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{{short description|Hong Kong actor and singer}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Zheng (surname)|Cheng]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{infobox person
| name = Adam Cheng
| image = 鄭少秋.jpg
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| caption = Cheng in 2019
| native_name        = 鄭少秋
| native_name_lang   = zh
| pronunciation      = Cheng Chong-sai
| birth_name = Wong Ho-chung ({{lang|zh-hant|黃可忠}})
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|2|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
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| occupation = Actor, singer
| years_active = 1967–present
| education = [[The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Lydia Shum]]|1985|1988|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Koon Jing-wah|1989}}
}}
| children = 4, including [[Joyce Cheng]]
| awards = '''Golden Needle Award'''<br />2006 Lifetime Achievement
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| altname2 = Wong Ho-chung
| t3 = 黃可忠
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| p3 = Huáng Kězhōng
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| alias  = 秋官
| origin = [[Hong Kong]]
| genre  = [[Cantopop]]
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'''Adam Cheng Siu-chau'''  (born 24 February 1947; formerly known as '''Cheng Chong-sai''' and '''Wong Ho-chung''') is a Hong Kong [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]] actor and [[Cantopop]] singer.

== Career ==
[[File:Adamchenga.JPG|right|thumb|Cheng singing at a Singapore concert]]
Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for playing the lead roles in [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]] ''[[Wuxia]]'' drama series based on the works of [[Jin Yong|Louis Cha]] and [[Gu Long]], such as ''[[The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1978 TV series)|The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber]]'' and ''[[Chor Lau-heung (1979 TV series)|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 ==
{{Main|Ting Hai effect}}
In 1992, [[Television Broadcasts Limited|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 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1967 || A Sweet Girl || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4718&display_set=eng |title=A Sweet Girl |website=hkmdb.com |date=23 August 1967 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| The Black Killer || Ng Chun Bong || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/cheng_adam.htm |title=Adam Cheng Siu-Chow |website=lovehkfilm.com |access-date=7 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4647&display_set=eng |title=The Black Killer |website=hkmdb.com |date=8 March 1967 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''I Love A-Go-Go'' || || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4655&display_set=eng |title=I Love A-Go-Go |website=hkmdb.com |date=22 March 1967 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1968 || The Blossoming Rose || Ng Aan Man || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4804&display_set=eng |title=The Blossoming Rose |website=hkmdb.com |date=3 February 1968 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Blue Falcon || || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senscritique.com/film/Blue_Falcon/17606216 |title=Blue Falcon (1968) |website=senscritique.com |date=1968 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4840&display_set=eng |title=Blue Falcon |website=hkmdb.com |date=23 April 1968 |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 1980 || ''[[The Sword (film)|The Sword]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981 || ''[[Shaolin and Wu Tang]]'' || Chao Fung-wu ||
|-
| ''Return of the Deadly Blade'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982 || ''[[Cat vs Rat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Fantasy Mission Force]]'' || Amazon leader ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1983 || ''[[Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain]]'' || Ting Yin ||
|-
| ''[[Demon Fighter|Lone Ninja Warrior]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Denouncement of Chu Liu Hsiang]]'' || [[Chu Liuxiang]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984 || ''Lover and Sword'' || ||
|-
| ''General Invincible'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988 || ''[[Gunmen (1988 film)|Gunmen]]'' || Haye ||
|-
| ''Profiles of Pleasure'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989 || ''[[Seven Warriors]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Path of Glory'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Painted Skin (1992 film)|Painted Skin]]'' || Scholar ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993 || ''[[Fong Sai-yuk (film)|Fong Sai-yuk]]'' || [[List of The Book and the Sword characters|Chan Ka-lok]] || guest star
|-
| ''[[Fong Sai-yuk II]]'' || Chan Ka-lok ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994 || ''[[Drunken Master III]]'' || [[Wong Kei-ying]] ||
|-
| ''Shaolin Popey 2: Messy Temple'' || ||
|-
| ''Shaolin Popeye 2 – Messy Temple'' || ||
|-
| 2001 || ''The Dark Tales'' || ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Double Crossing'' || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Saving General Yang]]'' || [[Yang Ye]] ||
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1975 || ''[[God of River Lok]]'' || [[Cao Zhi|Cho Chik]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976 || ''Chinese Folklore'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Legend of the Book and the Sword (1976 TV series)|The Legend of the Book and the Sword]]'' || [[List of The Book and the Sword characters|Chan Ka-lok]] / [[Qianlong Emperor|Kin-lung Emperor]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1977 || ''The Great Vendetta'' || ||
|-
| ''The Kingdom And The Beauty'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Luk Siu-fung (1976 TV series)|Luk Siu-fung]]'' || [[Lu Xiaofeng#Supporting characters|Yip Koo-sing]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1978 || ''Vanity Fair'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1978 TV series)|The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber]]'' || [[Zhang Wuji|Cheung Mo-kei]] ||
|-
| ''One Sword'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979 || ''[[Chor Lau-heung (1979 TV series)|Chor Lau-heung]]'' || [[Chu Liuxiang|Chor Lau-heung]] ||
|-
| ''[[Over the Rainbow (1979 TV series)|Over the Rainbow]]'' || Wai Ching-lap ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980 || ''Five Easy Pieces'' || ||
|-
| ''Odd Couple'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1981 || ''Brothers Four'' || ||
|-
| ''In Love and War'' || ||
|-
| ''The Hawk'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Misadventure of Zoo]]'' ||  Chu Gam Chun  ||
|-
| 1982 || ''The Switch'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''The Sandwich Man'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985 || ''[[Chor Lau-heung (1985 TV series)|Chor Lau-heung]]'' || [[Chu Liuxiang|Chor Lau-heung]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Legendary Prime Minister – Zhuge Liang]]'' || [[Zhuge Liang|Chu-kot Leung]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986 || ''Legendary of Wud'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Wong Tai Sin]]'' || Wong Tai Sin  ||
|-
| 1987 || ''Fate Takes a Hand'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1988 || ''[[Behind Silk Curtains]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Final Verdict'' || ||
|-
| ''Challenge of the Imperial Palace'' || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Chronicles of Emperor Qianlong'' || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Greed of Man]]'' || Ting Hai ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994 || ''[[Instinct (Hong Kong TV series)|Instinct]]'' || Wong Tin ||
|-
| ''Forty Something'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1995 || ''[[Chor Lau-heung (1995 TV series)|Chor Lau-heung]]'' || [[Chu Liuxiang]] ||
|-
| ''[[Cold Blood Warm Heart]]'' || Ah Bong ||
|-
| ''The Legendary Chin Lung II'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (TV series)|Once Upon a Time in Shanghai]]'' || Yu Chun-hoi ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Legend of YungChing]]'' ||[[Yongzheng Emperor]] ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Divine Retribution (TV series)|Divine Retribution]]'' || Ting Yeh ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004 || ''[[Blade Heart]]'' || Ling Fung / Yu Man-fung ||
|-
| ''[[The Conqueror's Story]]'' || [[Emperor Gaozu of Han|Lau Bong]] ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[The Prince's Shadow]]'' || Ko Sing ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Bar Bender]]'' || Tony Tseung || Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor]] (Top 20)<br />Nominated – [[TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Male Character]] (Top 20)
|-
| ''Inside the Forbidden City'' || ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Return in Glory'' || ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[The Book and the Sword (2008 TV series)|The Book and the Sword]]'' || [[Qianlong Emperor]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[The King of Snooker]]'' || Yau Yat-Kiu ||
|-
| ''God of Medicine'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Master of Play]]'' || Kan Siu Nam || Nominated – My AOD Favourite Award for Top 15 Character
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Ever Night]]'' || Fu Zi (Sage Master) || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2017-09-22/doc-ifymfcih2486540.shtml|title=《将夜》郑少秋"出山"饰夫子 童瑶陈震尹铸胜加盟|date=22 September 2017|website=Sina|language=zh}}</ref>
|}
<ref name="one">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155532/ |title=Adam Cheng
 |access-date=15 April 2010 |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>
<ref name="two">{{Cite web |url=http://chinesemov.com/actors/Adam%20Cheng.html |title=Adam Cheng |access-date=15 April 2010 |publisher=chinesemov.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100417002529/http://chinesemov.com/actors/Adam%20Cheng.html| archive-date= 17 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

