Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/12/1956
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Also Known As
Zhāng GuóróngLeslie Cheung Kwok-Wing Cheung Kwok-Wing
Leslie Cheung
Biography
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...
Known For
A Chinese Ghost Story II
as Ling Choi-san
A Better Tomorrow
as Sung Chi Kit
Farewell My Concubine
as Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
Viva Erotica
as Sing
A Chinese Ghost Story
as Ling Choi-san
A Better Tomorrow II
as Sung Chi Kit
Once a Thief
as James / Jim
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
as Sam Koo Gai Ming
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
as Huang Yaoshi
All's Well, Ends Well '97
as Self
The Chinese Feast
as Chiu Kong Sun
Ashes of Time
as Ouyang Feng / Malicious West
For Your Heart Only
as Piggy Chan
Rouge
as Chan Chen-Pang
The Bride with White Hair 2
as Cho Yi Hang
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
as Brother Thief
Tri-Star
as Chung Kwok Keung
Nomad
as Louis
Double Tap
as Rick Y.H.Pang
The Banquet
as Little B-head