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Leslie Cheung

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Geboren
12. September 1956 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Gestorben
1. April 2003

Biografie

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.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Happy Together
Happy Together
Film · 1997 · ★ 7,6
Poster zu Lebewohl, meine Konkubine
Lebewohl, meine Konkubine
Film · 1993 · ★ 8,0
Poster zu City Wolf
City Wolf
Film · 1986 · ★ 7,4
Poster zu Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild
Film · 1990 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu Die verlorene Zeit
Die verlorene Zeit
Film · 1994 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu A Chinese Ghost Story
A Chinese Ghost Story
Film · 1987 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu City Wolf II - Abrechnung auf Raten
City Wolf II - Abrechnung auf Raten
Film · 1987 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Killer Target
Killer Target
Film · 1991 · ★ 6,9
Poster zu A Chinese Ghost Story 2
A Chinese Ghost Story 2
Film · 1990 · ★ 6,8
Poster zu 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就
射鵰英雄傳之東成西就
Film · 1993 · ★ 7,1
Poster zu Das unbesiegbare Schwert
Das unbesiegbare Schwert
Film · 1993 · ★ 6,5
Poster zu 家有囍事
家有囍事
Film · 1992 · ★ 7,1

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