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Adam Cheng
鄭少秋
Cheng in 2019
Pronunciation	Cheng Chong-sai
Born	Wong Ho-chung (黃可忠) (1947-02-24) 24 February 1947 (age 77) British Hong Kong
Education	The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1967–present
Spouses	Lydia Shum ​ ​(m. 1985; div. 1988)​ Koon Jing-wah ​(m. 1989)​
Children	4, including Joyce Cheng
Awards	Golden Needle Award 2006 Lifetime Achievement
Cheng Siu-chau
Traditional Chinese	鄭少秋
Simplified Chinese	郑少秋
Jyutping	Zeng6 Siu3 Cau1
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Shàoqiū Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zeng6 Siu3 Cau1
Cheng Chong-sai
Traditional Chinese	鄭創世
Simplified Chinese	郑创世
Jyutping	Zeng6 Cong3 Sai3
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Chuàngshì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zeng6 Cong3 Sai3
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃可忠
Simplified Chinese	黄可忠
Jyutping	Wong4 Ho2 Zung1
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Kězhōng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Ho2 Zung1
Musical career
Also known as	秋官
Origin	Hong Kong
Genres	Cantopop
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 (diploma).

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. "A Sweet Girl". hkmdb.com. 23 August 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
2. "Adam Cheng Siu-Chow". lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
3. "The Black Killer". hkmdb.com. 8 March 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. "I Love A-Go-Go". hkmdb.com. 22 March 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
5. "The Blossoming Rose". hkmdb.com. 3 February 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
6. "Blue Falcon (1968)". senscritique.com. 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
7. "Blue Falcon". hkmdb.com. 23 April 1968. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
8. "《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.
9. "Adam Cheng". IMDb. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
10. "Adam Cheng". chinesemov.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

External links

• Adam Cheng Siu-Chow at hkmdb.com
• Adam Cheng at senscritique.com
• Adam Cheng at IMDb

• People from Xinhui District
• 1947 births
• Living people
• Cantopop singers
• Hong Kong male film actors
• Cantonese people
• Hong Kong Mandopop singers
• People from Panyu District
• Hong Kong male singers
• Hong Kong male television actors
• Hong Kong male dancers
• Hong Kong dancers
• Hong Kong television presenters
• TVB veteran actors
• 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
• 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
• Hong Kong Buddhists
• Adoptees
• Hong Kong idols