Ronald Cheng
Ronald Cheng | |||||||||||
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鄭中基 | |||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1972 | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Hong Kong Taiwanese American | ||||||||||
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| Years active | 1995–present | ||||||||||
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| Children | 1 daughter and 1 son | ||||||||||
| Parent | Norman Cheng (father) | ||||||||||
| Awards | Golden Horse Awards – Best Supporting Actor 2012 Vulgaria Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actor 2013 Vulgaria | ||||||||||
| Musical career | |||||||||||
| Genres | Cantopop, Mandopop | ||||||||||
| Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||||||||
| Labels | PolyGram (1995–1999) Universal Music Group (1999–2002) Gold Typhoon Group (2002–2013) Sun Entertainment Culture(2017–) | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭中基 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑中基 | ||||||||||
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Ronald Cheng Chung-kei (born 9 March 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actor.
Life and career
Ronald Cheng was born in Hong Kong.[1] Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a songwriter and a producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his father (Director of EMI Asia)’s company EMI— which included doing backing vocalist for the likes of Alan Tam and Priscilla Chan — during summers as a youth. The lessons were apparently effective, as producers started taking notice of Cheng’s voice and he was signed to a recording contract soon thereafter. Cheng first shot to popularity in Taiwan before returning home and enjoying some success in Hong Kong. However, his singing career went into a lull from 2000 to 2003 due to the infamous “air rage incident” and rebounded later.
Cheng returned to the Cantopop market in 2003, however success for him did not arrive until 2005, where his signature song "無賴" (Rascal) was voted one of the Top 10 songs at various music award shows, notably TVB's Jade Solid Gold, where it was voted the most popular song of 2005.[2]
Cheng won his first Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Vulgaria at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Award.[3]
Cheng's song 《MY ONLY ONE》was awarded one of the Top 10 golden songs organized by VivTV, 《Chill Club》, presented on Apr 18, 2021 [4]
On 23 April 2021, Cheng held Hong Kong's first outdoor drive-in concert, entitled《Drive in Ultra - WEE are Ronald Cheng》. Many celebrities showed up to help out, including Josie Ho Chiu-yi, Ekin Cheng, Candy Lo and Kelly Chen etc.[5]
Personal life
His father, Norman Cheng (鄭東漢), is the chairperson and CEO of EMI, and formerly of the Asia Pacific division of PolyGram and then Universal Music.
Ronald Cheng started his relationship with Charlene Choi, a Hong Kong singer and actress, in 2004, after starring as lovers in the film Hidden Heroes. Their marriage was kept secret from the public, and they avoided going out together except for family gatherings.[6] In 2010, while Choi announced ending the relationship with Cheng, the press revealed that they had registered their marriage in Los Angeles, United States in 2006.[7][8] Both Cheng and Choi recognized the marriage, but decided to divorce.[1] Later, he dated with Sammie Yu Sze-man, then a hostess in Cable TV Hong Kong, and Yu gave birth to a daughter in July 2011. They married in the same year[9] and later had a son in 2015.
Discography
- 1996
- 左右為難 (In A Dilemma) - Mandarin Album
- 別愛我 (Don't Love Me) - Mandarin Album
- 1997
- 情深 (Deep Love) - Cantonese Album
- 最愛的人不是你 (You Are Not My Dearest Lover) - Mandarin EP
- 絕口不提！愛你 (Don't Say! Love You) - Mandarin Album
- 戒情人 (Abstain From Love) - Mandarin Album
- 1998
- 時間 人物 地點 (Time, People, Place) - Mandarin / Cantonese New + Best Selections
- 敵人 (Enemy) - Mandarin Album
- 1999
- 我真的可以 (I Really Can) - Mandarin Album
- One More Time - Cantonese Album
- 2000
- 聲聲愛你 (Sounds Love You) - Mandarin New + Best Selections
- 緣份無邊界 (Love Without Borderline) - Cantonese Compilation
- 真朋友 (True Friend) - Mandarin Album
- 2002
- Encore - Mandarin New + Best Selections
- 2003
- 唔該， 救救我 (Please Help!!!) - Cantonese Album
- 唔該， 救救我 “火紅火熱”版 (Please Help!!! - 2 AVCD Version) - Cantonese Album
- 2005
- Before After - Cantonese Album
- 2006
- 正宗K (Karaoke Cheng)[10] - Cantonese / Mandarin New + Best Selections
- 鄭中基演唱會二零零六 (Ronald Cheng Live in Concert 2006) - Cantonese / Mandarin Live Album
- 2008
- 怪胎 (Freak) - Mandarin New + Best Selections
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation | Siu Lan-fu | voice only |
| 2000 | Twelve Nights | Johnny | |
| 2001 | Blue Moon | Fai | |
| Bullets of Love | Ma | ||
