Alex Fong | |
Native Name: | 方力申 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Date: | 1980 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | British Hong Kong |
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Alias: | Siu Fong (小方) |
Genre: | Cantopop |
Origin: | Hong Kong, China |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Partner: | Stephy Tang (2006-2016) Maple Yip (2023-) |
Label: | Neway Star (2011–present) Gold Label/EMI (2003–2011) Universal Music/Go East (2001–2002) |
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C: | 方力申 |
P: | Fāng Lìshēn |
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}}Alexaus Fong Lik-sun (方力申, born 26 February 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and swimmer. He was nicknamed "Little Flying Fish" for his swimming achievements. Until 2021, Fong held several Hong Kong swimming records (and some youth-grade records). He first represented Hong Kong at the age of 11. Fong has also represented Hong Kong at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Hong Kong. Fong caught the attention of record executives with his popularity amongst teenage girls and became a singer in 2001.
He had been assigned to work with Stephy Tang of former pop-group Cookies/Mini Cookies for the past few years. They now have eight duets: 好心好報, 好好戀愛, 十・分愛 (winner of the 2006 Jade Solid Gold 'Best Duet Gold Award'), 我的最愛, 重爱 (Mandarin version of 我的最愛), 七年, 同屋主 and 危城.
Aside from releasing albums and filming movies, Fong is also one of the hosts of TVB's hit cooking comedy show, Beautiful Cooking, along with Ronald Cheng and Edmond Leung. On 24 April 2009, Fong and Kary Ng appeared at the Melbourne Arts Center for their 2009 Melbourne show.[1]
In 2011, Fong left his previous record company Gold Typhoon and signed to Huayi Brothers as his new record label.
In July 2016, Fong became an exhibitor with the Art of the Olympians.[2]
Fong competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the Hong Kong Swimming Team. He took part in men's 200 m individual medley, men's 400 m individual medley and men's 200 m backstroke, he won his heats in 400 m individual medley and 200 m backstroke.
He is the current Hong Kong record holder in 200 m backstroke (2:05.47) and 400 m individual medley (4:29.02). Both records were set at the Sydney Olympics. He is also a member of the team that set Hong Kong records for 4×100 m medley relay (3:51.07) and 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:38.91).[3]
Fong announced on 1 August 2019 that he would do a Hong Kong Island circumnavigation swim on 5 November to raise money for charity.[4] As part of his training, he did the Clean Half Extreme Marathon Swim, a 15 km marathon swimming race held annually in Hong Kong, and won the race in the solo category.[5] He completed the charity swim in 10 hours and 38 minutes, breaking the previous record set by Simon Holliday in November 2017.[6]
Fong and Stephy Tang, his colleague in multiple movies including L for Love L for Lies (我的最愛), Love Is Not All Around 十分愛), Marriage with a Fool (獨家試愛), and Anniversary (紀念日) have reportedly been in a relationship for 10 years as of 2016.[7] This was announced by Mark Lui at his THANK YOU Concert at the HK Coliseum in June 2013. He is also a guest manager for Tang's amateur volleyball team Loey, named after her own fashion label. As of 18 March 2016, it has been reported that Fong and Tang had ended their 10-year relationship.[8]
In 2023, he revealed in court that he is in a relationship with Maple Yip, who was one of the victims of rape by Jung Myung-seok and was featured in Netfix documentary In The Name of God - A Holy Betrayal.[9]
width=60 | Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2001 | Ultimate Song Chart Awards 叱咤樂壇流行榜頒獎典禮 | Ultimate New Male Artist Award | Alex Fong | Bronze Award | [12] | |
Best New Prospect Male Artist Award | Alex Fong | Silver Award | [13] | |||
2001 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards | Best Newcomer for Male Artist | Alex Fong | Silver Award | [14] | ||
2003 | Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 新城勁爆頒獎禮 | Hit Duet Song | Ho Sum Ho Bo (好心好報) with Stephy Tang | Won | [15] | |
Top 10 Songs | Ho Sum Ho Bo | Won | [16] | |||
2003 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards | Best Duet Song | Ho Sum Ho Bo (好心好報) with Stephy Tang | Silver Award | [17] | ||
2004 | Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 新城勁爆頒獎禮 | Hit Song | 大方 | Won | [18] | |
Hit Duet Song | Ho Ho Lieu Hoi (好好戀愛) with Stephy Tang | Won | ||||
Hit Popular Male Artist | Alex Fong | Won | ||||
Top 10 Songs | Ho Ho Lieu Hoi (好好戀愛) | Won | [19] | |||
2004 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards | Best Duet Song | Ho Ho Lieu Hoi (好好戀愛) with Stephy Tang | Won | [20] | ||
2005 | Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 新城勁爆頒獎禮 | Hit Song | Mr. ABC (ABC 君) | Won | [21] | |
Hit Karoke Song | Hurting Yourself, Hurting Others (自欺欺人) with Theresa Fu | Won | ||||
2006 | Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 新城勁爆頒獎禮 | Hit Song | In Your Distant Vicinity (在你遙遠的附近) | Won | [22] | |
Hit Duet Song | Extremely Love (十・分愛) with Stephy Tang | Won | ||||
2006 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards | Best Duet Song | Extreme Love (十分‧愛) with Stephy Tang | Gold Award | [23] |