Acting
Jun 18, 1982
Taipei, Taiwan
Joe Cheng
Acting
Biography
Taiwanese model, actor and singer. Although he started his career as a model, Cheng is well known for his role as Jiang Zhishu in Taiwanese drama serial version of Japanese manga Itazura Na Kiss, It Started with a Kiss. Cheng has gained much recognition as an actor in most parts of Asia, particularly Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines and Japan. Cheng released his debut EP, Sing a Song, in October 2009. The title of the EP as well as its title track is a play on the third word in his name, Chang (暢) as a homophone of the word “Sing” (唱) in Chinese.
Feature Films (3)
The height of gaiety on Piao Dao. Merchants and pirates may have their treasures but the biggest prizes are the sensational twin singing courtesans, who are ripe for deflowering. Known as The Rippling Sisters of Flower Street they dazzle customers with their flirtatious duets and tantalizing beauty. But the jewels of Piao Dao cannot be had with money alone. Admirers must also contest for their hearts.
Ripples of Desire
Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows three cosmopolitan women, an actress, a PR specialist and a gallery manager, all wrestling with the ups and downs of their romantic lives.
The Queens
A woman gets engaged with her current boyfriend, a mysterious and secretive businessman, when she starts getting messages by who seems to be her old teenage love. Soon, she'll start finding out the dark trues of the two men.
The Beloved
Television & Series (37)
A live-action television adaptation of the Japanese manga series Itazura na Kiss written by Kaoru Tada.
It Started With a Kiss
Love or Bread is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin. It was produced by Gala Television and driected by Lin He Long. This marks the third drama that Cheng and Lin have co-starred together, after It Started With a Kiss in 2005 and its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007. It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television from 16 November 2008 to 8 February 2009, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV GTV Variety Show/CH 28 on 22 November 2008 to 14 February 2009, every Saturday at 21:30.
Love or Bread
Could it be coincidence that on the day that An Zaiyong, a respected, high-profile anchor of BIGTV News, is about to expose a major corporate scandal, he is suddenly arrested for killing his girlfriend? As his fellow news journalists cover the sensational news, Zaiyong not only loses his job but also all of his friends. Leading the charge of the “trial by media” is tabloid reporter Hong Xiaolu of Channel X. But could Xiaolu turn out to be his only ally in investigating the wrongful charges to help clear Zaiyong’s name and prove his innocence?
