Adam ChengAdam Cheng

In 1973, Cheng played the lead role in the television drama "煙雨濛濛" and sang its theme song. Recognized by 周梁淑怡 and 王天林 in 1976, he starred in "書劍恩仇錄," playing 陳家洛, 乾隆帝, and 福康安 in the TVB series; that year, "文志唱片" released his solo album "天涯孤客." He released the album "倚天屠龍記" in 1978, and its title song won a Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs award that year. Cheng signed a two-year, three-film contract with Golden Harvest, beginning with "名劍"; shortly after filming began, TVB urgently recalled him to shoot "楚留香" in order to compete with a drama airing on RTV. Cheng starred in "楚留香" in 1979, and the title song won a Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs award that year; the album of the same name was also released in 1979. On December 14, 1979, Cheng publicly sang the Cantonese-opera song "山伯臨終" at a Tung Wah Group of Hospitals fundraising gala; he subsequently met the song's original singer 陳笑風 for the first time when "广东粤剧团" performed in Hong Kong, and formally became 陳笑風's disciple on June 20, 1980. He released the album "流氓皇帝" in 1981 and "富貴榮華" in 1982. After completing the TVB drama "雙面人" in May 1982, Cheng filmed "御貓三戲錦毛鼠" and "少林與武當," directed by his mentor 劉家良, followed by 徐克's film "新蜀山劍俠"; that year, after Taiwan's CTV aired the Hong Kong drama "楚留香," Taiwanese film companies began inviting Cheng to make films, so he temporarily left Hong Kong for Taiwan to shoot "昨夜之燈," "楚留香大結局," and "玉劍留香." The 1983 film "新蜀山劍俠" was adapted from a novel by 还珠楼主; Cheng played the swordsman 丁引 alongside 林青霞, 元彪, 洪金寶, and others.

In August 1984, Cheng held three performances of "勁秋演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum, his first large-scale solo concert, and released the new album "勁歌鄭少秋" at the same time. The main text of the Chinese Wikipedia states that Cheng moved to ATV in 1985 and appeared in the television drama "諸葛亮"; the same article's infobox, however, gives his period under ATV management as 1983 to 1987.

The Chinese Wikipedia states that Cheng married 沈殿霞 in 1985, divorced in 1988, and married 官晶華 in 1989.

In 1990, Cheng and 米雪 appeared in the period musical stage play "美人如玉劍如虹," adapted from French playwright Edmond Rostand's 1897 play "Cyrano de Bergerac." Set in the Tang dynasty, the production featured Cheng as 薛衡蘆; it ran for eight performances at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre that June and returned for another ten in November. In 1991, Cheng starred in the CTV serial "戲說乾隆," produced by Taiwan's "飛騰電影公司" and filmed in mainland China; in 1993, "飛騰電影公司" produced a sequel, which aired on TTV. In 1992, Cheng played the villain 丁蟹 for the first time in "大時代"; the Chinese Wikipedia states that the drama's premiere coincided with a sharp fall in the Hong Kong stock market, after which the idea of a "Ting Hai effect" emerged, linking broadcasts of Cheng's television dramas to declines in Hong Kong stocks. The soundtrack album "青青河邊草 電視電影原聲珍藏輯" was released in 1993. In 1994, at the invitation of "景得傳播," Cheng went to Taiwan to film the TTV serial "香帥傳奇," sang the theme song "天大地大," and released a Mandarin album of the same name; that year, he also played 黃天 in the TVB drama "笑看風雲." He released the album "笑看風雲" in 1995 and received the Outstanding Performance Silver Award at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards that year. In March 1996, Cheng held four performances of "娛樂天皇鄭少秋演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum; that year he also played the first male lead, 徐永邦, in the TVB drama "天地男兒."

In 2004, Cheng played 劉邦 in "楚漢驕雄." He hosted the TVB information program "故宮" in April 2006; in 2007, TVB again invited Cheng to host the information program "謎," this time with 王貽興 and 呂慧儀, and in 2009, a second season of "謎" began filming with Cheng, 羅蘭, and 呂慧儀 as hosts. In July 2006, Cheng appeared in the period song-and-dance musical "天之驕子," a stage production steeped in Cantonese-opera style and adapted from the Qing-dynasty novel "再生緣" by 陳端生. Cheng played the general 皇甫少華 opposite 陳寶珠 as 孟麗君, and the production gave a total of 50 performances at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Sha Tin Town Hall. On December 21 that year, Cheng received the Golden Needle Award at the 29th Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards and performed "熊熊聖火," "陸小鳳," and "倚天屠龍記" at the ceremony. The 2007 television drama "榮歸," themed around the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return, was Cheng's first modern-dress drama in mainland China. In 2010, he played the medicine deity 保生大帝 in "神醫大道公"; in 2011, he took a role in the film "忠烈楊家將" as the Yang-family generals' leader 楊令公. He released the album "秋意" in 2012; on February 16 that year, marking the 45th anniversary of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Hong Kong Group), the IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards 2011 added an IFPI Hong Kong 45th Anniversary Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry Honor, which was presented to Cheng and Liza Wang. In 2016, Cheng was named an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. To celebrate his 50th anniversary in the industry, Cheng held "鄭少秋半世紀‧大時代世界巡迴演唱會" at the Hong Kong Coliseum in May 2017, with Vivian Chow as a special guest. Cheng also appeared as 夫子 in the 2018 television drama "將夜" and as 彭百川 in the 2019 ViuTV series "詭探前傳."