Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, 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 "A Streetcar Named Desire", in which he played Stanley Kowalski.
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 Eason Chan, Leo Ku, Hacken Lee, Eric Sun, and Joey Yung. His famous works include "Woodgrain", "Hard to Detect" and so on.
Cheung joined TVB as a contracted artist in 2012. His first drama as a contracted artist with the station was "Inbound Troubles", playing the supporting role Sung Wai-chiu. In 2013 and 2014, he acted in "Brother's Keeper", "Gilded Chopsticks", "Black Heart White Soul" and "Come On, Cousin," receiving critical acclaim for his ability to do both comedy and drama. He received five nominations at the TVB Anniversary Awards 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 Tavia Yeung, newcomer Lin Xiawei, and Matt Yeung.
Personal life Cheung married singer Kay Tse 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 Year Album Song 903 RTHK 997 TVB Note 2005 To Be Or Not To Be Mad U So 3 13 7 To Be Or Not To Be 彈弓手 17 To Be Or Not To Be 慷慨 13 To Be Or Not To Be 賭城風雲 15 將繼衝 烏蠅鏡 20 Featuring Kay Tse 2006 將繼衝 K型 2 8 5 只有我是最愛你 3 將繼衝 囉唆 5 9 將繼衝 烏龜 15 7 2 將繼衝 將...繼...衝 16 Kidult 愛你你咪理 4 15 5 Kidult 四小強 14 10 2007 Kidult 寧願晏D瞓 1 9 3 2 Kidult Good Luck 19 Check Point 下世紀的地圖 20 4 Check Point 白鳥 8 19 8 Check Point Single Bell 3 4 8 2008 Rock N Break 石縫 16 10 2 Rock N Break Gimme A Break 6 5 4 Rock N Break 循環線 1 3 Rock N Break 花生 9 2009 Rock N Break 一手舞曲 16 Today Special 爸爸聲 9 2 Featuring Hacken Lee B.C. 永和號 1 3 2 5 B.C. 這一秒 3 16 2 5 B.C. 港九情 3 2010 456 亂世佳人 1 4 2
(*)Currenting charting
Songwriting works for other singers As composer: "九" by Jeremy Lee (2022) "越州公路193" by Denis Kwok (2022)
Filmography Film and television Year Title Role Notes/ 2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Anakin Skywalker Voice (Cantonese)2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader Voice (Cantonese) Howl's Moving Castle Howl Voice (Cantonese) Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa Roy Mustang Voice (Cantonese) Be with You Mio Aio Voice (Cantonese) 2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Jon Arbuckle Voice (Cantonese) Cocktail Cameo appearance Tales from Earthsea Prince Arren / Lebannen Voice (Cantonese) 2007 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Chiaki Mamiya Voice (Cantonese) 2008 Love is Elsewhere Martin Hui True Women for Sale Social worker Cameo appearance 2009 Short of Love Dr. Fung2010 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Flint Lockwood Voice (Cantonese) The Legend Is Born – Ip Man Customs officer Cameo appearance 2011 ICAC Investigators 2011 "Grasshopper" Yip Tze-sin TV dramaEpisode: "The Black & White Line" 2012 My Sassy Hubby Louis 2013 Inbound Troubles Sung Wai-chiu TV drama Brother's Keeper Keung Yung TV drama2014 Gilded Chopsticks Yunsi, the Eighth Prince TV drama Black Heart White Soul Marco Ma Kai-Yuen TV drama Come On, Cousin Mario Ma TV drama 2015 Raising the Bar Louis Chow Tsz-pok TV drama 2015-2016 Come Home Love 2 Sheung Kin-san Season 2 Main cast 2015 Undercover Duet Momentary Lapse Of Reason Kam Wah TV drama Keeper of Darkness Ah-Chung Ip Man 3 Tsui Lik2016 Happiness Kam Line Walker Two Steps from Heaven Tim Yau Tin-hang 2017 Moana Maui Voice (Cantonese) Shock Wave Lam Chun My Ages Apart Lau Hang (Walking) TV drama2018 Agent Mr Chan Mr Tai Lucid Dreams L Storm Ho Tai-sing (何大成) The Lingering The Leaker Hotel Soul Good 2019 A Lifetime Treasure P Storm Wong Lam-luk Fagara A Witness Out of the Blue Larry Lam2020 Breakout Brothers Chan Ho-ching Enter the Fat Dragon Commander Huang 2021 G Storm Wong Luk-lam2022 Table for Six Bernard Chan The Narrow Road Chak We Got Game Chan Seung Po ViuTV drama 2023 Where the Wind Blows 2024 Table for Six 2 Bernard Chan 2025 My Best Bet Jing Back to the Past Stone Golden Boy 2026 Kung Fu Soccer Referee
Music video appearances Error - Love On Duty (愛情值日生) (2022)
Awards and nominations Film and television YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult201635th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorKeeper of Darkness202259th Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActorThe Narrow Road202329th Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsBest Actor202544th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActorGolden Boy
Music 2008 Metro Hit Music Awards: 循環線 was a song composed by Louis himself which won the newly composed award #1. Commercial Radio Hong Kong – 2007 Ultimate (Chik Chak) Best composer award (叱咤樂壇作曲人 大獎) Commercial Radio Hong Kong – 2007 Ultimate (Chik Chak) Producer/singer silver award (叱咤唱作人銀獎)
References
External links
IMDb profile: Kai-chung Cheung