Leslie Cheung (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor, film director, record producer, and screenwriter. Cheung is considered one of the "founding fathers of Cantopop" by "combining a hugely successful film and music career." He rose to prominence as a teen heartthrob and pop icon of Hong Kong in the 1980s, with the turning point in his acting career coming in 1986 with his starring role in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow, which broke Hong Kong's box office record. In the following years Cheung was praised for his performances in films which found popularity with audiences worldwide, including A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Rouge (1987) and Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild (1991). Cheung won the 1991 Hong Kong Film Award (Days of Being Wild) and the 1994 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award (Ashes of Time) for best actor. He had also won the 1994 Japan Film Critics Society Award for best actor for his performance in Farewell My Concubine and ten other best actor nominations, five Golden Horse Awards, three Cannes Film Festival Awards, an Asia Pacific Film Festival Award, and a Venice Film Festival Award. Cheung's music and movies not only captured fans in Hong Kong but also other Asian countries including Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan and South Korea. He is the first foreign artist to hold 16 concerts in Japan that has yet to be broken and the record holder as the best-selling C-pop artist in Korea. Cheung was ranked as the favorite actor in the 100 years of Chinese cinema. In 2010, he was voted the third "Most Iconic Musician of All Time" (after Michael Jackson and The Beatles). CNN considered Cheung as the "Most Beautiful Man from Hong Kong Cinema" and one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time."
Movie | Miss You Much Leslie Concert | 2023-04-01 | |
Series | In Memory Of Leslie Cheung | 2023-03-18 | |
Movie | One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-02 |
Movie | TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會 | self | 2021-04-01 |
Movie | In Memory of Leslie Cheung | 2021-04-21 | |
Movie | Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema | Himself (archive footage) | 2018-10-08 |
Movie | Duckweed | (archive footage) | 2017-01-28 |
Movie | Inner Senses | Jim Law | 2002-03-28 |
Movie | Double Tap | Rick Y.H.Pang | 2000-05-27 |
Movie | From Ashes to Ashes | Lawrence | 2000-08-01 |
Movie | Okinawa Rendez-vous | Jimmy Tong | 2000-07-27 |
Movie | Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Moonlight Express | Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Left Right Love Destiny | 阿Sam | 1999-10-10 |
Movie | The Kid | Wing | 1999-10-14 |
Movie | Anna Magdalena | Editor | 1998-05-28 |
Movie | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Himself | 1998-06-04 |
Movie | Ninth Happiness | Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi | 1998-02-14 |
Movie | A Time to Remember | Jin | 1998-07-22 |
Movie | Knock Off | Mechanic [cameo] | 1998-09-04 |
Movie | All's Well, Ends Well '97 | Self | 1997-02-06 |
Movie | Happy Together | Ho Po-wing | 1997-05-30 |
Movie | Tri-Star | Chung Kwok-keung | 1996-02-15 |
Movie | Temptress Moon | Yu Zhongliang | 1996-05-09 |
Movie | Viva Erotica | Sing | 1996-11-28 |
Movie | Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? | Sam Koo Gai Ming | 1996-08-15 |
Movie | Shanghai Grand | Hui Man Keung | 1996-07-13 |
Movie | The Chinese Feast | Chiu Kong Sun | 1995-01-28 |
Movie | The Phantom Lover | Song Danping | 1995-07-22 |
Movie | He's a Woman, She's a Man | Sam Koo Gai Ming | 1994-07-23 |
Movie | Long and Winding Road | Lam Chiu-Wing | 1994-08-04 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Roberto | 1994-02-06 |
Movie | Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt | Himself | 1994-08-31 |
Movie | Ashes of Time | Ouyang Feng / Malicious West | 1994-09-17 |
Movie | All's Well End's Well, Too | David Copper Feel | 1993-01-20 |
Movie | Farewell My Concubine | Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | The Bride with White Hair | Cho Yi Hang | 1993-08-26 |
Movie | The Eagle Shooting Heroes | Huang Yaoshi | 1993-02-05 |
Movie | The Bride with White Hair 2 | Cho Yi Hang | 1993-12-22 |
Movie | All's Well, Ends Well | Shang So | 1992-01-25 |
Movie | Arrest the Restless | Teddy | 1992-05-14 |
Movie | Once a Thief | James / Jim | 1991-02-02 |
Movie | The Banquet | Little B-head | 1991-11-30 |
Movie | A Chinese Ghost Story II | Ning Choi San | 1990-07-13 |
Movie | Days of Being Wild | Yuddy | 1990-12-15 |
Movie | Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit | Brother Thief | 1989-01-28 |
Movie | Fatal Love | Chi Ken Wing | 1988-08-11 |
Movie | A Chinese Ghost Story | Ling Choi Sin | 1987-07-18 |
Movie | Rouge | Chan Chen-Pang | 1987-12-05 |
Movie | A Better Tomorrow II | Kit | 1987-12-17 |
Movie | Last Song in Paris | Louie | 1986-04-10 |
Movie | A Better Tomorrow | Kit | 1986-08-02 |
Series | The Fallen Family | 1985-03-04 | |
Movie | For Your Heart Only | Piggy Chan | 1985-09-07 |
Movie | Crazy Romance | Leslie Cheung | 1985-08-01 |
Series | Once Upon An Oridinary Girl | 1984-06-28 | |
Movie | Behind the Yellow Line | Paul Chan | 1984-10-03 |
Movie | The Intellectual Trio | Inspector Chan Wing | 1984-06-06 |
Movie | Double Decker | Eddie | 1984-12-07 |
Movie | Merry Christmas | John | 1984-12-12 |
Movie | First Time | 1983-05-12 | |
Movie | The Drummer | 1983-03-16 | |
Movie | Little Dragon Maiden | Yang Guo / Yang Kang | 1983-12-02 |
Movie | Teenage Dreamers | Jackson Chen | 1982-03-24 |
Movie | Energetic-21 | Ben Leung Man Bun | 1982-09-30 |
Movie | Nomad | Louis | 1982-11-25 |
Series | Tai Chi Master (II) | 1981-09-07 | |
Movie | On Trial | Wing | 1981-08-26 |
Series | Agency 24 | 1981-09-28 | |
Series | 浮生六劫 | 1980-02-04 | |
Series | Dynasty | 1980-06-16 | |
Movie | Encore | Gigo | 1980-10-02 |
Series | Dynasty (II) | 1980-10-06 | |
Series | The Spirit of the Sword | 方宝玉 | 1979-05-07 |
Movie | Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber | Jia Baoyu | 1978-01-19 |
Movie | 屋檐下之十五,十六 | 1978-04-01 | |
Series | Crocodile Tears | 1978-04-23 | |
Movie | Dog Bites Dog Bone | 1978-06-14 | |
Series | Hong Kong Tragedy | 1978-08-07 |