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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 “sh…
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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.
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Leslie Cheung's Filmography
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One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
as Self (archive footage)
TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會
as self
Ashes of Time Redux
as 欧阳锋
Inner Senses
as Jim Law
熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000
From Ashes to Ashes
as Lawrence
Okinawa Rendez-vous
as Jimmy Tong
Double Tap
as Rick Y.H.Pang
The Kid
as Wing / Daniel
Left Right Love Destiny
as 阿Sam
Moonlight Express
as Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
as Self
A Time to Remember
as Jin
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
Anna Magdalena
as Editor
Ninth Happiness
as Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi
Happy Together
as Ho Po-wing
All's Well, End's Well '97
as Self
張國榮跨越97演唱會
Viva Erotica
as Sing
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
as Sam Koo Gai Ming
Shanghai Grand
as Hui Man Keung
Temptress Moon
as Yu Zhongliang
Tri-Star
as Chung Kwok Keung
The Phantom Lover
as Song Danping
The Chinese Feast
as Chiu Kong Sun
Ashes of Time
as Ouyang Feng / Western Venom
Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
as Himself
Long and Winding Road
as Lam Chiu-Wing
He's a Woman, She's a Man
as Sam Koo Gai Ming
It's a Wonderful Life
as Roberto
The Bride with White Hair 2
as Cho Yi Hang
The Bride with White Hair
as Cho Yi Hang
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
as Huang Yaoshi
All's Well End's Well, Too
as David Copper Feel
Farewell My Concubine
as Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
Arrest the Restless
as Teddy
All's Well, Ends Well
as Shang So
The Banquet
as Little B-head
Once a Thief
as James / Jim
Days of Being Wild
as Yuddy
A Chinese Ghost Story II
as Ling Choi-san
Sunset in Paris
as Leslie
Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend
as 自己
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
as Brother Thief
Fatal Love
as Chi Ken Wing
張國榮’88演唱會
as 自己
A Better Tomorrow II
as Sung Chi Kit
Rouge
as Chan Chen-Pang
A Chinese Ghost Story
as Ling Choi-san
張國榮86濃情演唱會
A Better Tomorrow
as Sung Chi Kit
Last Song in Paris
as Louie
For Your Heart Only
as Piggy Chan
Crazy Romance
as Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung: Surprise
Merry Christmas
as John
Double Decker
as Eddie
Behind the Yellow Line
as Paul Chan
The Intellectual Trio
as Inspector Chan Wing
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983
Little Dragon Maiden
as Yang Guo / Yang Kang
First Time
The Drummer
Nomad
as Louis
Energetic-21
as Ben Leung Man Bun
Teenage Dreamers
as Jackson Chen
On Trial
as Wing
岛的故事之大屿山沙之城
Encore
as Gigo
Heritage: The Young Concubine
Dog Bites Dog Bone
Teenagers
Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber
as Jia Baoyu
