yung Ching | TVB | |
| 1981 | The Misadventure of Zoo | TVB | ||
| 1996 | In the Name of Love | Ho Ka-bon | TVB | |
| rowspan="2" | 1997 | The Hitman Chronicles | Zhuan Zhu | TVB | |
| Forrest Cat | Lai Ting-on | ATV | ||
| 1999 | Forrest Cast II | Wong Ka-po | ATV | |
| 2002 | Law 2002 | Law Yau-dai | ATV | |
| 2004 | Asian Charlie's Angels | Bosley | ImaginAsian | |
| rowspan="2" | 2006 | The Blind Detective | ATV | ||
| Romance of Red Dust | Yang Su | CTV | ||
| 2008 | A Journey Called Life | Kam Shek | TVB | |
| 2009 | A Watchdog's Tale | Lai Tsun-sing | TVB | |
| 2010 | When Lanes Merge | Ho Kau | Nominated – TVB Award for Best Actor Nominated – TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character | TVB |
| rowspan="3" | 2012 | The Greatness of a Hero | Dit Yan-kit | TVB | |
| King Maker | Tung Chiu | TVB | ||
| Wonderful Declarations from a Daughter-in-Law | ||||
| 2015 | Best Get Going | |||
| 2016 | My Dangerous Mafia Retirement Plan | Ho Kei-sung | TVB | |
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | I Bet Your Pardon | Longsi | TVB | |
| My Life As Loan Shark | Tai Kam-chai / Tai Yuen-bo | TVB | ||
| 2020 | Line Walker: Bull Fight | Sun Chi-kin | TVB | |
| 2024 | Broken Trust | Chin Tai-hoi | TVB |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0155587}}
- [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_kent.htm loveHKfilm entry]
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{{succession box
|title = Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor
|years = 1986
for Why Me?
|before= Danny Lee Sau-Yin
for Law with Two Phases
|after = Chow Yun-fat
for A Better Tomorrow
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{{succession box
|title = Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor
|years = 1997
for The Log
|before= Roy Chiao
for Summer Snow
|after = Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
for Happy Together
}}
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{{Best Actor HKFA}}
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Category:20th-century Hong Kong male actors
Category:21st-century Hong Kong male actors
Category:Golden Bauhinia Awards - Best Actor
Category:Hong Kong film directors
Category:Hong Kong male film actors