Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui
Acting · Writing · Production · Creator
Born November 27, 1954, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Lawrence Cheng Tan-Shui (Chinese:鄭丹瑞 , born 27 November 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive. Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama series The Yuppie Fantasia in 1986 which he also starred in. In 1989, he starred in the film adaptation of the series which was directed by Gordon Chan and became a box office hit.
Filmography
- 2025Golden Boy — MC
- 2025My First of May
- 2024An Abandoned Team — Yam Chun Kai
- 2024Out of the Shadow
- Into the Wild — Lee Sai Ho
- 2022Tales from the Occult — Dr. Ronald Cheng (The Chink)
- 202177 Heartwarmings — Tsang Po Wah
- Fraudstars — Herman
- 2020Find Your Voice
- The Impossible 3
- 2019A Home with a View — District Council Representative
- 尋找阿Lam的那些年
- 2018Agent Mr. Chan — Tsang Kwok Chung
- 2018When Sun Meets Moon
- 201729+1 — Uncle Dan
- 201777 Heartbreaks — Eva's Father
- 2017The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey — Ho Yi's father
- 2017The Yuppie Fantasia 3 — Leung Foon, Screenplay, Director
- ICAC Investigators 2016
- Am I healthy
- 2015Lost in Hong Kong — Host of Art Exhibition
- 2015Super Models
- 2014Break Up 100 — Director, Screenplay
- ICAC Investigators 2014
- Never Dance Alone
- Shades of Life
- 2013Bends — Leo
- 2012Vulgaria — Professor Cheng
- 2011Hi, Fidelity
- 2011Lan Kwai Fong — Lin Lin's boyfriend
- 2011The Allure of Tears — Writer
- 2010Break Up Club — Lawrence Cheng, Producer, Screenplay
- 2010Bruce Lee, My Brother
- 2010The Stool Pigeon — Cher's Brother
- 2008Happy Funeral — Producer
- 2008Ocean Flame — Yao's Blackmailed Victim
- On the Road (Sr. 3)
- 舞动奇迹
- Be My Guest
- 2006Cocktail — Tsuen
- Welcome to the House
- 2005Bug Me Not!
- 2005Mob Sister — Boss Wang
- 2005The Eye 3: Infinity — Producer
- 2004Six Strong Guys
- Sunshine Heartbeat — The 3 Girls' Dad
- 2003Golden Chicken 2 — Fortune Teller
- 2003Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat — Jason, Producer, Story
- 2002The Eye — Producer
- 2001Born Wild — Sandy's Eye Doctor
- 1998The Storm Riders — Jester
- A Road And A Will
- 1997Those Were the Days — Ko
- 1995Heaven Can't Wait — Hui Chi On
- 1995Romantic Dream — Yip Hoi
- The Chauvinist's Diary
- 1995The Meaning of Life — Lam Chi-Wing
- 1994He & She — Martin Cheng Sai Kit, Writer, Director
- 1994He's a Woman, She's a Man — Mo Chow Chu
- 1994The Modern Love — Fong Suk-Ping
- 1994The True Hero — Joe
- 1993Finale in Blood — Cheng Ming Pao
- 1993He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father — Chuen / Adult Lone
- Man of Wisdom — 戴亚斗
- 1993Murder — Chu Chung Hong, Writer, Director
- 1993The Eight Hilarious Gods — Uncle Cheung
- 1993Tom, Dick and Hairy — Hairy
- Big Little Man
- 1992Freedom Run Q — Albert
- 1992Gameboy Kids — Store Manager
- ICAC Investigators
- 1992King of Beggars — Professor
- 1992Never Ending Summer — Chan Tai Yuen, Director, Writer
- 1992She Starts the Fire — Charles Xiao, Director
- The Modern Love Story
- 1991Inspector Pink Dragon — Sgt Ma Ju-Lung / Pink Dragon, Producer
- 1991Pretty Ghost — Priest
- 1990A Tale from the East — Dunn
- 1990Brief Encounter In Shinjuku — Leung Foon, Executive Producer
- 1990Shanghai Shanghai — Chen Ta-wen
- 1990The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon — Jimmy Hsu
- 1989Happy Together — Robert
- 1989In Between Loves — Chin Cheng
- 1989Little Cop — Representative
- 1989Miracles: The Canton Godfather — Daily Sun Reporter
- 1989The Bachelor's Swan Song — Tan
- 1989The Romancing Star III — Lo Kar Ling
- 1989The Yuppie Fantasia — Leung Foon, Producer
- 1988Couples, Couples, Couples — John's friend in lounge
- 1988Guests in the House — Ging Goh / Wu Kuo-Ching
- 1988Heart to Hearts — Alex's Friend at Party
- 1988Mother vs. Mother — Man on bus
- 1988Profiles of Pleasure — Tall Kao
- 1988The Eighth Happiness — Beautiful's Boyfriend
- 1987Happy Bigamist — Hsin's colleague
- 1987Wonder Women — Tan
- 1985Carry On Doctors and Nurses — Nurse Dan
- 1985Love with the Perfect Stranger — Ah Dan
- 1984Behind the Yellow Line — Cafe Captain, Writer
- 1984My Darling Genie — Screenplay
- The Boxer — Writer
- 1983The Drummer
- 1983The Red Panther — Kiang
- 1983Twinkle Twinkle Little Star — Writer
- 1982Hell Has No Boundary — Writer
- 血債血償 — Creator
- 1981One Heart One Spirit
- 1981The Family of Lust
- 1980Encore
- 1980The Desperados — Screenplay
- Operation Manhunt (II) — 阿旦
- 歷年TVB台慶經典回顧
- Golden Horse Awards — Host
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2021TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會 — self