Birthday: 1956-09-12
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
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 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.
Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for ...
View Movie
Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing b...
View Movie
A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted tem...
View Movie
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his...
View Movie
For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that...
View Movie
In this installment of a phenomenal saga of the super natural, four young people are caught in a tug...
View Movie
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert sw...
View Movie
Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves ...
View Movie
On the eve of her wedding, Hitomi loses her fiance Tatsuya to a car accident. She travels to Hong Ko...
View Movie
Jimmy Tong is an expert blackmailer and thief who specialises in white-collar crimes. With his side-...
View Movie
Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers bu...
View Movie
Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates ...
View Movie
Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family livin...
View Movie
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a frien...
View Movie
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after di...
View Movie
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begin...
View Movie
The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Ta...
View Movie
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy...
View Movie
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span ne...
View Movie
A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, sl...
View Movie
Hui Man Keung is washed up on a beach near Shanghai. He is taken in by Ding Lik, a kindly beggar who...
View Movie
Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chin...
View Movie
This is the story of Yan, a young woman haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead p...
View Movie
In this sequel to Yesterday You, Yesterday Me, Bobby looks back on his youthful dreams -- the joys o...
View Movie
A priest hears a prostitute's confession, a tale which has a 200,000 HK$ debt as its centerpiece. Th...
View Movie
Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who tinkers with his pistols to perfect his tec...
View Movie
Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her ...
View Movie
Sing's last two films were flops, but he is given the helm on a Category III sex film and has to cop...
View Movie
Music producer Sam and his cross-dressing protege Wing have finally professed their love for another...
View Movie
Four carefree lovers in Hong Kong enjoy their youth while danger looms on the edges....
View Movie
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film arg...
View Movie
The story takes place in the New Territories in the 1920s. Leslie Cheung is a student who returns to...
View Movie
The story of "Sunset Paris" tells that Leslie Cheung, who plays Leslie, and Maggie Cheung, who plays...
View Movie
A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage...
View Movie
In this sentimental family drama, a talented young boy is encouraged to pursue a singing career by h...
View Movie
Married boss Paul falls for his employee named Monica after running into her in a subway station and...
View Movie
When Maise's husband walks out on her, she leaves her baby son in a luxury yacht, hoping that he'll ...
View Movie
In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the gr...
View Movie
Leslie Cheung picks up a girl while driving his car in a remote location and offers her a ride back ...
View Movie
Chow Tung is a licentious man who was arranged to get married along with his ugly sister Gut to part...
View Movie
Disco jockey Piggy Chan, mechanic Sapi and cousin Hayden are good friends. They three form a trio-Lo...
View Movie
A making of documentary for Happy Together. Includes interviews, on-set footage, cut scenes and foot...
View Movie
Joyce Ni (Esprit D'Amour) and Sandy Lam play two sisters who pick pockets for a living, and manage t...
View Movie
Two different men each find their true meanings in life. Leslie and Tony, two lower middle-class bac...
View Movie
Tommy Chen (Leslie Cheung) wants to become a professional drummer. Because of his loud practice ses...
View Movie
This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and Chin...
View Movie
This medium length feature was produced by the HK TV station RTHK and the Government of HK within th...
View Movie
Chou Hsiu-Lan plays Ting-Ting, a teenage girl who's starting to get interested in love and romance. ...
View Movie
Hung is a street-wise smart aleck and Mak is his dumb sidekick. They are partners, mostly in unlawfu...
View Movie
Chan Chuen directed this story about the many problems besetting Hong Kong youth when they reach tha...
View Movie
Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crook...
View Movie
Choi Hung village is full of innocents: people sing and work. The town beauty, Chi Wan, sees a stran...
View Movie
Danny Chan stars as a rich kid, Po, who excels in music. Without the support of his father, who thin...
View Movie
Louie (Leslie Cheung), a spoiled pop star, has a one-night stand with beautiful dancer, Anita (Anita...
View Movie
The film depicts the youthful troubles of three young couples in Hong Kong in a remarkably down-to-e...
View Movie
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer...
View Movie
Two young men fall for the woman staying upstairs when she practises J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna ...
View Movie
Cheung's last concert tour was the Passion Tour, which took place in Hong Kong and overseas from 200...
View Movie
An original piece of Asian erotica comparable to the Euro softcore classics, Story of O, Emanuelle, ...
View Movie
After announcing his retirement from music, Leslie Cheung performs his “farewell tour”, which ran fo...
View Movie
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983 show...
View Movie
Four college students came to Lantau to climb. They stayed in a temple in the mountains at night. Un...
View Movie