Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of

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, majoring in acting. His first play was in 1997, and he has performed in a total of more than 20 stage plays, including the classic "

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", in which he played

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Career

In 1984, Cheung started acting in front of the camera, including a well-known ad for Nestle instant milk's "The dairy cows raised at 15th floor". He has taken part in more than 100 TV shows, movies and ads. Cheung joined the music industry in 2005, winning "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation - Best Male Newcomer (Bronze)" in the same year, and "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation - Music Composer Award" and "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation - Singer-songwriter Award." He has received much recognition for his creative achievements. He has also written many songs for other famous Canto-pop singers, such as

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, Eric Sun, and

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. His famous works include "Woodgrain", "Hard to Detect" and so on. Cheung joined

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as a contracted artist in 2012. His first drama as a contracted artist with the station was "

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", playing the supporting role Sung Wai-chiu. In 2013 and 2014, he acted in " Brother's Keeper", "

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", "

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," receiving critical acclaim for his ability to do both comedy and drama. He received five nominations at the

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in 2014, and ultimately won the "Most Improved Actor" award. In 2015, he starred in " Raising the Bar" as Quinton Chow Chi-pok, the second male lead. In August 2015, he was promoted to leading actor for the first time, starring in Momentary Lapse of Reason with Best Actress winner

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, newcomer

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, and

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Personal life

Cheung married singer

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in 2007. They were both students in a Tai Po high school. Their son, James, was born that same year. Their daughter, Karina, was born in 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

*''To Be or Not To Be'' (2005) *將繼衝 (2006) *''Kidult'' (2007) *''Check Point'' (2007) *''Rock N Break'' (2008) *''B.C'' (2009) *''456'' (2010) *''5+'' (2011) *''X'' (2014)

Singles

(*)Currenting charting

Filmography

Film and television

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Awards and nominations

Acting

Music

*2008 Metro Hit Music Awards: 循環線 was a song composed by Louis himself which won the newly composed award #1. *

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– 2007 Ultimate (Chik Chak) Best composer award (叱咤樂壇作曲人大獎) *

– 2007 Ultimate (Chik Chak) Producer/singer silver award (叱咤唱作人銀獎)

References

External links

IMDb profile: Kai-chung Cheung
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheung, Louis Date of birth unknown Living people Alumni of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Cantopop singers Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male singers Hong Kong singer-songwriters Hong Kong male television actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors 1980 births