Louis Cheung

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheung.

Louis Cheung (Chinese: 張繼聰; 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.

Louis Cheung
Cheung in November 2022
Born	(1980-01-11) 11 January 1980 British Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Kay Tse ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張繼聰
Simplified Chinese	张继聪
Musical career
Origin	Hong Kong
Genres	Cantopop
Instruments	Vocals guitar

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. Fung
2010	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 drama Episode: "The Black & White Line"
2012	My Sassy Hubby	Louis
2013	Inbound Troubles	Sung Wai-chiu	TV drama
	Brother's Keeper	Keung Yung	TV drama
2014	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 Lik
2016	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 drama
2018	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 Lam
2020	Breakout Brothers	Chan Ho-ching
	Enter the Fat Dragon	Commander Huang
2021	G Storm	Wong Luk-lam
2022	Table for Six	Chen Li
	The Narrow Road	Chak
	We Got Game	Chan Seung Po	ViuTV drama
2023	Where the Wind Blows

Music Videos

• ERROR - Love On Duty (愛情值日生) (2022)

Awards and nominations

Acting

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2016	35th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Keeper of Darkness	Nominated
2022	59th Golden Horse Awards	Best Leading Actor	The Narrow Road	Nominated
2023	29th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actor		Won

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)

External links

• IMDb profile: Kai-chung Cheung