Leslie Cheung
Actor
Born September 12, 1956 in Hong 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.
Filmography
In Memory Of Leslie Cheung
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
Okinawa Rendez-vous
Jimmy Tong
Double Tap
Rick Y.H.Pang
The Kid
Wing / Daniel
Left Right Love Destiny
阿Sam
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
Shanghai Grand
Hui Man Keung
Temptress Moon
Yu Zhongliang
Tri-Star
Chung Kwok Keung
The Phantom Lover
Song Danping
The Chinese Feast
Chiu Kong Sun
Ashes of Time
Ouyang Feng / Western Venom
Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
Himself
Long and Winding Road
Lam Chiu-Wing
He's a Woman, She's a Man
Sam Koo Gai Ming
It's a Wonderful Life
Roberto
The Bride with White Hair 2
Cho Yi Hang
The Bride with White Hair
Cho Yi Hang
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Huang Yaoshi
All's Well End's Well, Too
David Copper Feel
Farewell My Concubine
Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
Girls Without Tomorrow
Arrest the Restless
Teddy
All's Well, Ends Well
Shang So
The Banquet
Little B-head
Once a Thief
James / Jim
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
Fatal Love
Chi Ken Wing
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
A Better Tomorrow II
Sung Chi Kit
Rouge
Chan Chen-Pang
A Chinese Ghost Story
Ling Choi-san
張國榮86濃情演唱會
A Better Tomorrow
Sung Chi Kit
Last Song in Paris
Louie
For Your Heart Only
Piggy Chan
Crazy Romance
Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung: Surprise
The Fallen Family
方浩天
Merry Christmas
John
Double Decker
Eddie
Behind the Yellow Line
Paul Chan
Double Trouble
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
The Drummer
Nomad
Louis
Energetic-21
Ben Leung Man Bun
凹凸神探
Teenage Dreamers
Jackson Chen
Agency 24
Tai Chi Master (II)
On Trial
Wing
Pairing
大官
珠海枭雄
六少
岛的故事之大屿山沙之城
Dynasty (II)
Encore
Gigo
Make a Wish
Dynasty
Heritage: The Young Concubine
Gone with the wind
The Spirit of the Sword
方宝玉
Hong Kong Tragedy
Dog Bites Dog Bone
Crocodile Tears
Teenagers
Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Baoyu