鄭中基

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鄭中基1972年出生於養和醫院，係香港男歌手、演員及主持人，父親為唱片業高層鄭東漢（前寶麗金亞洲太平洋區總裁、金牌娛樂創辦人）。佢1989年畢業於聖類斯中學中五年級，後赴美國進修，主修商業、副修音樂史。鄭中基自小喜歡唱歌，加上家庭背景而常到寶麗金辦公室同錄音室「偷師」，因而與周啟生、向雪懷、葉廣權等著名製作人相熟。1995年張學友飛往美國洛杉磯為大碟錄音期間，鄭中基獲張學友御用監製歐丁玉賞識，正式獲安排唱和音（例如在《過敏世界》專輯內擔任和音），並與張學友一起拜師學藝，從而進入香港樂壇。1996年佢推出首張個人專輯《左右為難》，同名主打歌與張學友合唱，令佢一炮而紅，該專輯在台灣累計銷售35萬張、全亞洲達100萬張；同年年底推出第二張專輯《別愛我》，在台灣累計銷售50萬張、全亞洲達200萬張，兩張專輯均於1997年獲台灣IFPI認證為白金唱片。2000年代佢轉型喜劇演員，自嘲式搞笑風格令佢喺《龍咁威》等片大放異彩，2013年更憑《低俗喜劇》獲得第32屆香港電影金像獎最佳男配角。

English

Ronald Cheng, born in 1972, is a Hong Kong singer, actor and television host, the son of the record executive Norman Cheng, a former Asia-Pacific head of PolyGram and founder of Gold Label. He finished secondary school at St Louis School in 1989 and went to the United States to study business with a minor in music history. A keen singer from childhood, he often hung around the PolyGram offices and studios and got to know leading producers. In 1995, while Jacky Cheung was recording in Los Angeles, Cheng was spotted by Cheung's producer and began singing backing vocals on his records, also taking lessons alongside Cheung — his route into the Hong Kong music industry. His 1996 debut album, led by a duet with Jacky Cheung, made his name instantly and sold some 350,000 copies in Taiwan and a million across Asia, while a second album the same year sold 500,000 in Taiwan and two million in Asia; both were certified platinum in 1997. From the 2000s he reinvented himself as a comedian, his self-mocking style shining in hit comedies, and in 2013 he won best supporting actor at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.