Owen Cheung


Owen Cheung Chun-long is a Hong Kong actor contracted to TVB.
Cheung is best known for his roles as Kuk Yat-ha in Legal Mavericks series and Ko Ban in Al Cappuccino. After winning the 2019 TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Male Artiste award, he won the Most Popular Male Character award at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards.

Life and career

As a graduate of the Hong Kong Design Institute, Cheung's introduction to the entertainment industry was through the New Talent Singing Awards in 2006, when he was 19 years old. In 2010, he auditioned for TVB's Artiste Training Class and high school's graduated a year later.
Cheung made his acting debut in 2012 through the sitcom Come Home Love. He had played minor roles in several television dramas. In 2014, Cheung rose to popularity after appearing on the variety show Walk The Walk, Talk The Talk, in which he impersonated Julian Cheung Chi-lam in his role as Captain Cool in the drama Triumph in the Skies II.
In 2017, Cheung gained recognition with his role as the detective "Gogo" Kut Yat-ha in the legal drama Legal Mavericks, winning My Favourite TVB Supporting Actor award at the 2017 StarHub TVB Awards. With his performance in the 2019 dramas Justice Bao: The First Year and Finding Her Voice, Cheung won the 2019 TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Male Artiste.
In 2020, Cheung won the Most Popular Male Character award at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards with his role in the comedy drama Al Cappuccino. Together with Vincent Wong Ho-shun and Brian Chu Man-hon, he also won the Most Popular Onscreen Partnership Award.
In 2021, Cheung was shortlisted for the top five for "Best Actor" and "Malaysia's Favorite TVB Actor" at the TVB Anniversary Awards Ceremony 2021 for his role as Hoi Ching-lam in the TVB anniversary drama The Ringmaster.
In 2023, Cheung played two roles in the TVB drama series Unchained Medley, playing Kook Hang-wan. His acting skills were praised by netizens. With this drama, he was shortlisted for the "Greater Bay Area's Favorite TVB Actor" and the "Best Actor" in the "Thousands of Stars Awards Ceremony 2023" final five, and the "Best TV Song" final ten. He was also shortlisted for the episode theme Like a Dream sung with Sherman Poon Ching-man.
In 2024, Cheung played the role of Tsui Kwok-yin in the TVB drama No Room for Crime, and his affectionate performance was well received by netizens, In the end, he won the "Best Actor" and "Malaysia's Favorite TVB Actor" awards at the "TVB Awards Presentation 2024" for this drama, becoming the double TV King.
In addition, in recent years, Cheung has been a frequent actor for TVB producers Andy Chan Yiu-chuen and Lam Chi-wah.

Anecdote

On December 25, 2017, Cheung and his friend Brian Tse Tung-man were shopping when they were hit by a tent that flew down from a shopping mall and were sent to the hospital. Later, Cheung joked: "Although I have always regarded Brian Tse Tung-man as my girlfriend, I will not dare to ask him out on Christmas Day anymore, for fear that he will overpower me." In November 2019, during the rehearsal of the anniversary celebration, Cheung was hit on the shoulder by a video camera and was injured again. He had to be sent to the hospital for examination. He continued to be called the Hell's Black King by some media. In addition, the reason why netizens call Cheung the King of Hell is that he often only wins meager prizes when participating in game shows. For example, in the third series of "Do Did Eat", although Cheung and his partner won 2,200 points, he chose a country with a low exchange rate in the exchange rate game and only won HK$1.74, becoming the guest with the lowest prize money in the series.

Emotional live

Cheung dated former TVB artist Apple Chan Tsz-yau for more than five years. They were both students of the 25th Artist Training Class. However, in April 2018, they each announced their breakup on social media and stressed that there was no third party involved.
In August 2019, Cheung admitted in a radio interview that he was dating actress Renci Yeung Sz-wing, says he loves blowing his girlfriend's hair.

Filmography

TV dramas

Film

Music videos

  • Mag Lam "樹籐"
  • Jinny Ng "想起你"