Joe Cheng Cho

Biography

Joe Cheng Cho, born Cheng Kam Wing, was born on October 5, 1960 in Hong Kong and passed away on January 19, 2013. He lived in his early years in the Canton Road Police Quarters in Kowloon and studied at Canton Road Police Primary School, then at St. Mary's English School on Jordan's Nanjing Street for junior high school. He was a graduate of the 7th cohort of the Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School, where he completed Form 4 to Form 5. He later graduated from the TVB dancer training programme, and worked as a patrol police officer in the Hong Kong Island Police District before entering entertainment. He became famous in the 1990s for his roles in multiple films directed by Stephen Chow, notably playing villainous roles such as "Steel Teeth" in "From Beijing with Love" and "Black Bear" in "King of Destruction". He had many friends in the entertainment industry, including Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-chi, Mao Shun-yun, Ng Mang-da, Wang Jing, Wu Zhen-yu and Liu Ching-yun. In the 2000s, he moved to Shenzhen in mainland China to run bar businesses, spending most of his time there. He passed away on January 19, 2013 in Shenzhen due to a sudden stroke that caused brain hemorrhage and heart attack, after failed resuscitation attempts at the hospital, at the age of 52. He was a Christian, married, and had four children.