| Dance of a Dream | Yip Wai-shih | ||
| 2002 | Interactive Murders | JASH / Lam Wan-san | |
| My Wife Is 18 | Bruce | ||
| Market's Romance | Chicky Keung | ||
| 2003 | My Lucky Star | Crab Duen / Guard Duen | |
| Give Them a Chance | Disco triad boss | aka Give Me a Chance | |
| Dragon Loaded 2003 | Dragon | ||
| Golden Chicken 2 | Mr. Chan | ||
| 2004 | Super Model | Mandam Fung Yan-bing | |
| Hidden Heroes | Ho Yoiji | ||
| My Sweetie | owner of Lo's office lift | cameo | |
| 2005 | Himalaya Singh | Singh | |
| Dragon Reloaded | Dragon | ||
| 2006 | McDull, the Alumni | marketing head / musical instruments sal | |
| Undercover Hidden Dragon | Fat Chai (Sunny Sun) / Wind To | ||
| Fatal Contact | Captain Chan Shing | ||
| Mr. 3 Minutes | Scott Chung | ||
| 2007 | It's a Wonderful Life | Thunder God / Ray Ban | also director and writer |
| Dancing Lion | lion dancer | ||
| Mr. Cinema | Zhou Chong | ||
| Ratatouille | Remy (voice, HK version) | ||
| 2008 | La Lingerie | Lucas | |
| Legendary Assassin | Uncle Zhi | aka Wolf Fang | |
| 2009 | All's Well, Ends Well 2009 | Yu Bo | |
| Kung Fu Cyborg | Xiao Jiang | aka Kungfu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction | |
| 2010 | All's Well, Ends Well 2010 | General Mak Bing-wing | |
| Just Another Pandora's Box | Qing Yise / Zhao Yun / Zhang Ziyi's transvestite | ||
| 2011 | All's Well, Ends Well 2011 | Delivery Boy | |
| Treasure Hunt | |||
| 2012 | All's Well, Ends Well 2012 | ||
| Marry a Perfect Man | |||
| The Four | |||
| Vulgaria | |||
| McDull - Pork of Music | |||
| Love Is... Pyjamas | |||
| 2013 | Hotel Deluxe | OK Pao | |
| Princess and the Seven Kung Fu Masters | |||
| Special ID | Captain Cheung | ||
| The Four II | |||
| 2014 | Hello Babies | Scallop | |
| Golden Chicken 3 | |||
| Just Another Margin | Shi Wen-Sheng | ||
| The Truth About Beauty | |||
| The Four III | |||
| Sifu vs Vampire | Nicky | ||
| The Seventh Lie | Bellhop | ||
| Grey Met Shrek | |||
| 2015 | Full Strike | Ng Kau-cheung | |
| Undercover Duet | Dream Dragon | ||
| Secret Treasure[11] | also director | ||
| 2016 | House of Wolves | Fung Yan-ping | |
| 2017 | Two Wrongs Make a Right | Ximen Ding | |
| 2018 | Concerto of the Bully | ||
| Agent Mr Chan | Hung Chow | ||
| 2019 | Atonement | ||
| Elisa's Day |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | The Sky is the Limit | ||
| 2001 | Colourful Life | Ching Chi-yung | |
| 2002 | Slim Chances | So Bing-man | |
| 2003 | Virtues of Harmony II | Chiu Choi | guest star |
| 2019 | Haters Gonna Stay | guest star | |
| 2020 | Single Papa | Lam Sai-wing |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2012 | 49th Golden Horse Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Vulgaria | Won |
| 2013 | 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Vulgaria | Won |
| 2018 | 37th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actor | Concerto of the Bully | Nominated |
| Best Original Film Song | "An Unheard Melody" — Concerto of the Bully (as performer) |
Won |
References
- ^ a b Ronald-Charlene: It's actually a divorce
- ^ "Jade Solid Gold 2005 Awards: Most Popular Song". TVB. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ "32nd Hong Kong Film Awards 2013". HK Neo Reviews. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ^ "【ViuTV頒獎禮】完整得獎名單 柳應廷大熱奪新人獎". Singtao. 2021-04-18
- ^ "Ronald Cheng's concert is half of the Hong Kong entertainment venue, three generations of grandparents help out, Kelly Chen and the daughter of the king of gambling appear". inf.news. 2021-04-25
- ^ http://www.asiaone.com/news/diva/ronald-cheng-and-ex-wife-hid-years
- ^ Charlene-Ronald romance over
- ^ Splitsville for Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng
- ^ [1]
- ^ 正宗K (Jing Jung K) is a pun of the Cantonese pronunciation of Cheng's name — Cheng Chung-Kei. It literally means "Genuine Karaoke" in Cantonese.
- ^ Kevin Ma (16 July 2014). "Bona launches Secret Treasure". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Ronald Cheng at lovehkfilm.com
- ^ Ronald Cheng at chinesemov.com
External links
- Ronald Cheng at IMDb
- Ronald Cheng Chung-Kei at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- Ronald Cheng on Sina Twitter
- Ronald Cheng at the Hong Kong Cinemagic
| International | |
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong people of Taiwanese descent
- 20th-century Hong Kong singers
- 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
- 21st-century Hong Kong singers
- 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
- Hong Kong male singers
- Hong Kong singer-songwriters
- Cantopop singer-songwriters
- Hong Kong Mandopop singer-songwriters
- Hong Kong male film actors
- Hong Kong male comedians
- Hong Kong film producers
- 20th-century male singers
- 21st-century male singers