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Julian Cheung Chinese name 張智霖 (Traditional) Chinese name 张智霖 (Simplified) Pinyin Zhāng Zǐlín (Mandarin) Jyutping Zoeng1 Zi3 Lam4 (Cantonese) Ancestry Nanhai, Guangdong, China Born 27 August 1971
Hong KongOther name(s) Chilam Occupation Singer, actor Genre(s) Cantopop, Mandopop Label(s) Neway Star Years active 1991–present Spouse(s) Anita Yuen (m. 2001–present) Children Morton Cheung (b. 2006) Julian Cheung Chi-lam (born 27 August 1971), better known as Chilam, is an award-winning Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is popularly known for his role as Guo Jing in the 1994 TV series adaptation of the Wuxia novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes and also as Chi-Kin from the TVB drama Cold Blood Warm Heart (1996).
Cheung hit instant fame in 1991 with the release of his first single, "A Modern Love Story" with Maple Hui and has since been the only artist that has sold the most copies for a debut album under IFPI. In 1992, Cheung received a TVB Jade Solid Gold award as Best Newcoming Singer (Bronze) for his first album. In 2000, Cheung reap 2 notable awards from TVB for the drama, Return of the Cuckoo.
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Early life
Born in Hong Kong, Cheung spent most of his early years in Hong Kong attending all-male schools. When he was 13, his parents divorced and he and his father immigrated to Australia when he was 15. He attended Pendle Hill High School in Sydney. In 1996, his parents re-married but later divorced a second time. He was a good actor and singer and his father thought he had a gift and sent him to an acting school.
Career
In 1990 when Cheung was 19, Cheung visited Hong Kong during his summer vacation and was reacquainted with his cousin and childhood friend, Anna Ueyama (上山安娜). Anna introduced Cheung to his first manager, Tony. Impressed with Cheung's voice, Tony immediately signed him into IFPI and started to train him. Cheung then recorded his first sing, a duet album with Hong Kong singer Maple Hui (許秋怡). The debut single, "A Modern Love Story", was released by the record company Fitto in 1991 and was an immense success. This single was on IFPI Album Sales Chart for 11 weeks, and as of today still holds the IFPI record for newcomer singers.
That same year, Cheung signed into TVB and starred in his first television series, Peak of Passion, released in 1992. A year later, he filmed his very first movie, A Warrior's Tragedy. Cheung reached to the peak of his popularity in 1994 when he took part as the role of Guo Jing from The Legend of the Condor Heroes, which helped him to become one of the most favorite actors at that time. In 1996, he starred in the TVB classic hit drama Cold Blood Warm Heart, which acclaimed him notable praises of his performance, making him a household name and boosted his career in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
After the release of Cold Blood Warm Heart, he transitioned into movies such as Perfect Match and Comic King. He returned to TVB in 2000 in the series Return of the Cuckoo, which was a tremendous success with Charmaine Sheh, reaching a peak of 40 points. His status and recognition as an actor dramatically increased to countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and China. He also reaped 2 awards in the TVB award ceremony (My Favourite Couple-with Charmaine Sheh and My Favourite Themesong), adding to his string of already impreesive wins. in 2003, he won My Favorite Leading Character again for his role as Yeung Kwong from Take My Word For It. His performance with Charmaine Sheh in the 2004 drama Point of No Return also won the pair the Best Onscreen Couple award at the 2005 Astro Awards in Malaysia.
Cheung has also found success in the Mainland entertainment industry with starring roles in the television series Ni Shui Han, Lu Xiao Feng, and "Red Powder".
His first concert at Hong Kong Coliseum was held on 27 March 2011 which the title for the concert was "I Am An Alien".
