
Acting
Born September 12, 1956 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
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.

TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會
2021

Ashes of Time Redux
2008

Inner Senses
2002

熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke
2001

Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000
2000

From Ashes to Ashes
2000

Okinawa Rendez-vous
2000

Double Tap
2000

The Kid
1999

Left Right Love Destiny
1999

Moonlight Express
1999

Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999

A Time to Remember
1998

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998

Anna Magdalena
1998

Ninth Happiness
1998

Happy Together
1997

All's Well, End's Well '97
1997

張國榮跨越97演唱會
1997

Viva Erotica
1996

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996

Shanghai Grand
1996

Temptress Moon
1996

Tri-Star
1996

The Phantom Lover
1995

The Chinese Feast
1995

Ashes of Time
1994

Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
1994

Long and Winding Road
1994