Dicky Cheung

[Nanciie]

Dicky Cheung Wai Kin (Chinese Traditional: 張衛健, Chinese Simplified: 张卫健 is primarily a Hong Kong television actor and born on February 8,1965.

He entered showbizz in the early 80's, signing a contract with television station TVB. He was struggling for many years working as a low-paid actor, singer, and appearing occasionally in films.

It was not until his brilliant portrayal of the Monkey King character in the 1996 TVB adaptation of the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West that his popularity began to skyrocket. He played the role so beautifully and experienced that everyone enjoyed it. A sequel to the TV adaptation was planned, but due to a contract dispute with TVB, Dicky left before production began. Benny Chan Ho Man took over the role of the Monkey King in the sequel. Dicky then went abroad to Taiwan to continue his career.

He appeared in many Taiwanese television productions since then, but none were groundbreaking. In 1999, TVB's rival station ATV acquired the Hong Kong broadcasting rights to his Taiwanese television series Young Hero Fong Sai Yuk. Dicky portrayed Fong Sai Yuk, a character also portrayed by Jet Li in his film Fong Sai Yuk. To everyone's surprise, the show was an instant hit in Hong Kong, and managed to gain much higher ratings than TVB's own television series. Ironically enough, the TVB series showing at that time was Dragon Love, starring Benny Chan Ho Man, who replaced Dicky in the Journey To The West sequel.


Notable Roles

Since then, Dicky starred in many Hong Kong-Taiwanese television productions, enjoying both success in Taiwan as well as Hong Kong. The two most notable are:

Duke of Mount Deer 2000

Yet another TV adaptation of Jin Yong's popular novel The Deer and the Cauldron. Dicky portrayed the anti-hero Wai Siu-Bo, a character previously portrayed by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Stephen Chow and Jordan Chan in many television and film adaptations.

The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra

In 2001, Andy Lau's NMG production company produced another television adaptation of Journey to the West. Dicky was given a chance to once again portray the role that made him a household name. The series was broadcasted in 2002 on TVB. Although it received high ratings, many felt it was not as good as the 1996 version.


Filmography
Television series

Handsome Siblings / Proud of Twins (2005)
Magic Chef (2005)
Hero / Tian Xia Di Yi (2005)
The Luckiest Man (2005)
The Legend Of The Treasure Basin (2004)
Kung Fu Soccer (2004)
Smart Kid (2003)
Taiji Prodigy (2003)
Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra (2002)
Mr. Winner (2002)
Chess Warriors (2001)
Happy Flying Dragon (2001)
Chor Lau Heung 2001 (2001)
Duke of the Mount Deer 2000 (2000)
Young Hero Fong Sai-Yuk (1999)
Journey to the West (1996)
The Buddy Gang (1995)
Edge of Righteousness (1992)
Wong Fei Hung Returns (1992)
Mystery of the Twin Swords II (1992)
Mystery of the Twin Swords (1991)
Swordsman I

[carmen]

I've only seen him in Duke of Mount Deer. Its one of the most memorable series I've watched!

[mz_shinnizle]

OMG i love dis dude, he is shoo funny LOL xspesholi in da show.. journey to the west wurr hes a monkey..ahh i loveeee dat show shoo much LOL hes such a coool guy lol even doe i dunno him

[carmen]

Lol. I think he's so funny too! I like the Duke of Mount Deer when he has like 7 wives. That's so funny XD

[hli_xyooj]

i love this guy i think he's handsome.i love his movies. especially duke of mount deer, at first i was confuse, but the series is funny.love it.

[rainie101]

I love Dicky!
he is soo awesome. VERY FUNNY.
and a GREAT actor!
My most memorable series with him in it
is also Duke of Mount Deer <33

I grew up watching his movie series!

[jameshu33]

I love dicky cheung..... hes so funny. One of my favorite actor. I still cant get enough of him. I watch him mature to a great actor from journey to the west to project A i cant wait to watch his new series!

[Azn-b3aR]

Love this Man! His acting is superb and it was an amazing performance in Duke of Mount Deer 2000, especially in the end when the princess died...so sad!

[Dhanishta]

I would love to see Dicky in the Duke of Mount Deer and from the short clips Ive seen it looks like its good. But I would have to say my heart is taken with him being the Monkey King and Ive very much enjoyed seeing both the first series Journey to the West 1 and the Monkey king - Quest for the Sutra (2002). The original one is my favourite though and I think his acting and beautiful sexy voice is superb. Im so glad I have been blessed in this life to be able to see and hear him perform. What a wonderful guy!!

(03-09-2009 12:11 PM)Azn-b3aR Wrote:  Love this Man! His acting is superb and it was an amazing performance in Duke of Mount Deer 2000, especially in the end when the princess died...so sad!