Frederick "Fred" Cheng (Chinese: 鄭俊弘; born 10 November 1983) is a Canadian-born Hong Kong musician and actor. He rose to fame after competing and winning the 2013 Hong Kong singing competition, Voice of the Stars.^[1] He is currently signed to TVB management.

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Fred Cheng
Born	Frederick Cheng (1983-11-10) 10 November 1983 (age 40) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other names	fred freddie freddy panda baby panda fred
Occupations	Musician actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Stephanie Ho ​ (m. 2020)​
Awards	2015 TVB Star Awards Malaysia – My Favorite TVB Drama Theme Song 2015 Captain of Destiny – 揚帆
Musical career
Origin	Hong Kong
Genres	Cantopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar electric bass piano
Labels	TVB (2001–present) Voice Entertainment→TVB Music Group (2013–2020, 2021–present)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭俊弘
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Jùnhóng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zeng4 Zeon3 Wang4

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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,^[2] in which he won second place.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[3] 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.

On 6 April 2017, Cheng admitted his relationship with fellow singer, Stephanie Ho.^[4] On 1 January 2020, the couple announced their engagement along with pre-wedding photos on Instagram, also revealing Cheng had proposed while they were on holiday in Thailand. The couple got married on 7 November 2020 and held their wedding at Hyatt Regency Sha Tin, Hong Kong.^[5]

On 13 January 2022, Ho announced on Instagram that she was pregnant.^[6] On 4 June, the couple announced on Instagram that their son, Asher Douglas Cheng, was born on 1 June.^[7]

• 2013 TVB 46th Anniversary Celebration Theme Song – "Always Getting Better" ^{[citation needed]}
• 2014 FIFA World Cup Theme Song – "We Are the Only One" (Various Artists Chorus)
• 2014 TVB J2 Channel Song – "Vibrant Heart"