Adam Cheng
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| Adam Cheng 鄭少秋 |
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| Birth name | Cheng Chong-sai (鄭創世) |
| Born | February 4 1947 Hong Kong Hong Kong |
| Children | Joyce Cheng Yan Yee |
Adam Cheng Siu-Chow (traditional Chinese: 鄭少秋; simplified Chinese: 郑少秋; pinyin: Zhèng Shàoqiū; Jyutping: Zeng6 Siu3 Cau1, Originally named 鄭創世;Cheng Chong-sai) (born February 24, 1947 in Hong Kong) is a popular TVB actor and singer in Hong Kong.
Acting/singing history
He started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for being the suave leading man in wuxia drama series made by TVB. Many of these are based on novels by Louis Cha and Gu Long. He often sang the theme songs of the TV dramas he starred in, such as The Greed of Man, Cold Blood Warm Heart and Chor Lau Heung. Many of these series are considered classics. Recently, he played a role in The Driving Power, he sang the theme song in this one also.
He has a total of four daughters. The first one was from a low profile marriage that ended in divorce. He married Lydia Shum in 1985 after 14 years of courtship. They had a daughter, Joyce Cheng Yan Yee in 1987, but they divorced just eight months after she was born.[1] In 1989, he remarried and had another two daughters.
He has continued acting in TV series by TVB today and is considered one of the most enduringly popular actors of the company.
Phenomenon
In the 1990s, TVB aired the classic drama The Greed of Man, which centred heavily around the stock market, and the schemes and plots of those who struck it rich in the market. Cheng's character in the drama, Ding Hai, made an immense fortune by short selling derivatives and stocks during a bear market. Many people went broke, but the Ding family became richer and richer until an eventual defeat by the family's nemesis.
Cheng is associated with the Ding Hai Effect, a peculiar and unexplained phenomenon that apparently causes a drop in global stock markets whenever he stars in a new TV show. No reason is given for this effect, and it has been a popular topic amongst stock brokers years after the drama series was broadcast in Hong Kong in 1993.
Discography
Albums
- 爱人结婚了(1971)
- 紫色的恋情 (1972)
- 莫把爱情玩弄 (1972)
- 烟雨濛濛 (1973)
- 秋哥有钱 (1974)
- 紫钗记 (1975)
- 洛神·同屋共主 (1975)
- 伴侣 (1975)
- 天涯孤客 (1976)
- 宝莲灯 (1976)
- 留住了欢笑 (1977)
- 江山美人 (1977)
- 欢乐年年 (1977)
- 倚天屠龙记 (1978)
- 陆小凤 (1978)
- 合唱精选(1978)
- 一剑镇神州 (1979)
- 心思思-旅美演唱歌曲精选(1979)
- 楚留香(1979)
- 轮流传·名剑 (1980)
- 粤语流行曲精选 (1981)
- 流氓皇帝 (1981)
- 烽火飞花 (1981)
- 飞鹰 (1981)
- 富贵荣华 (1982)
- 新蜀山剑侠 (1983)
- 夹心人·火烧圆明园 (1983)
- 劲歌 (1984)
- 有求必应 (1986)
- 秋意 (1988)
- 郑少秋精选 (1992)
- 大时代 (1993)
- 笑看风云 (1995)
- 天大地大 (1995)
- 男人四十一头家 (1995)
- 天涯孤客 (1997)
- 最佳友情人 (1999)
- 郑少秋世纪之选 (2001)
- 金禧经典 (2002)
- 欢乐年年(贺年专辑) (2004)
- 楚汉骄雄·血荐轩辕(郑少秋主题曲集) (2004)
- 家传户晓演唱会2005 (2005)
TV Series
1970 - 1980
- Chinese Folklore (1976)
- The Legend Of The Book and the Sword (1976)
- The Great Vendetta (1977)
- The Kingdom And The Beauty (1977)
- Luk Siu Fung (1977)
- Vanity Fair (1978)
- Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978)
- One Sword (1978)
- Chor Lau Heung (1979)
- Over The Rainbow (1979)
1980 - 1990
- Five Easy Pieces (1980)
- Odd Couple (1980)
- Brothers Four (1981)
- In Love And War (1981)
- The Hawk (1981)
- The Misadventure Of Zoo (1981)
- The Switch (1982)
- Sandwich Man (1983)
- Legendary Of Wud (1986)
- The Legend Of Wong Tai Sin (1986)
- Fate Takes A Hand (1987)
- Behind Silk Curtains (1988)
- Final Verdict (1988)
- Kuet Gin Wong Shing (1988)
1990 - 2000
- The Greed of Man (1993)
- Instinct (1994)
- Forty Something (1994)
- Cold Blood Warm Heart (1995)
- The Legendary Chin Lung II (1995)
- Once Upon A Time In Shanghai (1996)
2000 - Current
- The Conqueror's Story (2004)
- The Princes Shadow (2005)
- Bar Bender (2006)
- Inside the Forbidden City (2006)
- Return in Glory (China) (2007)
Filmography
- Shao Lin Popeye 2 - Messy Temple (1994)
- (1994)
- The Legend 2 (1993)
- Painted Skin(1992)
- Path of Glory (1990)
- Seven Warriors (1989)
- Gunmen (1988)
- Shaolin and Wu Tang (1984)
- Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain(1983)
- The Sword (1980)
References
- ^ 與鄭少秋一笑泯恩仇 肥肥打算退出娛樂圈. Xinhua News Agency (2007-06-11). Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
External links
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra |
Golden Needle Award of RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award 2006 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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