Frederick "Fred" Cheng (; born 10 November 1983) is a Canadian-born

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

musician and actor. He rose to fame after competing and winning the 2013 Hong Kong singing competition, Voice of the Stars''.'' He is currently signed to

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

management.

Early life and Career

Cheng was born in

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, Canada. Upon graduating from

Eric Hamber Secondary School Eric Hamber Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the South Cambie neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Eric Hamber is a comprehensive secondary school with approximately 1400 students. Each year, approximat ...

, he returned to Hong Kong. In 2001, Cheng's mother persuaded him to compete in the

New Talent Singing Awards New Talent Singing Awards (Traditional Chinese: 新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA'' for short, later re-organised into New Talent Singing Awards International Finals (Traditional Chinese: 全球華人新秀歌唱大賽) or ''NTSA International Fina ...

, in which he won second place. Cheng was offered a contract to the record company

Capital Artists Capital Artists is a Hong Kong–based record label, owned by eSun Holdings, a subsidiary of Lai Sun Development. Founded in 1971, Capital Artists signed some of the biggest names in the Cantopop industry, including Roman Tam, Anita Mui, and ...

, but after two months of training, the company stopped producing music. In 2003, TVB offered Cheng an artiste contract and offered him a role in the TVB drama ''

Shine On You Shine on You () is a drama series produced by Hong Kong broadcaster TVB and was first aired from September 13 to October 22, 2004 in the prime time 8:00 to 9:00 pm slot. Consisting of 30 episodes it was produced by Mui Siu Ching and featured a c ...

''. He had starred in numerous television dramas, including ''Shine On You'', ''

Love Bond ''Love Bond'' (Traditional Chinese: 心花放) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in February 2005. It is a warm family show which follows two families, the Gei and the Lam, who are neighbors in the same building. This series also marked th ...

'', ''

The Charm Beneath ''The Charm Beneath'' (Traditional Chinese: 胭脂水粉) is a TVB period drama series broadcast in October 2005. The series was shown to celebrate TVB's 38th Anniversary. Sheren Tang and Bobby Au-Yeung were originally cast in this series inst ...

'' and ''

Forensic Heroes ''Forensic Heroes'' (Traditional Chinese: 法證先鋒) is a TVB modern suspense series broadcast in June 2006 starring Bobby Au-Yeung, Frankie Lam, Yoyo Mung, Linda Chung, Raymond Cho & Florence Kwok in the first installment of the '' Foren ...

''. In 2011, Cheng signed a management contract with TVB. In July 2013, Cheng competed in the inaugural season for the singing competition, ''The Voice of the Stars''. He went on win the competition, winning 68% of the votes. Immediately after winning, Cheng was announced that he would be singing the theme song with

Kristal Tin Kristal Tin Yui Nei (, born (); 28 September 1977) is a Hong Kong singer and a former TVB actress. Career Tin's career began with a first place in a singing contest in 1993. After the competition, she was offered a contract at Asia Televisi ...

for the drama ''

Return of the Silver Tongue Return of the Silver Tongue (Traditional Chinese: 舌劍上的公堂; literally "Courtroom Tongue Sword") () is a 2013 till 2014 Hong Kong drama series produced by TVB, starring Roger Kwok and Kristal Tin as the main leads, with Priscilla Wong, Eve ...

''. On 15 November 2013, Cheng signed with TVB's newly established record company

Voice Entertainment TVB Music Group (Traditional Chinese: 星夢娛樂集團有限公司), formerly known as The Voice Entertainment Group Ltd, is a Hong Kong record label, talent agency, and publisher of pop music, founded by TVB and Stars Shine International in ...

and released his debut solo album in the summer of 2014. He released his first single, "Nobody", on 24 March 2014 and within 5 hours it became the top selling single on Hong Kong iTunes and held the record for seven days. Subsequently, he was given a chance to sing another two theme songs for TVB dramas, ''

The Ultimate Addiction ''The Ultimate Addiction'' ( Chinese: 點金勝手) is a 30-episode Hong Kong television drama that is produced by Chong Wai-kin for TVB. The story centers on a group of individuals working in Hong Kong's financial world and stock market. It star ...