Discography
Year Album Cover Album information 1991 Modern Love Story 1992 Make Me Happy 1993 Miss You Much Love at Creation Times 1994 CHILAM 1995 Love Played A Joke On Us Thanks For Your Concern' 1996 How Can It Be? Cold Blood Warm Heart Cold Blood Warm Heart Compilation Yan Bu You Zhong Smile With Tears Single 1997 I Love You Too Best of the Best 22 Songs Black Temptation 1998 Yes or No Yes or No single 1999 Monsieur Enfant EP Chi Lam Love Collection Tian Di Nan Er 2000 Moonlight / Return of the Cuckoo Original Soundtrack Ten Fingers Interlocked 2001 Ten Fingers Interlocked Special Edition California Red 903 Live in Concert (Video) 2002 EM Best Music Collection 2003 Love & Dream 2009 
I Am Chilam I AM CHILAM 2nd Version 2011 
What is Love Filmography
Films
- Warrior's Tragedy (1993)
- Happy Hour (1995)
- Highway Man (1995)
- To Be No. 1 (1996)
- Best of the Best (1996)
- Love Amoeba Style (1997)
- Theft under the Sun (1997)
- Option Zero (1997)
- Love and Let Love (1997)
- The Suspect (1998)
- Extreme Crisis (1998)
- The Island Tales (1999)
- Dragon Heat (2000)
- And I Hate You So (2000)
- Twilight Garden (2000)
- Perfect Match (2000)
- Comic King (2001)
- Esprit D'amour (2001)
- Martial Angels (2001)
- Blue Moon (2001)
- Stowaway (2001)
- Replacement Suspects (2001)
- Possessed (2002)
- Reunion (2002)
- Bar Paradise (Thai/U.S./Hong Kong) (2005)
- Wo Hu (Operation Undercover) (2006)
- Heavenly Mission (2006)
- Love to be Found in Nowhere (2007)
- A Mob Story (2007)
- Kidnap (2007)
- The First 7th Night (2009)
- The Grandmasters (2011)
Guest appearances
- Legend of the Liquid Sword (1993)
- Right Here Waiting (1994)
- Tragic Commitment (1995)
- Banana Club (1996)
- Those were the days (1996)
- And I hate you so (2000)
- Dragon Heat (2001)
Television series
TVB productions
Year Title Role TVB Anniversary Awards 1992 Peak of Passion Cheung Pui-chun 1993 The Mystery of the Condor Hero Chan Yuen-fung 1994 Remembrance Yam Hong-fei The Legend of the Condor Heroes Kwok Ching 1995 The Ching Emperor Kangxi Emperor 1996 Cold Blood Warm Heart Law Tze-kin 2000 Return of the Cuckoo Man Chor Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 5) 2002 Take My Word For It Yeung Kwong Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 5) 2003 Point of No Return Chow Tin-chi 2004 ICAC Investigators 2004 Wong Kai-chung Shades of Truth Ha Chung Yam/Mo Chung 2011 The Rippling Blossom Yue Chi-ying Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 15)
Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 15)ICAC Investigators 2011 Yeung Kwok-chu Others
Year Title Role 1999 Romance of the White Haired Maiden Zhuo Yihang 2001 Palm of Rulai 2003 Flying Daggers Li Huai 2004 Ni Shui Han 2006 A Beautiful New World 2007 Red Powder The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng Lu Xiaofeng Long Men Yi Zhan 2010 Who's the Hero Fu Kam-po Awards
- Stars Gild CCTV's 7th Lily Awards: Most Popular Actor (2007)
- Astro Awards 2005: Best Couple with Charmaine Sheh from Point of No Return
- Astro Awards 2005: Best Character Award - Chow Tin Ci / Zhou Tian Ci from Point of No Return
- Astro Awards 2005: Best Theme Song - Love Has No Dreams from Point of No Return
- 36th TVB Anniversary Awards: "My Top 12 Favorite Television Characters" - Yeung Kwong / Yang Guang from Take My Word For It (2003)
- Publication Weekly Television Awards: Most Popular Theme Song - Wishing Kwan Well from Return of the Cuckoo (2001)
- Publication Weekly Television Awards: Top 10 Television Artists - #9 (2001)
- Jade Solid Gold: Most Popular Adapted Song Performance Grand Prize - Wishing Kwan Well from Return of the Cuckoo (2001)
- Singapore's Friday Publication Weekly Student Idol Voting: Most Popular Foreign Film Actor (2000–2001)
- New City Station: Karaoke Song Grand Prize for Wishing Kwan Well from Return of the Cuckoo (2000)
- 33rd TVB Anniversary Awards: "My Favorite On-screen Couple" with Charmaine Sheh from Return of the Cuckoo (2000)
- One of the Top 10 Most Popular Artists of the Millennium (2000)
- 3rd Jade Solid Gold: Top 10 Songs of the Year - Wishing Kwan Well from Return of the Cuckoo (2000)
- Singapore Yes93: Top 3 Golden Songs - You Mei You (有没有) Have it or Not (1999)
- Singapore's Friday Publication Weekly Student Idol Voting: Voted amongst the Top 10 Most Popular Actors, Top 10 Most Popular * Film Artists, Top 10 Most Popular Foreign Film Actors, and Top 10 Most Popular Foreign Television Actors (1998–1999)
- 1st Annual Top 10 Movie Theme Songs Award: Lofty Once in a Lifetime from "To Be No. 1" (1997)
- Commercial Radio Chit Chat Pop Chart: Best New Male Singer - Silver Prize (1993)
- Hit Radio: Best New Male Singer Award (1993)
- TVB's Jade Solid Gold: Best Newcomer Award - Bronze (1992–1993)
- Metro Radio: Best Young Talent Award (1992)
- CRHK2 New Generation Show: Best Performance Award (1992)
- 1991 Jade Solid Gold: Top 10 Songs of the Year (Modern Love Story, a duet with Maple Hui)
References
- ^ "Julian Cheung". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156492/. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ^ "Julian Cheung". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Julian.html. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
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Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- People educated at Epping Boys High School
- Cantopop singers
- Hong Kong singers
- TVB actors
- Cantonese people
- Australian people of Hong Kong descent
- Australian people of Chinese descent
- Alumni of Lingnan University
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