Before the success in his movie carreer, Eddie Cheung was trained as an actor by TVB, and has worked in TVB for almost 2 decades since. As a staff actor at TVB, Cheung has played many memorable characters in many TVB dramas, including the situation comedy series "Hong Kong 81", which ran for over 1400 episodes to become "Hong Kong 86" and is believed to be the longest-running TV series of its kind in the history of Hong Kong.
Now, Eddie Cheung is a very popular character actor in Hong Kong. He was nominated in 2004 as "Best Supporting Actor" in Taiwan's Golden Horse Award for Throw Down and in the HK Film Award for Running On Karma.
(Source: http://www.hkcinemagic.com)
