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简介

Jimmy Cheng Yau-Kwok was born in 1932 in Hainan and moved at a young age with his father to the Philippines, Malaysia, Calcutta in India, and Singapore. He completed his pre-secondary education in Calcutta, where he suffered bullying for not knowing English. In 1948, he enrolled at Nan Yang Hua Chiao Secondary School in Singapore, where he fell in love with theatre and became head of the school's drama group, performing in several plays. After graduating in 1950, he travelled to China to study drama despite his father's opposition, and was admitted to the Beijing People's Art Theatre in 1950, where he received professional training in acting and singing, graduating in 1956. He worked in Guiyang, China from 1956 to 1974, acting in and directing numerous plays and operas. In 1975, he moved to Hong Kong with his wife and three children, and was hired as a drama instructor for TVB's artist training programme in 1976, becoming the programme's head in 1983 after Liu Fang Gang's departure. During this period, he appeared in many TV series, films, and stage plays. In 1985, he moved to Singapore, where he served as director of artist training at the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation and artistic director of the Singapore Arts Theatre until 1998, continuing to act in various television and stage productions.