'' and ''

Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain ''Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain'' (Traditional Chinese: 寒山潛龍; literally "Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon") () is a 2014 Hong Kong period drama produced by TVB, starring Kenneth Ma and Rosina Lam as the main leads, with Pierre Ngo, Power C ...

''. He also won numerous best new artiste awards in 2014. In March 2017, Cheng starred as the second male lead along with experienced and well-known actor,

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in TVB drama ' Provocateur'. After winning the VOS, Cheng has been given more job opportunities by TVB in acting, singing and commercial advertisements. He has performed events for companies including

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New World Development New World Development Company Limited (NWD), is a Hong Kong-based company focused on property developer in Hong Kong, property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The ...

Shanghai Commercial Bank The Shanghai Commercial Bank (SCB; Chinese: 上海商業銀行) is an international bank based in Hong Kong. Its subsidiary companies offer banking and financial services across the world, but mainly in China, the United Kingdom, and the United S ...

AIA Group Limited AIA Group Limited, often known as AIA (), is a Hong Kong-based American multinational insurance and finance corporation. It is the largest public listed life insurance and securities group in Asia-Pacific. It offers insurance and financial s ...

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Grand Lisboa Grand Lisboa (, Portuguese: Grande Lisboa) is a 47-floor, hotel in Sé, Macau. It is owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau and designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man with the interiors created by Khuan Chew, ...

, and P&G. Cheng also filmed for a number of commercial advertisements of companies such as

Wellcome Wellcome () is a supermarket chain owned by British conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings via its DFI Retail Group subsidiary. The Wellcome supermarket chain is one of the two largest supermarket chains in Hong Kong, the other being Parkn ...

, P&G and Magic Smile B1. On 15 September 2014 Cheng released his first album "Story of Panda". It reached number one on multiple sales charts within one week.

Personal life

On 6 April 2017, Cheng admitted his relationship with fellow singer,

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. On 1 January 2020, the couple announced their engagement along with pre-wedding photos on

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, also revealing Cheng had proposed while they were on holiday in

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. The couple got married on 7 November 2020 and held their wedding at Hyatt Regency Sha Tin, Hong Kong. On 13 January 2022, Ho announced on Instagram that she is pregnant. On 4 June, the couple announced on Instagram that their son, Asher Douglas Cheng, was born on 1 June.

Drama songs

Songs with Other Artistes

*2013 TVB 46th Anniversary Celebration Theme Song - "Always Getting Better" *2014 FIFA World Cup Theme Song - "We Are the Only One" (Various Artists Chorus) *2014 TVB J2 Channel Song - "Vibrant Heart"

Awards

Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards

The Jade Solid Gold Songs Awards Ceremony is held annually in

since 1984. The awards are based on

Jade Solid Gold Jade Solid Gold (Chinese: 勁歌金曲, literally ''"powerful song golden melody"'') is a music show on the TVB Jade television channel in Hong Kong. It has been running since October 10, 1981. Broadcasting time TVB Jade *Sunday at 11:00pm to 11: ...

show on

Hong Kong TVB8 Awards

The Hong Kong TVB8 Awards are given annually by TVB8, since 1999, a Mandarin television network operated by Television Broadcasts Limited.

TVB Star Awards 2014

TVB Star Awards Malaysia is organised by TVB to present awards to actors and actresses for their achievements.

Commercial Radio Hong Kong Ultimate Song Chart Awards

The Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation (叱咤樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮) is a

cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ...

award ceremony from one of the famous channel in

Commercial Radio Hong Kong Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK, , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. CRHK provides an array of entertainment, includ ...

known as Ultimate 903 (FM 90.3).

RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards Ceremony( :zh:十大中文金曲頒獎音樂會) is held annually in

since 1978. The awards are determined by Radio and Television Hong Kong based on the work of all Asian artists (mostly

) for the previous year.

Metro Showbiz Hit Awards

The Metro Showbiz Hit Awards (新城勁爆頒獎禮) is held in

annually by Metro Showbiz radio station. It focuses mainly in

music.

Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards

IFPI Hong Kong Sales Awards

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Awards is given to artists base on the sales in

at the end of the year.

Other awards

Filmography

Television dramas

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Fred 1983 births Living people Canadian male film actors TVB actors Canadian male actors of Hong Kong descent Male actors from Vancouver Canadian emigrants to Hong Kong 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Hong Kong male television actors Canadian-born Hong Kong artists