Leslie Cheung

Known for ActingBorn 1956-09-12Died 2003-04-01Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

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.Read more

Movies & web series

張國榮跨越97演唱會

Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt

張國榮’88演唱會

張國榮86濃情演唱會

First Time

Celebrity Talk Show

Last Song in Paris

Energetic-21

The Other ½ & the Other ½

Ashes of Time Redux

Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000

Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend

Farewell My Concubine

Crocodile Tears

Happy Together

The Kid

Rouge

A Better Tomorrow

A Chinese Ghost Story

Days of Being Wild

Teenage Dreamers

Girls Without Tomorrow

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

All's Well, Ends Well

Ashes of Time

From Ashes to Ashes

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

A Better Tomorrow II

He's a Woman, She's a Man

Sunset in Paris

Double Decker

On the Wrong Track

Once a Thief

Moonlight Express

Viva Erotica

Nomad

A Chinese Ghost Story II

Temptress Moon

Merry Christmas

The Chinese Feast

Double Tap

Anna Magdalena

The Bride with White Hair

Arrest the Restless

Crazy Romance

Double Trouble

All's Well, End's Well '97

Okinawa Rendez-vous