Leslie Cheung

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 and became known for his flamboyant, often outrageous stage appearance. 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. His career was marked with both praise and criticism, with numerous public discussions focusing on his sexual orientation and androgynous persona. 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. Some, however, have speculated that his suicide was due to heartbreak, while others have claimed he had long been living with HIV and that AIDS had recently developed.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony, 1956-09-12

Died: 2003-04-01

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber	Jia Baoyu	33
2	1978	Teenagers		0
3	1978	Dog Bites Dog Bone		0
4	1980	岁月河山之我家的女人		0
5	1980	Encore	Gigo	40
6	1981	On Trial	Wing	50
7	1982	Teenage Dreamers	Jackson Chen	65
8	1982	Energetic-21	Ben Leung Man Bun	0
9	1982	Nomad	Louis	70
10	1983	The Drummer		50
11	1983	First Time		0
12	1983	Little Dragon Maiden	Yang Guo / Yang Kang	57
13	1983	Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983		0
14	1984	The Intellectual Trio	Inspector Chan Wing	43
15	1984	Behind the Yellow Line	Paul Chan	56
16	1984	Double Decker	Eddie	0
17	1984	Merry Christmas	John	64
18	1985	惊情		0
19	1985	Crazy Romance	Leslie Cheung	30
20	1985	For Your Heart Only	Piggy Chan	56
21	1986	Last Song in Paris	Louie	90
22	1986	A Better Tomorrow	Sung Chi Kit	74
23	1986	張國榮86濃情演唱會		100
24	1987	A Chinese Ghost Story	Ling Choi-san	73
25	1987	Rouge	Chan Chen-Pang	73
26	1987	A Better Tomorrow II	Sung Chi Kit	70
27	1988	張國榮’88演唱會	自己	100
28	1988	Fatal Love	Chi Ken Wing	60
29	1989	Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit	Brother Thief	51
30	1989	Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend	自己	80
31	1989	Sunset in Paris	Leslie	70
32	1990	A Chinese Ghost Story II	Ling Choi-san	67
33	1990	Days of Being Wild	Yuddy	73
34	1991	Once a Thief	James / Jim	67
35	1991	The Banquet	Little B-head	52
36	1992	All's Well, Ends Well	Shang So	69
37	1992	Arrest the Restless	Teddy	60
38	1993	Farewell My Concubine	Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi	79
39	1993	All's Well End's Well, Too	David Copper Feel	55
40	1993	The Eagle Shooting Heroes	Huang Yaoshi	71
41	1993	The Bride with White Hair	Cho Yi Hang	64
42	1993	The Bride with White Hair 2	Cho Yi Hang	57
43	1994	It's a Wonderful Life	Roberto	56
44	1994	He's a Woman, She's a Man	Sam Koo Gai Ming	70
45	1994	Long and Winding Road	Lam Chiu-Wing	58
46	1994	Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt	Himself	0
47	1994	Ashes of Time	Ouyang Feng / Malicious West	71
48	1995	The Chinese Feast	Chiu Kong Sun	64
49	1995	The Phantom Lover	Song Danping	55
50	1996	Tri-Star	Chung Kwok Keung	52
51	1996	Temptress Moon	Yu Zhongliang	68
52	1996	Shanghai Grand	Hui Man Keung	60
53	1996	Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?	Sam Koo Gai Ming	57
54	1996	Viva Erotica	Sing	66
55	1997	張國榮跨越97演唱會		0
56	1997	All's Well, Ends Well '97	Self	62
57	1997	Happy Together	Ho Po-wing	76
58	1998	Ninth Happiness	Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi	55
59	1998	Anna Magdalena	Editor	67
60	1998	Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema	Self	54
61	1998	A Time to Remember	Jin	47
62	1999	Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'	Self	71
63	1999	Moonlight Express	Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo	67
64	1999	Left Right Love Destiny	阿Sam	0
65	1999	The Kid	Wing / Daniel	70
66	2000	Double Tap	Rick Y.H.Pang	63
67	2000	Okinawa Rendez-vous	Jimmy Tong	60
68	2000	From Ashes to Ashes	Lawrence	70
69	2000	Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000		80
70	2001	熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke		0
71	2002	Inner Senses	Jim Law	58
72	2009	Ashes of Time : Redux	欧阳锋	80
73	2021	TME Live「想你張國榮」線上音樂會	self	0
74	2021	One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart	Self (archive footage)	71

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Crocodile Tears		0
2	1978	Hong Kong Tragedy		0
3	1979	The Spirit of the Sword	方宝玉	0
4	1980	Gone with the wind		0
5	1980	Dynasty		0
6	1980	Make a Wish		0
7	1980	Dynasty (II)		0
8	1981	珠海枭雄	六少	0
9	1981	Pairing	大官	0
10	1981	Tai Chi Master (II)		0
11	1981	Agency 24		0
12	1982	凹凸神探‎		0
13	1984	Once Upon An Oridinary Girl		0
14	1985	The Fallen Family		0
15	1988	梅艷芳特輯之夢裡風情		0
16	1989	Celebrity Talk Show	张国荣	90
17	1989	Leslie Cheung Special '89	Leslie	0
18	1997	星空下的傾情		0
19	2023	In Memory Of Leslie Cheung		0

Leslie Cheung

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