Leslie Cheung
- Acting
- September 12, 1956 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
- April 1, 2003
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.
Known for
Filmography
- In Memory Of Leslie Cheung
- One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart · Self
- TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會 · Self
- Ashes of Time Redux · 欧阳锋
- Inner Senses · Jim Law
- 熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke
- Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000
- From Ashes to Ashes · Lawrence, Writer
- Okinawa Rendez-vous · Jimmy Tong, Theme Song Performance
- Double Tap · Rick Y.H.Pang
- The Kid · Wing / Daniel, Theme Song Performance
- Left Right Love Destiny · 阿Sam, Director
- Moonlight Express · Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
- Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' · Self
- A Time to Remember · Jin
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · Self
- Anna Magdalena · Editor
- Ninth Happiness · Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi
- Happy Together · Ho Po-wing
- 星空下的傾情
- All's Well, End's Well '97 · Self
- 張國榮跨越97演唱會
- Viva Erotica · Sing
- Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? · Sam Koo Gai Ming, Theme Song Performance
- Shanghai Grand · Hui Man Keung
- Temptress Moon · Yu Zhongliang
- Tri-Star · Chung Kwok Keung
- The Phantom Lover · Song Danping, Theme Song Performance
- The Chinese Feast · Chiu Kong Sun
- Ashes of Time · Ouyang Feng / Western Venom
- Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt · Self
- Long and Winding Road · Lam Chiu-Wing
- He's a Woman, She's a Man · Sam Koo Gai Ming, Writer
- It's a Wonderful Life · Roberto
- The Bride with White Hair 2 · Cho Yi Hang
- The Bride with White Hair · Cho Yi Hang, Theme Song Performance
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes · Huang Yaoshi
- All's Well End's Well, Too · David Copper Feel
- Farewell My Concubine · Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi, Theme Song Performance
- Girls Without Tomorrow · Songs
- Arrest the Restless · Teddy
- All's Well, Ends Well · Shang So
- The Banquet · Little B-head
- Once a Thief · James / Jim, Theme Song Performance
- Days of Being Wild · Yuddy
- A Chinese Ghost Story II · Ling Choi-san
- Sunset in Paris · Leslie
- Leslie Cheung Special '89 · Leslie
- Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend · 自己
- Celebrity Talk Show · 张国荣
- Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit · Brother Thief, Theme Song Performance
- Fatal Love · Chi Ken Wing, Theme Song Performance
- 張國榮’88演唱會 · 自己
- 梅艷芳特輯之夢裡風情
- The Other ½ & the Other ½ · Songs
- A Better Tomorrow II · Sung Chi Kit, Theme Song Performance
- Rouge · Chan Chen-Pang
- A Chinese Ghost Story · Ling Choi-san, Theme Song Performance
- 張國榮86濃情演唱會
- A Better Tomorrow · Sung Chi Kit, Theme Song Performance
- Last Song in Paris · Louie
- For Your Heart Only · Piggy Chan, Theme Song Performance
- Crazy Romance · Leslie Cheung
- Leslie Cheung: Surprise · Writer, Director
- The Fallen Family · 方浩天
- Merry Christmas · John
- Double Decker · Eddie
- Behind the Yellow Line · Paul Chan, Theme Song Performance
- Double Trouble · Songs
- Once Upon An Oridinary Girl
- The Intellectual Trio · Inspector Chan Wing
- Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983
- Little Dragon Maiden · Yang Guo / Yang Kang
- First Time
- On the Wrong Track · Songs
- The Drummer · Theme Song Performance
- Nomad · Louis, Theme Song Performance
- Energetic-21 · Ben Leung Man Bun
- 凹凸神探
- Teenage Dreamers · Jackson Chen