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==Early childhood==
==Early childhood==
Cheung was born at apartment building at Hung Hom, Kolwoon, He was lived with his family at Tsim Sha Tsui, They are moved to village in Sha Tin and Mai Foo and Hung Ham near by the Hung Hom's Habor Grand Kolwoon, He grew up with a physically abusive father. His parents divorced when Cheung was 14.<ref>{{Cite web|title='He hit me until I almost died'|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/19/he-hit-me-until-i-almost-died/}}</ref>
Cheung grew up with a physically abusive father. His parents divorced when Cheung was 14.<ref>{{Cite web|title='He hit me until I almost died'|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/19/he-hit-me-until-i-almost-died/}}</ref>


Cheung was educated in St Francis Xavier's College in Hong Kong. He became interested in acting when he was in elementary school, stemming from his interest in analyzing human behaviour. For example, he always loved being in crowded streets or buses, where he could observe people and hear conversations. In plays, he would work as director, actor, and scriptwriter.
Cheung was educated in St Francis Xavier's College in Hong Kong. He became interested in acting when he was in elementary school, stemming from his interest in analyzing human behaviour. For example, he always loved being in crowded streets or buses, where he could observe people and hear conversations. In plays, he would work as director, actor, and scriptwriter.

Revision as of 03:09, 20 April 2024

Dicky Cheung
Cheung in 2018
Born
Cheung Wai-kin

(1965-02-08) 8 February 1965 (age 59)
Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1984–present
Spouse
Jess Zhang Qian
​
(m. 2004)​
AwardsNew Talent Singing Awards
1984 WinnerTVB Anniversary Awards – All-Time Most Memorable Male Leading Roles
1996 Journey to the West
My Favourite Television Character
2001 The Duke of Mount Deer

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張衛健
Simplified Chinese张卫健
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Wèijiàn
Musical career
Also known asDicky, WaiKin, Killer, Jianzai, Dicky Zai
GenresPop
InstrumentVocal
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheung.

Dicky Cheung Wai-kin (Chinese: 張衛健; born 8 February 1965) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

Early childhood

Cheung grew up with a physically abusive father. His parents divorced when Cheung was 14.[1]

Cheung was educated in St Francis Xavier's College in Hong Kong. He became interested in acting when he was in elementary school, stemming from his interest in analyzing human behaviour. For example, he always loved being in crowded streets or buses, where he could observe people and hear conversations. In plays, he would work as director, actor, and scriptwriter.

In 1984, he won the TVB International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship. However, it was not a good start of his singing career. No record company wanted to sign a contract with him. So he changed his career path to acting. In 1985, he signed a contract with TVB. However, the following eight years he only acted in small parts until 1991 when he finally got the chance to be the main actor in the TVB drama called "Laoyou Guigui"("A Step Beyond"). Later, he gained the lead role in Journey to the West, where he gained many fans and supporters in Hong Kong.

Career

He entered show business in the early 1980s, signing a contract with television station TVB. He won the third annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1984. Up until the mid-90s, Cheung struggled for many years working as a low-paid actor, singer and appeared occasionally in films. It was not until his portrayal of the Monkey King character in the 1996 TVB drama Journey to the West, an adaptation of the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West, that his popularity began to skyrocket. A sequel to the TV adaptation was planned, but due to a contract dispute with TVB, Cheung left before production began. Benny Chan Ho Man took over the role of the Monkey King in the sequel. Cheung then went abroad to Taiwan to continue his career.

Cheung's most notable performance that made him famous was his portrayal of the Monkey King in the 1996 TVB adaptation of the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West. As well as being the lead character, Cheung also sang the theme song as well as many other songs throughout the series. This series was very popular during its run on TVB Jade, it was even dubbed in English and broadcast on TVB Pearl, the only TVB series to receive this treatment to date. Cheung was also due to play the Monkey King in the sequel. However, due to a dispute regarding the contract, the role was given to Benny Chan Ho Man.

