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Nick Cheung Biography

Birth Name:Nick Cheung Ka-fai

Birth Place:Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Profession Actor, Director, Writer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Was nominated for a Golden Horse Film Festival Award and a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor for "Daai deoi bou" in 2011
  • Won a Hong Kong Film Award and a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor for "Ching yan" in 2009
  • Won a Shanghai International Film Festival Award for Best Actor for "Ji zhan" in 2013
  • Worked at the TV station ATV World for five years in the early 1990s and later worked for TVB
  • Made his screen acting debut in the film "The Rendevous of Warriors" in 1973
  • Worked as a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for four years before joining Danny Lee's film production company
  • Best known for his role as Ching Fai in "Unbeatable" and as Don Lee in "The Stool Pigeon․"
  • Did the voice dub for the character Jake Sully in the Cantonese version of the film "Avatar․"

Awards

  • 2001Golden Bauhinia-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2006Golden Bauhinia-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2007Golden Bauhinia-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2007Hong Kong Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2008Hong Kong Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2009APFF Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2009Asian Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
  • 2009China Film Media Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2009Golden Horse Award-Best Leading Actor: winner
  • 2009Hong Kong Film Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2009HKFCS Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2009Special Mention-Feature Film: winner
  • 2010Golden Deer-Best Actor: winner
  • 2011Hong Kong Film Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2011HKFCS Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2013APFF Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2013Golden Horse Award-Best Leading Actor: nominated
  • 2013Huading Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2013Huading Award-Best Actor in a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2013Golden Goblet-Best Actor: winner
  • 2014Jury Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2014Golden Deer-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2014Golden Knight Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2014China Film Media Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2014Hong Kong Film Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2014HKFCS Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2014HKFCS Award-Best Actor: winner
  • 2014Hundred Flowers Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2015HKFCS Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2016China Film Media Award-Best New Director: nominated
  • 2016Hong Kong Film Award-Best New Director: nominated
  • 2016Hong Kong Film Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2016HKFCS Award-Best Actor: nominated