Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name . He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, after a popular noodle product with a similar name and his wavy long hair. Currently Ekin is the name used.

His first film was Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 and at the time he was still called by the name Dior Cheng. He changed his name to Ekin before his breakout role in the Young and Dangerous series as Chan Honam. The film was first meant to glorify the triad life, but after about the third film, the story focused more on the characters and explored the truth about the Hong Kong triads. It became so popular that it launched Cheng and costar Jordan Chan to superstar status. And because of its incredible success, it is said to have made many youngsters at that time fond of the triad life, thus making teens throughout Asia join the triads. It also started a trend for triad films around that time and is considered to be a classic. The film led to six sequels, all starring Cheng, and a lucrative working partnership with director Andrew Lau. Together they went on to make The Storm Riders, which was the highestgrossing Hong Kong movie at the time and the first film to use a truly large number of

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