Ronald Cheng

Ronald Cheng
Ronald Cheng
Born	9 March 1972; Taiwan
Nationality	Hong Kong; Taiwanese; American
Occupation	Singer; actor; songwriter; record and film producer;
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Charlene Choi (m. 2006; div. 2010); Sammie Yu (m. 2011)
Children	Emma Cheng (daughter) ; Evan Cheng
Awards	Golden Horse Awards – Best Supporting Actor; 2012 Vulgaria; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭中基
Simplified Chinese	郑中基
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Zhōngjī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Zeng6 Zung1gei1
	Musical career
Genres	Cantopop, Mandopop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	PolyGram (1995–1999); Universal Music Group (1999–2002); Gold Typhoon Group (2002–2013); Sun Entertainment Culture(2017–)

Ronald Cheng Chung-kei (born 9 March 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actor.

Life and career

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 has only recently rebounded.

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.[1]

Cheng won his first Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Vulgaria (film) at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Award.[2] However, it is noted that this film received a rating of 6.3/10 on iMDB[3] and 57% on Rotten Tomatoes[4] respectively.

Cheng's filmography has been described by critics as "infantile" coupled with "terrible storytelling".[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 popular Hong Kong female singer and actress, in 2004, after starring as lovers in the film Hidden Heroes. Cheng and Choi liked to play hide-and-seek.[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.[9] Later, he dated with Sammie Yu Sze-man, a former hostess in Cable TV Hong Kong and Sammie Yu gave birth to a daughter. They married in July 2011.[10] They later had a son in 2015.

In 2000, Cheng was on board an Eva Air 747 when he got inebriated and starting pulling a flight attendant by the hair and forcing her onto the ground. Cheng then proceeded to put the flight attendant in a choke hold. Captain John Irving knocked Cheng out cold as a result of Cheng's inappropriate behaviour.[11]

In 2004, Cheng tried to purchase a Mercedes-Benz motor vehicle. Cheng somehow managed to purchase the wrong vehicle and Cheng took revenge by filing a lawsuit against the seller. His attempt to sue and his lawsuit ultimately failed. As a result of bad faith and malicious intent, Cheng was ordered by the District Court to pay the legal costs of the salesman he tried to sue.[12]

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)[13] - 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
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
2005	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
2008	Legendary Assassin	Uncle Zhi	aka Wolf Fang
2009	All's Well, Ends Well 2009	Yu Bo
2009	Kung Fu Cyborg	Xiao Jiang	aka Kungfu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction
2010	All's Well, Ends Well 2010	General Mak Bing-wing
2010	Just Another Pandora's Box	Qing Yise / Zhao Yun / Zhang Ziyi's transvestite
2011	All's Well, Ends Well 2011	Delivery Boy
2011	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[14]		also director
2016	House of Wolves	Fung Yan-ping
2017	Two Wrongs Make a Right	Ximen Ding
2018	Concerto of the Bully
2018	Agent Mr Chan
2019	Atonement
2019	Elisa's Day

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

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Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	49th Golden Horse Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Vulgaria	Won
2018	37th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Actor	Concerto of the Bully	Nominated
2018	37th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Original Film Song	"An Unheard Melody" — Concerto of the Bully (as performer)	Won

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References

"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.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2266938/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vulgaria_2012/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
"Film review: House of Wolves – Ronald Cheng, Francis Ng play put-upon villains in Vincent Kok's zany comedy". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
http://www.asiaone.com/news/diva/ronald-cheng-and-ex-wife-hid-years
Charlene-Ronald romance over
Splitsville for Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng
Ronald-Charlene: It's actually a divorce
HK Neo Reviews http://www.scmp.com/article/308919/how-747-pilot-knocked-out-drunken-pop-star. Missing or empty |title= (help)
http://www.hklii.hk/cgi-bin/sinodisp/eng/hk/cases/hkdc/2009/266.html?stem=&synonyms=&query=%22ronald%20cheng%22. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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 on IMDb
Ronald Cheng Chung-Kei at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Ronald Cheng on Sina Twitter
Ronald Cheng at the Hong Kong Cinemagic

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[1] "Jade Solid Gold 2005 Awards: Most Popular Song". TVB. Retrieved 2007-06-01.

[2] "32nd Hong Kong Film Awards 2013". HK Neo Reviews. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

[3] ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2266938/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vulgaria_2012/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[5] "Film review: House of Wolves – Ronald Cheng, Francis Ng play put-upon villains in Vincent Kok's zany comedy". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-01-18.

[6] ttp://www.asiaone.com/news/diva/ronald-cheng-and-ex-wife-hid-years

[7] Charlene-Ronald romance over

[8] Splitsville for Charlene Choi and Ronald Cheng

[9] Ronald-Charlene: It's actually a divorce

[11] HK Neo Reviews http://www.scmp.com/article/308919/how-747-pilot-knocked-out-drunken-pop-star. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[12] ttp://www.hklii.hk/cgi-bin/sinodisp/eng/hk/cases/hkdc/2009/266.html?stem=&synonyms=&query=%22ronald%20cheng%22. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[albumname-13] 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.

[14] Kevin Ma (16 July 2014). "Bona launches Secret Treasure". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[15] Ronald Cheng at lovehkfilm.com

[16] Ronald Cheng at chinesemov.com