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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 27, 1954 (71)
- Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
- Actor and writer, also producer and director
- 29 on MovieCove · 115 credits in all
What are Lawrence Cheng's films like?
Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 16
Light 14 · Serious 4 · Dark 5
Grounded 7 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 2
Gentle 4 · Charged 14 · Intense 5
Steady 10 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 12
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 3
Casual 14 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 12 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 5
Resolved 17 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Cheng Ming Bo in Finale in Blood (1992)
- Allyas Charles Siu in She Starts the Fire (1992)
- Tricksteras Giorgio Mao (Hairy) in Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993)
- Shadowas Joe in The True Hero (1994)
- Heroas Leung Foon in The Yuppie Fantasia 3 (2017)
Moods and endings
- Happy10
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lawrence Cheng's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Lawrence Cheng's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
115 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Golden Boy(2025)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
My First of May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
An Abandoned Team (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Out of the Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Into the Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Tales from the Occult (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
77 Heartwarmings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Fraudstars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Impossible 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Find Your Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
尋找阿Lam的那些年 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
A Home with a View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
When Sun Meets Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Agent Mr. Chan(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
77 Heartbreaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
29 + 1(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Yuppie Fantasia 3(2017)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
ICAC Investigators 2016 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Super Models (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Lost in Hong Kong(2015)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Am I healthy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Break Up 100 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Shades of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Never Dance Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
ICAC Investigators 2014 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Bends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Vulgaria(2012)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Allure of Tears(2011)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Lan Kwai Fong(2011)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Hi, Fidelity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Bruce Lee, My Brother(2010)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Stool Pigeon(2010)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Break Up Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
On the Road (Sr. 3) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Ocean Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Happy Funeral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
舞动奇迹 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Be My Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Welcome to the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Cocktail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Mob Sister(2005)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Bug Me Not! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Eye 3(2005)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Sunshine Heartbeat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Six Strong Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
The Eye 2(2004)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Golden Chicken 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Eye(2002)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Born Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Storm Riders(1998)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Those Were the Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
A Road And A Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Heaven Can't Wait(1995)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Romantic Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Meaning of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Chauvinist's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The True Hero(1994)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
He & She (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Modern Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Eight Hilarious Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Finale in Blood(1992)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Man of Wisdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Tom, Dick and Hairy(1993)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
King of Beggars(1992)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
She Starts the Fire(1992)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Game Kids(1992)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Modern Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Freedom Run Q (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Big Little Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
ICAC Investigators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Never Ending Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Inspector Pink Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Pretty Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
A Tale from the East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Brief Encounter In Shinjuku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Shanghai Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Romancing Star 3(1989)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
In Between Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Happy Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Yuppie Fantasia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Little Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Bachelor's Swan Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Heart to Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Mother vs. Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Couples, Couples, Couples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Profiles of Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Guests in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Eighth Happiness(1988)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Wonder Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Happy Bigamist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Carry On Doctors and Nurses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Love with the Perfect Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Behind the Yellow Line(1984)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
My Darling Genie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Boxer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Red Panther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Drummer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
血債血償 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Hell Has No Boundary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Family of Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
One Heart One Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Encore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Desperados (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Operation Manhunt (II) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Golden Horse Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
香港小姐竞选决赛 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 114 titles, 113 of them dated from 1962 to 2025; peak year 2011.
Biggest box office
The Eye (2002)
Highest rated
He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)
Most popular right now
The Storm Riders (1998)
Film career
Peak 2011 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1992Screen debut· King of Beggars
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Lawrence Cheng's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 29; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th11
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Lawrence Cheng work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lawrence Cheng's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Ho-Sun Chan shares the most, 7.
Directors
- Peter Ho-Sun ChanShared titles: The Eye 3 (2005), The Eye 2 (2004), The Eye (2002), Heaven Can't Wait (1995), He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994), He Ain't Heavy... He's My Father (1993), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993)See all 7 shared titles with Peter Ho-Sun Chan
- Danny PangShared titles: The Eye 3 (2005), The Eye 2 (2004), The Eye (2002), The Storm Riders (1998)See all 4 shared titles with Danny Pang
- Oxide Chun PangShared titles: The Eye 3 (2005), The Eye 2 (2004), The Eye (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Oxide Chun Pang
- Gordon ChanShared titles: Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993), Game Kids (1992), King of Beggars (1992), She Starts the Fire (1992), Behind the Yellow Line (1984)See all 5 shared titles with Gordon Chan
Writers
- Yuet-Jan HuiShared titles: The Eye 3 (2005), The Eye 2 (2004), The Eye (2002), He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994)See all 4 shared titles with Yuet-Jan Hui
- James YuenShared titles: Heaven Can't Wait (1995), He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993)See all 3 shared titles with James Yuen
- Hing-Ka ChanShared titles: Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993), Finale in Blood (1992), Behind the Yellow Line (1984)See all 3 shared titles with Hing-Ka Chan
- Wai-Lun NgShared titles: The Stool Pigeon (2010), Mob Sister (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Wai-Lun Ng
Actors
- Anita YuenShared titles: He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994), The True Hero (1994), He Ain't Heavy... He's My Father (1993), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993)See all 4 shared titles with Anita Yuen
- Babyjohn ChoiShared titles: 29 + 1 (2017), The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey (2017), The Yuppie Fantasia 3 (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Babyjohn Choi
- Tony Leung Chiu-waiShared titles: Heaven Can't Wait (1995), He Ain't Heavy... He's My Father (1993), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Michael Man-Kin ChowShared titles: He Ain't Heavy... He's My Father (1993), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993), The Eighth Happiness (1988)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Man-Kin Chow
Cinematographers and editors
- Ki-Hop ChanShared titles: The Stool Pigeon (2010), He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994), Tom, Dick and Hairy (1993), She Starts the Fire (1992)See all 4 shared titles with Ki-Hop Chan
- Decha SrimantraShared titles: The Eye 3 (2005), The Eye 2 (2004), The Eye (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Decha Srimantra
- Alan Wai-Lun ChengShared titles: The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey (2017), The Yuppie Fantasia 3 (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Wai-Lun Cheng
- Chi-Leung KwongShared titles: The Allure of Tears (2011), King of Beggars (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Chi-Leung Kwong
Producers
- Albert Wing-Ho LeeShared titles: Agent Mr. Chan (2018), 29 + 1 (2017), The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey (2017), The Yuppie Fantasia 3 (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Albert Wing-Ho Lee
- Jr. Stephen SiuShared titles: Agent Mr. Chan (2018), 29 + 1 (2017), The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Jr. Stephen Siu
- Wing-Lun ChanShared titles: Agent Mr. Chan (2018), 29 + 1 (2017), The Yuppie Fantasia 3 (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Wing-Lun Chan
- Hong-Tat CheungShared titles: Agent Mr. Chan (2018), The Stool Pigeon (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Hong-Tat Cheung