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."
Series | In Memory Of Leslie Cheung | 2023-03-18 | |
Movie | TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會 | self | 2021-04-01 |
Movie | One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-02 |
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 | Ashes of Time Redux | 欧阳锋 | 2009-03-26 |
Movie | Inner Senses | Jim Law | 2002-03-28 |
Movie | Double Tap | Rick Y.H.Pang | 2000-05-27 |
Movie | Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000 | 2000-09-08 | |
Movie | Okinawa Rendez-vous | Jimmy Tong | 2000-07-27 |
Movie | From Ashes to Ashes | Lawrence | 2000-08-01 |
Movie | Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Moonlight Express | Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo | 1999-04-01 |
Movie | The Kid | Wing / Daniel | 1999-10-14 |
Movie | Left Right Love Destiny | 阿Sam | 1999-10-10 |
Movie | Anna Magdalena | Editor | 1998-05-28 |
Movie | Ninth Happiness | Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi | 1998-02-14 |
Movie | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Self | 1998-06-04 |
Movie | A Time to Remember | Jin | 1998-07-22 |
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 | Shanghai Grand | Hui Man Keung | 1996-07-13 |
Movie | Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? | Sam Koo Gai Ming | 1996-08-15 |
Movie | The Chinese Feast | Chiu Kong Sun | 1995-01-28 |
Movie | The Phantom Lover | Song Danping | 1995-07-22 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Roberto | 1994-02-06 |
Movie | He's a Woman, She's a Man | Sam Koo Gai Ming | 1994-07-23 |
Movie | Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt | Himself | 1994-08-31 |
Movie | Ashes of Time | Ouyang Feng / Malicious West | 1994-09-17 |
Movie | Long and Winding Road | Lam Chiu-Wing | 1994-08-04 |
Movie | Farewell My Concubine | 程蝶衣/小豆子 | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | All's Well End's Well, Too | David Copper Feel | 1993-01-20 |
Movie | The Bride with White Hair 2 | Cho Yi Hang | 1993-12-22 |
Movie | The Bride with White Hair | Cho Yi Hang | 1993-08-26 |
Movie | The Eagle Shooting Heroes | Huang Yaoshi | 1993-02-05 |
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 | Sunset in Paris | 1989-06-14 | |
Movie | Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend | Unknown | 1989-04-01 |
Movie | Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit | Brother Thief | 1989-01-28 |
Series | Leslie Cheung Special '89 | Leslie | 1989-04-05 |
Movie | Fatal Love | Chi Ken Wing | 1988-08-11 |
Movie | A Chinese Ghost Story | Ling Choi Sin | 1987-07-18 |
Movie | A Better Tomorrow II | Kit | 1987-12-17 |
Movie | Rouge | Chan Chen-Pang | 1987-12-05 |
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 | Crazy Romance | Leslie Cheung | 1985-08-01 |
Movie | For Your Heart Only | Piggy Chan | 1985-09-07 |
Movie | The Intellectual Trio | Inspector Chan Wing | 1984-06-06 |
Series | Once Upon An Oridinary Girl | 1984-06-28 | |
Movie | Merry Christmas | John | 1984-12-12 |
Movie | Behind the Yellow Line | Paul Chan | 1984-10-03 |
Movie | Double Decker | Eddie | 1984-12-07 |
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 |
Series | 凹凸神探 | 1982-08-08 | |
Movie | Nomad | Louis | 1982-11-25 |
Movie | Energetic-21 | Ben Leung Man Bun | 1982-09-30 |
Series | 珠海枭雄 | 六少 | 1981-02-03 |
Series | Pairing | 大官 | 1981-08-03 |
Series | Tai Chi Master (II) | 1981-09-07 | |
Movie | On Trial | Wing | 1981-08-26 |
Series | Agency 24 | 1981-09-28 | |
Movie | 岁月河山之我家的女人 | 1980-04-20 | |
Series | Gone with the wind | 1980-02-04 | |
Series | Dynasty | 1980-06-16 | |
Series | Dynasty (II) | 1980-10-06 | |
Movie | Encore | Gigo | 1980-10-02 |
Series | Make a Wish | 1980-08-04 | |
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 | Hong Kong Tragedy | 1978-08-07 | |
Movie | Dog Bites Dog Bone | 1978-06-14 | |
Series | Crocodile Tears | 1978-04-23 |