Ronald Cheng

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Cheng.

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

Ronald Cheng
鄭中基
Cheng in 2018
Born	(1972-03-09) 9 March 1972 (age 53) British Hong Kong
Occupations	Actor Singer Songwriter
Years active	1995–present
Spouses	Charlene Choi ​ ​ (m. 2006; div. 2010)​ Sammie Yu ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Parent	Norman Cheng (father)
Musical career
Genres	Cantopop Mandopop
Instruments	Vocals Guitar
Labels	PolyGram (1995–1999) Universal Music Group (1999–2002) Gold Typhoon Group (2002–2013) Sun Entertainment Culture (2017–)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭中基
Simplified Chinese	郑中基
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Zhōngjī Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zeng6 Zung1gei1

Life and career

Ronald Cheng was born in Hong Kong.^[1] 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", when, on a flight from Los Angeles to Taipei, he became drunk and had an altercation with the flight attendant and co-pilot.^[2] However, Cheng's career rebounded later.

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.^[3]

Cheng won his first Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Vulgaria at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Award.^[4]

Cheng's song 《MY ONLY ONE》was awarded one of the Top 10 golden songs organized by VivTV, 《Chill Club》, presented on 18 April 2021 ^[5]

On 23 April 2021, Cheng held Hong Kong's first outdoor drive-in concert, entitled《Drive in Ultra – WEE are Ronald Cheng》. Many celebrities showed up to help out, including Josie Ho Chiu-yi, Ekin Cheng, Candy Lo and Kelly Chen etc.^[6]

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 Hong Kong singer and actress, in 2004, after starring as lovers in the film Hidden Heroes. Their marriage was kept secret from the public, and they avoided going out together except for family gatherings.^[7] 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.^[8][9] Both Cheng and Choi admitted to the marriage, but decided to divorce.^[1] Later, he dated Sammie Yu Sze-man, then a hostess in Cable TV Hong Kong, and Yu gave birth to a daughter in July 2011. They married in the same year^[10] and later had a son in 2015.

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 (Never 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)^[11] – 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
	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
	Legendary Assassin	Uncle Zhi	aka Wolf Fang
2009	All's Well, Ends Well 2009	Yu Bo
	Kung Fu Cyborg	Xiao Jiang	aka Kungfu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction
2010	All's Well, Ends Well 2010	General Mak Bing-wing
	Just Another Pandora's Box	Qing Yise / Zhao Yun / Zhang Ziyi's transvestite
2011	All's Well, Ends Well 2011	Delivery Boy
	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
TBA	Secret Treasure[12]		also director
2016	House of Wolves	Fung Yan-ping
2017	Two Wrongs Make a Right	Ximen Ding
2018	Concerto of the Bully
	Agent Mr Chan	Hung Chow
2019	Atonement
	Elisa's Day
2022	Chilli Laugh Story
2023	Over My Dead Body	Bear Cheung
	Time Still Turns the Pages	Cheng Chi-hung
2024	Love Lies	Arthur Fung

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
2019	Haters Gonna Stay		guest star
2020	Single Papa	Lam Sai-wing	Main Role

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MV Appearance (Actor)

Year	Title
2021	Anson Lo - "Megahit"

Awards and nominations

Film & TV

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2001	TVB Anniversary Awards	Favorite Partners	Ronald Cheng, Cutie Mui	Nominated
2002		Best Actor	Slim Chances	Nominated
		Favorite Partners	Ronald Cheng, Fennie Yuen	Nominated
			Ronald Cheng, Candy Lo	Nominated
			Louis Yuen, Ronald Cheng, Remus Choy	Nominated
2004	23rd Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	My Lucky Star	Nominated
2006	25th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Original Film Song	Dragon Reloaded	Nominated
		Best Host	Beautiful Cooking	Nominated
2008	27th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Mr. Cinema	Nominated
		Best Original Film Song		Nominated
2009	TVB Anniversary Awards	Best Host	Ronald Cheng, Edmond Leung, Alex Fong Lik-Sun	Nominated
2012	49th Golden Horse Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Vulgaria	Won
	BQ Celebrity Score Awards	Favorite Actor		Nominated
		Best Singer		Nominated
2013	32nd Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Vulgaria	Won
	BQ Celebrity Score Awards	Best Singer		Nominated
		Favorite Actor		Nominated

Music

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1996	Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards	Favorite New Singer		Won
1997		Best Music Video		Won
	CMA Chinese Music Awards	Top 20 Songs		Won
		Best New Singer		Won
1998		Top 20 Songs	Creating Romance	Won
			Never Say! Love You	Won
	Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards	Favorite Group Song	Jacky Cheung, Andy Hui, Ronald Cheng	Won
1999	CMA Chinese Music Awards	Top 20 Songs		Won
2000				Won
2002	Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards	Favorite Duet Song	Ronald Cheng, Patrick Tang	Won
2003	TVB8 Mandarin Music Awards	Best Duet Song	Ronald Cheng, Hu Yanbin	Won
	RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards	Leaping Singer		Won
	Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Award	Favorite Singer-Songwriter		Won
2004	China Original Music Chart	Best Song		Won
2005	RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards	Top 10 Songs		Won
	Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards			Won
		Gold Song		Won
2006	China Original Music Chart	Favorite KTV		Won
		Best Song		Won
2010	CMA Chinese Music Awards	Best Movie Actor		Won