Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Born in Hong Kong 1962, Tony Leung Chui-Wai left school at age 15 to support his family. He worked as a paper boy, then ended up selling home appliances. Following the advice of friend Stephen Chow, he applied for work at TVB. After he was admitted to the training school in 1982, his acting talents quickly caught many directors by surprise. He first gained his star status for doing a children’s show called “430 Space Shuttle.” His popularity exploded soon after the release of “Duke of Mount Deer” in 1984.
Tony is known to be a versatile actor, as well as an extremely popular one. Career high points include “A City of Sadness,” “Hard Boiled,” “Cyclo,” “Days of Being Wild,” “Ashes of Time,” Chungking Express,” and “Happy Together.” He was honored twice as the best actor in HKFA, and gained international recognition in several film festivals including Venice and the Asian-Pacific.
Recently, Tony garnered the Best Actor award at Cannes. His latest films “Tokyo Raiders” and Jackie Chan’s “Gorgeous” are still raking in ticket sales across the world.
Merit:
U.S. Film Awards:
2000 Best Actor, In The Mood For Love
Hong Kong Film Awards:
1988 Best Supporting Actor for “My Heart is Eternal Rose”
1990 Best Supporting Actor for “People’s Hero”
1995 Best Actor for “Chungking Express”
1998 Best Actor for “Happy Together”
Taiwan Golden Horse Awards:
1994 Best Actor for “Chungking Express”
Golden Bauhinia Awards:
1998 Best Actor for “Happy Together”
Many thanks to Sandy’s Tony Leung Home Page for invaluable reference materials.
Partial Filmography:
* Infernal Affairs 3 (2003)
* Infernal Affairs 2 (2003)
* Infernal Affairs (2002)
* Hero (2002)
* In The Mood For Love (2000)
* Tokyo Raiders (2000)
* Gorgeous (1999)
* Your Place or Mine (1998)
* Flowers in Shanghai (1998)
* Timeless Romance (2/1998)
* Longest Nite, The (12/1997)
* Chinese Midnight Express (11/1997)
* 97 Aces Go Places (6/1997)
* Happy Together (5/1997)
* War of the Underworld (8/1996)
* Heaven Can’t Wait (7/1995)
* Mack the Knife (2/1995)
* Cyclo (1995)
* Ashes of Time (9/1994)
* The Returning (7/1994)
* Chung King Express (7/1994)
* He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Father (12/1993)
* Tom, Dick, and Hairy (1993)
* The Magic Crane(1993)
* Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
* Butterfly & Sword (1993)
* Hard Boiled (4/1992)
* Three Summers (1992)
* Lucky Encounter (1992)
* Days of Being Dumb (1992)
* Come Fly the Dragon (1992)
* Tigers (1991)
* Great Pretenders (1991)
* Chinese Ghost Story Part III (1991)
* Royal Scoundrel (1990)
* Days of Being Wild (1990)
* Bullet in the Head (1990)
* Seven Warriors (1989)
* My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
* City of Sadness (1989)
* I Love Maria (1988)
* People’s Hero (1987)
* Happy-Go-Lucky (1987)
* Love Unto Waste (8/1986)
* The Lunatics(6/1986)
* Young Cops (1985)
* Mad Mad 83 (1983)
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