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== Discography ==
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* 愛人結婚了(1971)
* 紫色的戀情 (1972)
* 莫把愛情玩弄 (1972)
* 煙雨濛濛 (1973)
* 秋哥有錢 (1974)
* 紫釵記 (1975)
* 洛神·同屋共主 (1975)
* 伴侶 (1975)
* 天涯孤客 (1976)
* 寶蓮燈 (1976)
* 留住了歡笑 (1977)
* 江山美人 (1977)
* 歡樂年年 (1977)
* 倚天屠龍記 (1978)
* 陸小鳳 (1978)
* 合唱精選(1978)
* 一劍鎮神州 (1979)
* 心思思-旅美演唱歌曲精選 (1979)
* 楚留香(1979)
* 輪流傳·名劍 (1980)
* 粤語流行曲精選 (1981)
* 流氓皇帝 (1981)
* 烽火飛花 (1981)
* 飛鷹 (1981)
* 富貴榮華 (1982)
* 新蜀山劍俠 (1983)
* 夾心人·火燒圓園 (1983)
* 勁歌 (1984)
* 有求必應 (1986)
* 秋意 (1988)
* 鄭少秋精選 (1992)
* 大時代 (1993)
* 笑看風云 (1995)
* 天大地大 (1995)
* 男人四十一頭家 (1995)
* 天涯孤客 (1997)
* 最佳友情人 (1999)
* 鄭少秋世紀之選 (2001)
* 金禧經典 (2002)
* 歡樂年年(賀年專輯) (2004)
* 楚漢驕雄·血薦軒轅(鄭少秋主題曲集) (2004)
* 家傳戶曉演唱會2005 (2005) -->

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3424&display_set=eng Adam Cheng Siu-Chow at hkmdb.com]
* [https://www.senscritique.com/contact/Adam_Cheng/22735 Adam Cheng at senscritique.com]
* {{IMDb name|0155532}}

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