Adam Cheng

Hong Kong actor and singer

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Lydia Shum

(m. 1985; div. 1988)

Koon Jing-wah

(m. 1989)

Children4, including Joyce ChengAwardsGolden Needle Award
2006 Lifetime AchievementCheng Siu-chauTraditional Chinese鄭少秋Simplified Chinese郑少秋JyutpingZeng6 Siu3 Cau1

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Shào qiū
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Zeng6 Siu3 Cau1

Cheng Chong-saiTraditional Chinese鄭創世Simplified Chinese郑创世JyutpingZeng6 Cong3 Sai3

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Chuàng Shì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Zeng6 Cong3 Sai3

Second alternative Chinese nameTraditional Chinese黃可忠Simplified Chinese黄可忠JyutpingWong4 Ho2 Zung1

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huáng Kě Zhōng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Wong4 Ho2 Zung1

Musical careerAlso known as秋官OriginHong KongGenresCantopop

Musical artist

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.

Career

Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for playing the lead roles in TVB Wuxia drama series based on the works of Louis Cha and Gu Long, such as 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.

Ting Hai effect

In 1992, TVB released the TV series The Greed of Man, based on the central theme of the stock market and explored the schemes and plots used by people to make their fortune in the market. Cheng played Ting Hai (丁蟹) in the series, who made an immense fortune by short selling derivatives and stocks during a bear market. Many people went bankrupt while Ting Hai's family became richer until they were defeated by their nemesis. Cheng became popularly associated with the Ting Hai effect, named after his character in the series. The effect involves a peculiar and unexplained phenomenon, in which global stock markets will fall whenever a new Hong Kong TV drama series, starring Cheng, is aired.

Personal life

Adam's parents are both university lecturers. He has four daughters. The oldest, Cheng On-yee, was from his first low-profile marriage that ended in divorce. He married well-known actress Lydia Shum in 1985 after 14 years of cohabitation, and Shum brought him to fame. Adam and Shum had a daughter, Joyce Cheng in 1987. In 1988 they divorced eight months after their daughter's birth in bad terms.

In 1989, Cheng married a Taiwanese actress named Koon Jing-wah. Cheng and Koon have two daughters, Winnie Cheng Wing-yan and Cecily Cheng Wing-hei.

Adam graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	A Sweet Girl		^[1]
	The Black Killer	Ng Chun Bong	^[2]^[3]
	I Love A-Go-Go		^[4]
1968	The Blossoming Rose	Ng Aan Man	^[5]
1968	Blue Falcon		^[6]^[7]
1980	The Sword
1981	Shaolin and Wu Tang	Chao Fung-wu
1981	Return of the Deadly Blade
1982	Cat vs Rat
1982	Fantasy Mission Force	Amazon leader
1983	Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain	Ting Yin
	Lone Ninja Warrior
	The Denouncement of Chu Liu Hsiang	Chu Liuxiang
1984	Lover and Sword
1984	General Invincible
1988	Gunmen	Haye
1988	Profiles of Pleasure
1989	Seven Warriors
1989	Path of Glory
1992	Painted Skin	Scholar
1993	Fong Sai-yuk	Chan Ka-lok	guest star
1993	Fong Sai-yuk II	Chan Ka-lok
1994	Drunken Master III	Wong Kei-ying
	Shaolin Popey 2: Messy Temple
	Shaolin Popeye 2 – Messy Temple
2001	The Dark Tales
2003	Double Crossing
2013	Saving General Yang	Yang Ye

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	God of River Lok	Cho Chik
1976	Chinese Folklore
1976	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
1979	Over the Rainbow	Wai Ching-lap
1980	Five Easy Pieces
1980	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
1985	The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang	Chu-kot Leung
1986	Legendary of Wud
1986	The Legend of Wong Tai Sin	Wong Tai Sin
1987	Fate Takes a Hand
1988	Behind Silk Curtains
	Final Verdict
	Challenge of the Imperial Palace
1991	Chronicles of Emperor Qianlong
1993	The Greed of Man	Ting Hai
1994	Instinct	Wong Tin
1994	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
2004	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)
2006	Inside the Forbidden City
2007	Return in Glory
2008	The Book and the Sword	Qianlong Emperor
2009	The King of Snooker	Yau Yat-Kiu
2009	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)	^[8]

^[9] ^[10]

References

^ "A Sweet Girl". hkmdb.com. 23 August 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Adam Cheng Siu-Chow". lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "The Black Killer". hkmdb.com. 8 March 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "I Love A-Go-Go". hkmdb.com. 22 March 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "The Blossoming Rose". hkmdb.com. 3 February 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Blue Falcon (1968)". senscritique.com. 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Blue Falcon". hkmdb.com. 23 April 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "《将夜》郑少秋"出山"饰夫子童瑶陈震尹铸胜加盟". Sina (in Chinese). 22 September 2017.
^ "Adam Cheng". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^ "Adam Cheng". chinesemov.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.