Nick Cheung
Nicholas Cheung Ka-fai (Chinese: 張家輝; Jyutping: zoeng1 gaa1 fai1; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director. He first gained recognition for his roles in The Conman (1998) and The Tricky Master (1999). He went on to star in the films Beast Stalker (2008), The Stool Pigeon (2010), Nightfall (2012), Unbeatable (2013), The White Storm (2013), Helios (2015), Keeper of Darkness (2015), Line Walker (2016), Bodies at Rest (2019), and Peg O' My Heart (2024).
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Nick Cheung
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- Nationality
- People's Republic of China and British Hong Kong.
- Occupation
- actor and film director.
- Fields
- cantopop.
- Honours
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Nicholas Cheung Ka-fai (Chinese: 張家輝; Jyutping: zoeng1 gaa1 fai1; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director. He first gained recognition for his roles in The Conman (1998) and The Tricky Master (1999). He went on to star in the films Beast Stalker (2008), The Stool Pigeon (2010), Nightfall (2012), Unbeatable (2013), The White Storm (2013), Helios (2015), Keeper of Darkness (2015), Line Walker (2016), Bodies at Rest (2019), and Peg O' My Heart (2024).
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Nick Cheung (born 1964) is an actor, film actor and film director, among other activities and a national of the British Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. The actor was born in British Hong Kong.
Genres include cantopop. Languages used include Chinese. Nick Cheung received Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor.
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Background
Background
For his performances in Beast Stalker and Unbeatable, Cheung was awarded the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.
He was formerly a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for four years, but he left the job after his request to be transferred to the criminal investigation department was turned down. He then worked for Danny Lee's film production company. His film debut is "Thank you, Sir!", as a student at the Royal Hong Kong Cadet School. From 1989 to 1994, he worked at the television station ATV World. Later, he left ATV and joined another station, TVB. He left TVB in 2004, and worked mainly on films. His fame was built on Wong Jing's comedy at first, but he has changed his acting style for more sombre roles since 2003. He was nominated for his first Hong Kong film award in 1999, and won his first award in 2009 for his role in Beast Stalker. He has been nominated many times at the Hong Kong Film Awards and other Chinese film awards since. Cheung has won seven awards for his role in Beast Stalker (2008), including Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, and Golden Horse Film Award for Best Actor. In 2013, he also won praise and Best Actor awards for his role as an aging MMA fighter in Unbeatable.
Personal life
Personal life
Cheung met Hong Kong actress Esther Kwan while he was still working at ATV. They married on 8 December 2003 in Australia. Their daughter, Brittany Cheung (張童; Cheung Tung), was born on 24 January 2006. Cheung earned 75 million HKD in 2014.
Dubbing roles
Dubbing roles
Cheung has also provided Cantonese voice dubs for foreign films and television programmes.
Actor Nick Cheung Ka-Fai at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2022
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Actor Nick Cheung Ka-Fai at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2022
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- 1.Nick Cheung named Best Actor. Yahoo News. 2014-01-16.
- 2.Hong Kong Cinemagic - Nick Cheung Ka Fai. Hkcinemagic.com.
- 3.HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office: [2010.08.25] NICK CHEUNG IS WILLING TO BE A COP AGAIN. Hktopten.blospost.com. 27 August 2010.
- 4.Yahoo! News Asia. Louis Koo is 2014's highest-earning celebrity. 29 December 2014.
- 5.Lee, Edmund. Peg O' My Heart movie review: striking visuals, awful story in Nick Cheung horror thriller. South China Morning Post. 26 March 2025.
- 6.Nick Cheung at douban.com
- 7.Nick Cheung at chinesemov.com
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