Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Acting
Born June 27, 1962 · Hong Kong, China
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉, born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is considered one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognised actors and was named as "Small Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. He has won many international acting prizes, including the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor for his performance in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love. Leung is widely considered the best native Hong Kong actor of his generation. He was named by CNN as one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time". Leung is known for his collaborations with director Wong Kar-wai, with whom he has worked in seven films including Chungking Express (1994), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), and The Grandmaster (2013). He also appeared in three Venice Film Festival Golden Lion-winning films, including A City of Sadness (1989), Cyclo (1995) and Lust, Caution (2007), directed by Ang Lee. Leung also stars in the Academy Award-nominated film Hero, and the box office hits Hard Boiled (1992) and Infernal Affairs (2002). Leung was cast as the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Leung has a comprehensive set of awards that he has won in a career that began in the 1980s. For In the Mood for Love, Leung earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He is also a six-time winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards and three-time winner at the Golden Horse Film Awards, holding the record for most awards in the Best Actor category. The 2002 book East Asian Film Stars describes Leung as "undoubtedly one of the most successful and widely-acclaimed Hong Kong actors of his generation, with a broad and diverse filmography."
Films (106)
Silent Friend
2026
Fox Hunt
2025
In the Mood for Love 2001
2025
The Goldfinger
2023
Don't Mind Me
2023
Cool With You
2023
人生半山腰
2023
Where the Wind Blows
2023
Hidden Blade
2023
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
Europe Raiders
2018
Monster Hunt 2
2018
See You Tomorrow
2016
Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
2016
The Nameless
2015
继续宠爱·十年·音乐会
2013
The Grandmaster
2013
The Road to "The Grandmaster"
2012
On the road of Master
2012
The Silent War
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
The Great Magician
2011
The Founding of a Republic
2009
Red Cliff II
2009
Red Cliff
2008
Ashes of Time Redux
2008
Lust, Caution
2007
The Making of Hard Boiled
2007
Confession of Pain
2006
Seoul Raiders
2005
Infernal Affairs Trilogy
2004
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
2004
2046
2004
Super Model
2004
Sound of Colors
2003
Infernal Affairs III
2003
1:99 Shorts
2003
My Lucky Star
2003
Hero
2002
Infernal Affairs
2002
Chinese Odyssey 2002
2002
@ in the mood for love
2001
Love Me, Love My Money
2001
Fighting for Love
2001
In the Mood for Love
2000
Healing Hearts
2000
Tokyo Raiders
2000
Gorgeous
1999
Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999
Flowers of Shanghai
1998
Your Place or Mine!
1998
Timeless Romance
1998
The Longest Nite
1998
Chinese Midnight Express
1997
97 Aces Go Places
1997
Happy Together
1997
War of the Underworld
1996
Blind Romance
1996
Cyclo
1995
Heaven Can't Wait
1995
Doctor Mack
1995
Ashes of Time
1994
The Returning
1994
Chungking Express
1994
Always Be the Winners
1994
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993
Two of a Kind
1993
End of the Road
1993
The Magic Crane
1993
Hero - Beyond the Boundary of Time
1993
Come Fly the Dragon
1993
Tom, Dick and Hairy
1993
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Butterfly and Sword
1993
Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
1992
Three Summers
1992
The Days of Being Dumb
1992
Lucky Encounter
1992
Hard Boiled
1992
The Banquet
1991
A Chinese Ghost Story III
1991
The Tigers
1991
The Great Pretenders
1991
Fantasy Romance
1991
Don't Fool Me
1991
The Royal Scoundrel
1991
Days of Being Wild
1990
Bullet in the Head
1990
A City of Sadness
1989
Seven Warriors
1989
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
1989
Two Painters
1989
I Love Maria
1988
People's Hero
1987
Happy Go Lucky
1987
Love Unto Wastes
1986
The Lunatics
1986
Young Cops
1985
Fascinating Affairs
1985
The Temptation
1984
Mad, Mad 83
1983
Linqi：Decision
1983
經理後生
1983
Crossroads - Strayed
1983
Forced Vengeance
1982
孤獨狀元
1982