Lawrence Cheng

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Lawrence Cheng
Born	(1954-12-28) 28 December 1954 (age 69)[1][2] British Hong Kong
Years active	1976–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭丹瑞
Simplified Chinese	郑丹瑞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhéng Dánrúi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zeng6 daan1 seoi6
Musical career
Also known as	Ah Tan (阿旦)
Musical artist

Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui (born 28 December 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive.

Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama series The Yuppie Fantasia (小男人週記) in 1986 which he also starred in. In 1989, he starred in the film adaptation of the series which was directed by Gordon Chan and became a box office hit.

Cheng was born in Hong Kong on 27 November 1954. His family is from Huizhou (惠州市), Guangdong Province. He attended secondary school in St. Paul's College and then went to Hong Kong Baptist University, the top broadcasting school in Hong Kong, and graduated in 1978.

After graduating from the Baptist College in 1978, Cheng immediately joined Reddifusion Television's Creative Department where he worked on numerous popular television series. He later joined ATV and became a Creative Director. He switched from a TV personality to a radio producer and DJ in 1984 when he joined RTHK. In 1987, he made his return to television when he joined TVB. At TVB, he was a variety show host, and acted in many dramas.

His film career started in 1980, however his breakout role was in The Yuppie Fantasia in 1989, which was a box office hit grossing US $2 million. Aside from being an actor, he is also a director, producer and screenwriter.

Cheng currently hosts variety shows as a freelancer for TVB, ATV, now TV Hong Kong Channel, feature Race Meetings and Events for The Hong Kong Jockey Club and acts in a few dramas. He also acts as supporting actor in Hong Kong films.

In January 2011, he suffered from a burst lung whilst playing football.

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• Cinema of Hong Kong

• Lawrence Cheng at IMDb
• Hong Kong Cinemagic: Lawrence Cheng Tan Shui
• Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui at the Hong Kong Movie Database