Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai was born on June 27, 1962 in Hong Kong. He is a award winning Hong Kong movie and TV actor.
After completing his studies, Tony Leung worked under contract to the television channel TVB. He began by hosting a children's program, then attained popularity by appearing on several television series.
Following these career beginnings, Tony appeared in a series of "auteur" films which soon earned him a reputation as an extremely versatile actor. Working for several of East Asia's greatest filmmakers, he has turned in outstanding performances.
It is with Wong Kar-wai that Tony has enjoyed his strongest, most durable collaboration, having appeared in five of the writer/director's seven features. Following a cameo appearance in Days of Being Wild (1991), portrayals for Wong have been a wandering knight gradually going blind; a solitary policeman in love - Chungking Express (1994), for which he received the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards); and a homosexual facing exile and a painful separation. For his performance in In the Mood for Love, Tony received the Best Actor award at the Cannes International Film Festival. Tony has begun work on Wong Kar-wai's next film, 2046.
His other notable films include John Woo's classics Bullet in the Head (1990) and Hard-Boiled (1992); Stanley Kwan Kam-pang's Love Unto Waste (1986); Derek Yee Tung-shing's The Lunatics (1986); Ching Siu-tung's A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991); Tran Anh-hung's Cyclo (1995); Patrick Yau Tat-chi's The Longest Nite (1998); and Hou Hsiao-hsien's City of Sadness (1989) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998).
In addition to his acting career, Tony is a very popular recording artist.
Filmography
- Red Cliff (2008)
- Ashes of Time Redux (2008)
- Se, jie (2007)
- Seung sing (2006)
- Han cheng gong lüe (2005)
- Xin jing cha gu shi (2004)
- 2046 (2004)
- Dei gwong tit (2003)
- Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan (2003)
- Hung wun chiu yun (2003)
- Mou gaan dou (2002)
- Ying xiong (2002)
- Tian xia wu shuang (2002)
- Yau ching yam shui baau (2001)
- Hap gwat yan sam (2001)
- Tung gui mat yau (2001)
- Fa yeung nin wa (2000)
- Dong jing gong lüe (2000)
- Boh lee chun (1999)
- Mooi tin oi lei 8 siu shut (1998)
- Hai shang hua (1998)
- Chiu si hung yiu oi (1998)
- Hei yu duan chang ge zhi (Qi zheng shu rou) (1998)
- Um fa (1998)
- Zui jia pai dang zhi: Zui jie pai dang (1997)
- Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
- Tou tou ai ni (1996)
- Xong xing zi: Zhi jiang hu da feng bao (1996)
- Xich lo (1995)
- Jiu shi shen gun (1995)
- Liu mang yi sheng (1995)
- Ming yat tin aai (1995)
- Dung che sai duk (1994)
- Chung Hing sam lam (1994)
- Dang chuek lei wooi loi (1994)
- Shen long du sheng zhi qi kai de sheng (1994)
- San lau sing woo dip gim (1993)
- Feng chen san xia (1993)
- Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau (1993)
- Wei Xiao Bao zhi feng zhi gou nu (1993)
- Xin nan xiong nan di (1993)
- Xin xian he shen zhen (1993)
- Yi yu zhi mo lu ying xiong (1993)
- Ge ge de qing ren (1992)
- Ya Fei yu Ya Ji (1992)
- Ti dao bao (1992)
- Lat sau san taam (1992)
- Fan dou ma liu (1992)
- Haomen yeyan (1991)
- Sien lui yau wan III: Do do do (1991)
- Wu hu jiang zhi jue lie (Jin pai wu hu jiang) (1991)
- Qian wang 1991 (1991)
- Mo hua qing (1991)
- Sha Tan-Zi yu Zhou Shih-Nai (1991)
- A Fei zheng chuan (1991)
- Zhong Huan ying xiong (1991)
- Die xue jie tou (1990)
- Bei qing cheng shi (1989)
- Sha shou hu die meng (1989)
- Liang ge you qi jiang (1989)
- Zhong yi qun ying (1989)
- "San jaat si hing - 88" (1988) TV series
- Tie jia wu di Ma Li A (1988)
- Kai xin kuai huo ren (1987)
- "The Seasons" (1987) TV mini-series
- Yan man ying hung (1987)
- "Yi tian tu long ji" (1986) TV series
- Dei ha ching (1986)
- Din lo jing juen (1986)
- "Yang ka cheung" (1986) TV series
- Hua xin hong xing (1985)
- Qing chun chai guan (1985)
- "San jaat si hing - juk jaap" (1985) TV series
- "San jaat si hing" (1984) TV series
- "Luk ding gei" (1984) TV series
- "But dou san hung" (1983) TV series
- "Joi geen sup gao sui" (1983) TV series
- Feng kuang ba san (1983)
- "Heung sing long ji" (1982) TV series
- Forced Vengeance (1982)
- "Wut lik sap jat" (1982) TV series
Awards
- Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor "In the Mood for Love" 2001
- Cannes Film Festival Award Best Actor "In the Mood for Love" 2000
- Golden Horse Award Best Actor "In the Mood for Love" 2000
- Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor "Happy Together" 1997
- Golden Horse Award Best Actor "Chungking Express" 1994
- Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor "Chungking Express" 1994
- Hong Kong Film Award Best Supporting Actor "My Heart Is That Eternal Rose" 1989
- Hong Kong Film Award Best Supporting Actor "People's Hero" 1987
