Adam Cheng

• Name — Adam Cheng • Native Name — 鄭少秋 • Pronunciation — Cheng Chong-sai • Birth Name — Wong Ho-chung (黃可忠) • Born — 24 February 1947 • Birthplace — British Hong Kong • Occupation — * Actor • singer • Years Active — 1967–present • Education — The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts • Children — 4, including Joyce Cheng • Awards — Golden Needle Award 2006 Lifetime Achievement 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.

• Illustration — Cheng singing at a Singapore concert Cheng graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He started his career in the 1970s, playing the lead roles in TVB's Wuxia drama series based on the works of Louis Cha and Gu Long, including 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.

In 1992, TVB released the TV series The Greed of Man, based on the central theme of the stock market, and exploring the schemes used by people to make their fortune in the market. Cheng played Ting Hai (丁蟹) in the series, who made a vast fortune by short selling derivatives and stocks during a bear market. Cheng became popularly associated with the Ting Hai effect, named after his character in the series, a peculiar and unexplained phenomenon in which global stock markets fall whenever a new Hong Kong TV drama series starring Cheng is aired.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes/Ref. Reference • 1975 — God of River Lok — Cho Chik • 1976 — Chinese Folklore • The Legend of the Book and the Sword — Chan Ka-lok / Kin-lung Emperor • 1977 — The Great Vendetta • The Kingdom And The Beauty • Luk Siu-fung — Yip Koo-sing • 1978 — Vanity Fair • The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber — Cheung Mo-kei • One Sword • 1979 — Chor Lau-heung — Chor Lau-heung • Over the Rainbow — Wai Ching-lap • 1980 — Five Easy Pieces • Odd Couple • 1981 — Brothers Four • In Love and War • The Hawk • The Misadventure of Zoo — Chu Gam Chun • 1982 — The Switch • 1983 — The Sandwich Man • 1985 — Chor Lau-heung — Chor Lau-heung • The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang — Chu-kot Leung • 1986 — Legendary of Wud • The Legend of Wong Tai Sin — Wong Tai Sin • 1987 — Fate Takes a Hand • 1988 — Behind Silk Curtains • Final Verdict — Tse Man-mo • Challenge of the Imperial Palace • 1991 — Chronicles of Emperor Qianlong • 1993 — The Greed of Man — Ting Hai • 1994 — Instinct — Wong Tin • Forty Something • 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 • 2004 — Blade Heart — Ling Fung / Yu Man-fung • The Conqueror's Story — Lau Bong • 2005 — The Prince's Shadow — Ko Sing • 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 • 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)

His recorded language was Chinese. His recorded confession was Buddhism. He married Lydia Shum. One child is recorded: Joyce Cheng.