Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing
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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Movies (81)
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021 · Self (archive footage)
TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會
2021 · self
Ashes of Time Redux
2008 · 欧阳锋
Inner Senses
2002 · Jim Law
熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke
2001
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000
2000
From Ashes to Ashes
2000 · Lawrence, Writer, Director, Story
Okinawa Rendez-vous
2000 · Jimmy Tong, Theme Song Performance
Double Tap
2000 · Rick Y.H.Pang
The Kid
1999 · Wing / Daniel, Theme Song Performance
Left Right Love Destiny
1999 · 阿Sam, Director, Writer
Moonlight Express
1999 · Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999 · Self
A Time to Remember
1998 · Jin
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998 · Self
Anna Magdalena
1998 · Editor
Ninth Happiness
1998 · Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi
Happy Together
1997 · Ho Po-wing
All's Well, End's Well '97
1997 · Self
張國榮跨越97演唱會
1997
Viva Erotica
1996 · Sing
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996 · Sam Koo Gai Ming, Theme Song Performance, Assistant Director
Shanghai Grand
1996 · Hui Man Keung
Temptress Moon
1996 · Yu Zhongliang
Tri-Star
1996 · Chung Kwok Keung
The Phantom Lover
1995 · Song Danping, Theme Song Performance, Producer, Assistant Director
The Chinese Feast
1995 · Chiu Kong Sun
Ashes of Time
1994 · Ouyang Feng / Western Venom
Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
1994 · Himself
Long and Winding Road
1994 · Lam Chiu-Wing
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994 · Sam Koo Gai Ming, Writer, Theme Song Performance
It's a Wonderful Life
1994 · Roberto
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993 · Cho Yi Hang
The Bride with White Hair
1993 · Cho Yi Hang, Theme Song Performance
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993 · Huang Yaoshi
All's Well End's Well, Too
1993 · David Copper Feel
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi, Theme Song Performance
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992 · Songs
Arrest the Restless
1992 · Teddy
All's Well, Ends Well
1992 · Shang So
The Banquet
1991 · Little B-head
Once a Thief
1991 · James / Jim, Theme Song Performance
Days of Being Wild
1990 · Yuddy
A Chinese Ghost Story II
1990 · Ling Choi-san
Sunset in Paris
1989 · Leslie
Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend
1989 · 自己
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
1989 · Brother Thief, Theme Song Performance
Fatal Love
1988 · Chi Ken Wing, Theme Song Performance
張國榮’88演唱會
1988 · 自己
The Other ½ & the Other ½
1988 · Songs
A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · Sung Chi Kit, Theme Song Performance
Rouge
1987 · Chan Chen-Pang
A Chinese Ghost Story
1987 · Ling Choi-san, Theme Song Performance
張國榮86濃情演唱會
1986
A Better Tomorrow
1986 · Sung Chi Kit, Theme Song Performance
Last Song in Paris
1986 · Louie
For Your Heart Only
1985 · Piggy Chan, Theme Song Performance
Crazy Romance
1985 · Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung: Surprise
1985 · Writer, Director
Merry Christmas
1984 · John
Double Decker
1984 · Eddie
Behind the Yellow Line
1984 · Paul Chan, Theme Song Performance
Double Trouble
1984 · Songs
The Intellectual Trio
1984 · Inspector Chan Wing
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983
1983
Little Dragon Maiden
1983 · Yang Guo / Yang Kang
First Time
1983
On the Wrong Track
1983 · Songs
The Drummer
1983 · Theme Song Performance
Nomad
1982 · Louis, Theme Song Performance
Energetic-21
1982 · Ben Leung Man Bun
Teenage Dreamers
1982 · Jackson Chen
On Trial
1981 · Wing
岛的故事之大屿山沙之城
1981
Encore
1980 · Gigo
Heritage: The Young Concubine
1980
Dog Bites Dog Bone
1978
Teenagers
1978
Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber
1978 · Jia Baoyu
屋檐下：死结
The Making of Farewell My Concubine
· Self
TV shows (19)
In Memory Of Leslie Cheung
2023
星空下的傾情
1997
Leslie Cheung Special '89
1989 · Leslie
Celebrity Talk Show
1989 · 张国荣
梅艷芳特輯之夢裡風情
1988
The Fallen Family
1985 · 方浩天
Once Upon An Oridinary Girl
1984
凹凸神探
1982
Agency 24
1981
Tai Chi Master (II)
1981
Pairing
1981 · 大官
珠海枭雄
1981 · 六少
Dynasty (II)
1980
Make a Wish
1980
Dynasty
1980
Gone with the wind
1980
The Spirit of the Sword
1978 · 方宝玉
Hong Kong Tragedy
1978
Crocodile Tears
1978