Cheng was born in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Upon graduating from
Eric Hamber Secondary School, he returned to Hong Kong. In 2001, Cheng's mother persuaded him to compete in the
TVB New Talent Singing Awards, in which he won second place. Cheng was offered a contract with the record company
Capital Artists, but after two months of training, the company stopped producing music. In 2003, TVB offered Cheng an artiste contract and offered him a role in the TVB drama
Shine On You. He had starred in numerous television dramas, including
Shine On You,
Love Bond,
The Charm Beneath and
Forensic Heroes. In 2011, Cheng signed a management contract with TVB. In July 2013, Cheng competed in the inaugural season of the singing competition,
The Voice of the Stars. He went on to win the competition, winning 68% of the votes. Immediately after winning, was announced that Cheng would be singing the theme song with
Kristal Tin for the drama
Return of the Silver Tongue. On 15 November 2013, Cheng signed with TVB's newly established record company
Voice Entertainment and released his debut solo album in the summer of 2014. He released his first single, "Nobody", on 24 March 2014 and within 5 hours it became the top selling single on Hong Kong iTunes and held the record for seven days. Subsequently, he was given a chance to sing another two theme songs for TVB dramas,
The Ultimate Addiction and
Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain. He also won numerous Best New Artiste awards in 2014. In March 2017, Cheng starred as the second male lead along with experienced and well-known actor,
Gallen Lo in TVB drama '
Provocateur'. After winning the VOS, Cheng has been given more job opportunities by TVB in acting, singing and commercial advertisements. He has performed events for companies including
Towngas,
Hopewell Holdings,
New World Development,
Shanghai Commercial Bank,
AIA Group Limited,
Swatch Group,
Grand Lisboa, and
P&G. Cheng also filmed for a number of commercial advertisements of companies such as
Wellcome,
P&G and Magic Smile B1. On 15 September 2014 Cheng released his first album "Story of Panda". It reached number one on multiple sales charts within one week. == Personal life ==