He has appeared in many Taiwanese television productions since going to Taiwan. In 1999, TVB's rival station ATV acquired the Hong Kong broadcasting rights to his Taiwanese television series Young Hero Fong Sai Yuk. Cheung played Fong Sai Yuk, a character also portrayed by Jet Li in his film Fong Sai Yuk. The show was an instant hit in Hong Kong and managed to gain much higher ratings than TVB's own television series. The TVB series showing at that time was Dragon Love, starring Benny Chan Ho Man, who replaced Cheung in the Journey to the West sequel,

In one of the TV adaptations of Louis Cha's Wuxia novel The Deer and the Cauldron. Cheung played the anti-hero Wai Siu-Bo, a character previously portrayed by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Stephen Chow and Jordan Chan in many television and film adaptations, in The Duke of Mount Deer.

In 2001, Andy Lau's NMG production company produced another television adaptation of Journey to the West. Cheung was given a chance to once again portray the role in The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra. The series was broadcast in 2002 on TVB. Although it received high ratings, many felt it was not as good as the 1996 version.[citation needed]

Cheung played Shun in Kung Fu Soccer, a young talented soccer player originated from rural Guangdong whose also excels in kungfu yet suffers from short term memory loss. The series was broadcast by TVB from December 2004 to January 2005, with Cheung sang the opening theme of the series.

After a 20-year absence, Cheung made his TVB comeback. He starred in TVB's 50th anniversary drama, The Learning Curve of a Warlord <大帥哥>, which was produced by Steven Tsui.

Personal life

At the end of 1997, Cheung met his wife Jess Zhang (Zhang Qian), an actress in China. They were filming in the same location on separate productions. They formally met each other when Jess was humming the tune of "哎呀哎呀親親你" (Aiya, Aiya, Kissing You) and did not know who originally sang the song nor realize the original singer was in her presence. Their relationship then further developed when Cheung purchased a water bottle for Jess. In 2004，Cheung married Jess in Nanjing and had a separate wedding ceremony in Boracay in 2009.

Prior to his marriage with Jess, he was involved in brief relationships with the actresses Elvina Kong and Jessica Hsuan.[2]

He has said that he would like to eventually leave the acting business and seriously consider doing something more meaningful in life such as volunteering to give back to the society.

Filmography

Television

Films

Year English title Chinese title Role
1985 Crazy Games 瘋狂遊戲
Young Cops 青春差館 Lan Pili
Puppy Love 鬥氣小神仙 Mi Gao
1988 The Good, the Bad & the Beauty 鬼馬保鏢賊美人 Policeman
1989 The Last Duel 再起風雲 Genghis Khan
福祿雙星
The Mentor 變節小人物 Zhang Chengming
1991 The Dare Devils 特技雙雄 Wang Guoxing
1992 The Thief of Time Chinese: 羣星會 Xiao Bing
To Miss With Love 逃學外傳 Zhang Yijian
1993 My Hero 2 一本漫畫闖天涯2之妙想天開 Zhang Jiankang
Last Hero in China 黃飛鴻之鐵雞鬥蜈蚣 Yacasu
Hero of Hong Kong 1949 壹九四九之劫後英雄傳 Chang Xiedi
Holy Weapon 武俠七公主 Wu Tong
Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time 正牌韋小寶之奉旨勾女 Ya Chao
Even Mountains Meet 情天霹靂之下集大結局
Future Cops 超級學校霸王 Chen Daxiong
Vampire family 壹屋哨牙鬼 Di Long
Chez'n Ham 芝士火腿 Zhi Shi
Prince of Portland Street 缽蘭街大少 Da Dou
The Black Panther Warriors 黑豹天下 Computer child prodigy
1994 欲霸天下 Qiu Zihong
The Kung Fu Scholar 倫文敘老點柳先開 Lun Man Chui
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple 笑林小子II之新烏龍院 Huang Ningmeng
1997 The Dicky's Music Love Story 音樂愛情故事
知解時空 Zhang Haobei
2003 Golden Chicken 2 金雞2 Gao Shuiwen
2008 The Winners 奪標 Zhang Feng
2010 72 Tenants of Prosperity 72家租客 Zhi Dashi
2011 Summer Love Love 夏日戀神馬 Paranoid
2012 I Love Hong Kong 2012 2012我愛HK 喜上加囍
2013 The Palace 宮鎖沈香 Eunuch

[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "'He hit me until I almost died'".
  2. ^ Ricky Yap (28 October 2000). "Dicky Cheung back on the road to fame". The Malay Mail. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Dicky Cheung". imdb.com. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Dicky Cheung". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
Preceded by
Fong Lui 呂方
 New Talent Singing Awards winner
1984 		Succeeded by
Alex To 杜德偉
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