Leslie Cheung
Acting
Cheung Kwok-Wing (Chinese: 張國榮, English name: Leslie, September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Born in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung moved to the United Kingdom in 1971, settling in Leeds, where he enrolled at university to study fashion design. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong and, in 1977, took part in an amateur singing competition—the ATV Asian Music Contest—where he won second prize. The following year, he released his first album, I Like Dreaming. He soon began appearing on television and quickly landed his first film role in Erotic Dreams of the Red Chamber (1978), an erotic production that Cheung himself later described as a “shameful disaster.” Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films. He was one of the most prominent pioneers that shaped the identity of Cantopop during the 1980s. His studio albums Summer Romance (1987) and Most Beloved (1995) each sold over 300,000 copies and are among the best-selling albums of all time in the territory. In addition to music, Cheung achieved pan-Asian fame with such films as A Better Tomorrow (1986) and A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). He won the Best Actor at the 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Days of Being Wild (1990). His venture into acting in the 1990s was recognized for his portrayal of queer characters in the then-conservative film industry, he was one of the few Hong Kong actors willing to take on gay roles—such as in Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together—or to play a cross-dressing opera performer in Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993. Leslie Cheung died by suicide on April 1, 2003, at the age of 46, by jumping from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. In the note he left behind, he stated that he had been suffering from depression.
Known for
Acting93
movieInner Senses
2002
Jim Law
movieFrom Ashes to Ashes
2000
Lawrence
movieOkinawa Rendez-vous
2000
Jimmy Tong
movieDouble Tap
2000
Rick Y.H.Pang
movieThe Kid
1999
Wing / Daniel
movieMoonlight Express
1999
Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
movieAnna Magdalena
1998
Editor
movieNinth Happiness
1998
Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi
movieHappy Together
1997
Ho Po-wing
movieWho's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
Sam Koo Gai Ming
movieShanghai Grand
1996
Hui Man Keung
movieTemptress Moon
1996
Yu Zhongliang
movieTri-Star
1996
Chung Kwok Keung
movieThe Phantom Lover
1995
Song Danping
movieThe Chinese Feast
1995
Chiu Kong Sun
movieAshes of Time
1994
Ouyang Feng / Western Venom
movieLong and Winding Road
1994
Lam Chiu-Wing
movieHe's a Woman, She's a Man
1994
Sam Koo Gai Ming
movieThe Bride with White Hair 2
1993
Cho Yi Hang
movieThe Bride with White Hair
1993
Cho Yi Hang
movieThe Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Huang Yaoshi
movieAll's Well End's Well, Too
1993
David Copper Feel
movieFarewell My Concubine
1993
Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
movieAll's Well, Ends Well
1992
Shang So
movieThe Banquet
1991
Little B-head
movieOnce a Thief
1991
James / Jim
movieA Chinese Ghost Story II
1990
Ling Choi-san
movieSunset in Paris
1989
Leslie
movieAces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
1989
Brother Thief
movieFatal Love
1988
Chi Ken Wing
movieA Better Tomorrow II
1987
Sung Chi Kit
movieRouge
1987
Chan Chen-Pang
movieA Chinese Ghost Story
1987
Ling Choi-san
movieA Better Tomorrow
1986
Sung Chi Kit
movieFor Your Heart Only
1985
Piggy Chan
movieCrazy Romance
1985
Leslie Cheung
movieBehind the Yellow Line
1984
Paul Chan
movieThe Intellectual Trio
1984
Inspector Chan Wing
movieLittle Dragon Maiden
1983
Yang Guo / Yang Kang
movieNomad
1982
Louis
movieEnergetic-21
1982
Ben Leung Man Bun
movieTeenage Dreamers
1982
Jackson Chen
movieEncore
1980
Gigo
Sound21
movieOkinawa Rendez-vous
2000
Theme Song Performance
movieThe Kid
1999
Theme Song Performance
movieWho's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
Theme Song Performance
movieThe Phantom Lover
1995
Theme Song Performance
movieHe's a Woman, She's a Man
1994
Theme Song Performance
movieThe Bride with White Hair
1993
Theme Song Performance
movieFarewell My Concubine
1993
Theme Song Performance
movieOnce a Thief
1991
Theme Song Performance
movieAces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
1989
Theme Song Performance
movieFatal Love
1988
Theme Song Performance
movieA Better Tomorrow II
1987
Theme Song Performance
movieA Chinese Ghost Story
1987
Theme Song Performance
movieA Better Tomorrow
1986
Theme Song Performance
movieFor Your Heart Only
1985
Theme Song Performance
movieBehind the Yellow Line
1984
Theme Song Performance
movieThe Drummer
1983
Theme Song Performance
movieNomad
1982
Theme Song Performance
Directing5
movieFrom Ashes to Ashes
2000
Director
movieLeft Right Love Destiny
1999
Director
movieWho's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996
Assistant Director
movieThe Phantom Lover
1995
Assistant Director
movieLeslie Cheung: Surprise
1985
Director
Writing4
Production1
movieThe Phantom Lover
1995
Producer