鄭浩南

简介

Mark Cheng (Cheng Ho-nam), originally named Cheng Lap-hing, was born on 6 October 1964 on Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. He has one elder brother and one younger brother; his father ran a garment trading company in the Hong Kong Club Building (now Jardine House) in Central. In his early years, he lived in Taipei, Tsim Sha Tsui, Ho Man Tin, and Mei Foo Sun Chuen. He studied at La Salle Primary School and was selected for the Hong Kong Junior Baseball Team at age 12. He fell in love with baseball through playing at Taipei's Wuxing Elementary School with his cousin. After graduating primary school at 13, his family emigrated to Vancouver, Canada. In school he aspired to be a softball player but his family opposed him becoming a full-time athlete. After completing Form 6 in 1983, he originally planned to study in Taiwan but returned to Hong Kong to attend Chu Hai College, while also working as a model introduced by actress Gu Jia-lu. In 1984, as a member of the Hong Kong Men's Junior Softball Team Group A, he was discovered by Shi Nan-sheng and entered the film industry. Soon after, director Ringo Lam cast him after seeing him in an Olympic advertisement, leading to his starring role in "The First Time is the Last Time" alongside Sally Yeh. He was nominated for Best New Performer at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1986 for this film. In 1986, John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow" originally intended him for the role of "Mark Gor," but due to scheduling conflicts and being too young in appearance, the role went to Chow Yun-fat. Throughout his career, he took on various genres including Category III films. In 1987 and 1989 he released two vinyl records, "Never Give Up" and "Mark Cheng," and was nominated for Best New Artist at the 1987 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. In the late 1990s he co-founded the bar "Deep Blue" with Alex Fong and Chin Siu-ho. After starring in "The Wesley's Mysterious File" in 2002, he moved his life focus to Malaysia, settling there, remarrying, and running businesses including a tea restaurant (from 2000), a disco called "Movement" (from 2000), a Sichuan restaurant "Hong Kong Hin" (from 2002), and a hot pot restaurant (from 2003). In 2005, director Johnnie To invited him to make a cameo in "Election 2," marking his return to the Hong Kong film industry. He dropped his original name on a friend's advice that stars should have a cooler name, adopting the stage name Cheng Ho-nam.