Cast

Leslie Cheung

Acting

Cast

Leslie Cheung

Known for

Acting

Born

1956-09-12

From

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Died

2003-04-01

Also known as Zhāng Guóróng, Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , Cheung Kwok-Wing

Biography

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.

Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung

Biography

Farewell My Concubine

Viva Erotica

A Chinese Ghost Story

A Better Tomorrow

Happy Together

Days of Being Wild

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

Rouge

Once a Thief

A Better Tomorrow II

The Chinese Feast

A Chinese Ghost Story II

All's Well, End's Well '97

The Banquet

All's Well, Ends Well

Ashes of Time

Shanghai Grand

Nomad

The Bride with White Hair

Double Tap

Temptress Moon

Tri-Star

Anna Magdalena

Moonlight Express

Behind the Yellow Line

He's a Woman, She's a Man

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?

All's Well End's Well, Too

Little Dragon Maiden

Ashes of Time Redux

Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber

For Your Heart Only

Inner Senses

Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit

Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'

Ninth Happiness

The Bride with White Hair 2

Okinawa Rendez-vous

The Phantom Lover

It's a Wonderful Life

Arrest the Restless

Fatal Love

Crazy Romance

Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000

Left Right Love Destiny

First Time

On Trial

Teenage Dreamers

The Kid

Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend

Merry Christmas

張國榮86濃情演唱會

Teenagers

張國榮跨越97演唱會

Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt

Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983

Sunset in Paris

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Last Song in Paris

熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke

Encore

The Intellectual Trio

岛的故事之大屿山沙之城

Energetic-21

From Ashes to Ashes

A Time to Remember

Dog Bites Dog Bone

Double Decker

TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會

Long and Winding Road

張國榮’88演唱會

Leslie Cheung: Surprise

The Drummer

Heritage: The Young Concubine

TME Live「想你張國榮」線上音樂會