Nick Cheung

Nicholas Cheung Ka-fai (; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director. He first gained recognition for his roles in The Conman and The Tricky Master (1999). He went on to star in the films Beast Stalker (2008), The Stool Pigeon (2010), Nightfall (2012), Unbeatable (2013), The White Storm (2013), Helios (2015), Keeper of Darkness (2015), Line Walker (2016), Bodies at Rest (2019), and Peg O' My Heart (2024). For his performances in Beast Stalker and Unbeatable, Cheung was awarded the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.

Background He was formerly a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for four years, but he left the job after his request to be transferred to the criminal investigation department was turned down. He then worked for Danny Lee's film production company. His film debut is "Thank you, Sir!", as a student at the Royal Hong Kong Cadet School. From 1989 to 1994, he worked at the television station ATV World. Later, he left ATV and joined another station, TVB. He left TVB in 2004, and worked mainly on films. His fame was built on Wong Jing's comedy at first, but he has changed his acting style for more sombre roles since 2003. He was nominated for his first Hong Kong film award in 1999, and won his first award in 2009 for his role in Beast Stalker. He has been nominated many times at the Hong Kong Film Awards and other Chinese film awards since.

Cheung has won seven awards for his role in Beast Stalker (2008), including Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, and Golden Horse Film Award for Best Actor.

In 2013, he also won praise and Best Actor awards for his role as an aging MMA fighter in Unbeatable.

Personal life Cheung met Hong Kong actress Esther Kwan while he was still working at ATV. They married on 8 December 2003 in Australia. Their daughter, Brittany Cheung (張童; Cheung Tung), was born on 24 January 2006.

Cheung earned 75 million HKD in 2014.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes/1989 Thank You, Sir Cheung Ka-fai News Attack Policeman at station 1990 It Takes Two to Mingle Policeman a.k.a. Takes Two to Mingle Unmatchable Match Policeman Against All Cheung Ka-fai (Steve) a.k.a. Again All 1991 Red Shield Hui 1992 Slice of Life The Lucky Family Jiu-choi Laser Drama - To Be a Gamble King Grasshopper What a Hero! Cop The Unleaded Love Chung 1993 Raped by an Angel Dick a.k.a. Naked Killer 21994 Born Innocent Shoot to Kill Loo Sek-on Wounded Tracks Ma Tian 1995 Informer Asian Connection Rocky Sly / Casper 1996 Moonlight Sonata Keung TV movie Ah Kam Whacko a.k.a. The Stuntwoman a.k.a. Ah Kam: Story of a Stuntwoman 1998 The Conman Dragon Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor1999 Raped By An Angel 4: The Rapist's Union Smart Fai Prince Charming Tart The King of Debt Collecting Agent The Conmen in Vegas Dragon The Tricky Master Leung Foon He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-in-law Stallone The Lord of Amusement Yeung Chin-wah 2000 My Name is Nobody No-Name The Duel Dragon 9 Conman in Tokyo Jersey The Teacher Without Chalk Cheung Ying Love Correction Anson Cheung Clean My Name, Mr. Coroner! Fred Cheung 2001 Day Off Lok Runaway Dan Every Dog Has His Date King Fai 2002 Time 4 Hope Yuen Kai-chi Happy Family Small Han Sang The Conman 2002 Lee Ka-sing / Dommer a.k.a. Conman 20022003 Fate Fighter Leung Shiver Dr. Ko Chuen 2004 Love is Love Jia Jia-ming Breaking News Insp. Cheung Chi-hang 2005 Election Jet 2006 Election 2 Jet Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor On the Edge Harry Sin Exiled Wo Wise Guys Never Die Nick Wong 2007 Sweet Revenge Cheung Siu-chun Exodus Kwan Ping-man Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor2008 My Wife is a Gambling Maestro Jay Chou Connected Detective Fai Beast Stalker Hung King Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor Golden Horse Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor2009 Red River A Xia To Live and Die in Mongkok Fai 2010 The Stool Pigeon Inspector Don Lee Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActorNominated – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor 2011 The Founding of a Party Liang Qichao Treasure Inn Lo Pa 2012 Nightfall Wong Yuen-yeung Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – 49th Golden Horse Film Awards for Best Actor Cross Wong Mei-bo 2013 Conspirators Tseng Fung-hei Unbeatable Cheng Fai Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorHong Kong Film Awards for Best ActorShanghai International Film Festival for Best Actor Nominated – 50th Golden Horse Film Awards for Best Actor The White Storm Cheung Tsz-wai 2014 Golden Chicken 3 Gordon That Demon Within Hon Kong / Riot police officer Hungry Ghost Ritual Zong Hua Also director Temporary Family Hong Siu-long 2015 From Vegas to Macau II Mark Helios Chief Inspector Eric Lee Yan-ming Keeper of Darkness Also director 2016 From Vegas to Macau III Mark Line Walker Blue 2018 The Trough Yu Chau Also director 2019 Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Inspector Ching Bodies at Rest Hypnotize the Jury Integrity Hui Chik-yiu 2022 Warriors of Future Sean Li 2023 Bursting Point Bond Sir Wolf Hiding 2024 Peg O' My Heart Choi San-keung Also as director and writer TBD The Trier of Fact

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 No Way Out Chung Kin 1991 Who is the Winner Seeto Siu-ming 1992 Pride Knows No Love Ng Tim-fuk Spirit of the Dragon Tong Fat a.k.a. Story of Bruce Lee1993 War of the Couple Silver Tycoon Yeu Kuk-yen Gambler's Dream Ho Sing-long Race-Course Fever Champion Ma Who is the Winner II Lau Ka-tsoi The Brutal Trial Leung Tin-loi 1994 The Kung Fu Master Fong Sai-yuk Beauty Pageant 1995 House of Horror: Siren Song 1997 Mystery Files Siu Cheuk-nam A Recipe for the Heart Ah Fai Guest star Triumph Over Evil Cheung Chun-tin 1998 Secret of the Heart Kelvin Kam Leung-wang TVB Award for Most Improved Actor Healing Hands Peter Cheung Chong-yip Moments of Endearment Chan Yau-chung 1999 Game of Deceit Yu Jung-jing A Smiling Ghost Story Fong Ji-lung 2000 The Legendary Four Aces Tong Bak-fu TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character 2001 Law Enforcers Chou Ka-wing 2003 Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love Jason Tin Wai-san Drunken Kungfu 2004 The Last Breakthrough Albert Wong Po-fun 2005 Xin Zui Da Jin Zhi Guo Ai a.k.a. Taming of the Shrew a.k.a. Princess Sheng Ping 2007 Best Selling Secrets customer Episode 137: "Despicable Big Brother" 2025 Justice is Mine Chun Yu

Dubbing roles

Cheung has also provided Cantonese voice dubs for foreign films and television programmes.

Year Title Role Original actor Notes 2009 Avatar Jake Sully Sam Worthington Lead role