Hong Kong film actors: Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was an actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "One of the founding fathers of Cantopop," and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".

In 2000, Cheung was named ''Asian Biggest Superstar'' by China Central Television, and voted as ''The Most Favorite Actor in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema'' in 2005.

Childhood and education

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. His birth name was Cheung Fat-chung , which was later changed to his stage name, Cheung Kwok-Wing. Cheung was the youngest of ten children in a middle-class family. Cheung Wut Hoi - his father was a fairly well-known tailor, whose customers included the American actors William Holden and Cary Grant His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung attended Rosaryhill School .

At the age of 13, he was sent to England as a boarder at Eccles Hall School and faced racial discrimination at the school. He worked as a bartender at his relatives' restaurant and sang during the weekends. It was around this period that he chose his name, "Leslie". According to Cheung, he chose this name because "I love the film ''''. And I like . The name can be a man's or woman's, it's very unisex, so I like it."

In several of his interviews, Cheung stated that he had a fairly unhappy childhood. "I didn't have a happy childhood. Arguments, fights and we didn't live together; I was brought up by my granny."

Cheung attended the University of Leeds in northern England, where he studied textile management. He dropped out of university at the end of his first year, when his father fell ill. After his father's recovery, Cheung did not return to England to complete his studies.

Career

Early career

In 1977, Cheung won second prize by singing Don McLean's "American Pie" at the Asian Music Contest held by Rediffusion Television . He signed a contract with RTV, which subsequently became Asia Television Limited and began his career in the entertainment industry. He also signed a music contract with Polydor Records, releasing ''Day Dreaming'' and ''Lover's Arrow'' .

The early days of his career were not easy. He was once booed off the stage during a public performance, and his first two albums were not welcomed by the public. He left Polydor Records at the end of his contract. Cheung's first film, ''The Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber'' in 1978 was a soft porn film. Cheung later stated that he was unaware of the sexual nature of the film when he signed the contract.

During the 1970s and 1980s, he appeared in a number of TV dramas such as ''The Young Concubine'' , ''Agency 24'' , ''Pairing'' , and ''The Spirit Of The Sword'' . These TV dramas helped turn him into a household name in South East Asia.

Ascension to fame

In 1982, Cheung joined Capital Artists upon the end of his contract with RTV. It was at Capital Artists that Florence Chan became his music agent and remained as such through his entire career. While at Capital Artists, he also met Anita Mui, another Hong Kong Cantopop idol, starting a long lasting friendship. In 1983, Cheung released his first hit song, "The Wind Blows On" . In 1984, he released his first top ten hit song "Monica", which became the first so-called "fast" song that won the ''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award''. "Monica" became representative of a new genre of in the mid 1980s. Fans began to demand fast and energetic Cantopop songs that would be suitable for both dancing and listening. Other ''Top Ten Gold Songs'' released by Cheung through Capital Artists included "Wild Wind" ; "Who Can Be With Me" and "Love in Those Years" . "Who Can Be With Me" became the ''Gold of the Gold Songs'' of the Year for 1986.

Cheung's movie career was a little slower to take off. He appeared in supporting roles in his second and third movies ''Encore'' and ''On Trial'' . However, his acting talent was soon recognized with his nomination for the Hong Kong Film Awards' Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''On Trial''. Subsequently after this nomination, he began to star as the leading man in ''Teenage Dreamers'' and has held the lead role in almost every movie he had been in since. From the early 1980s through 1986, most of the movies in which he had starred were teenage movies. Among them, '''' are widely considered by film critic as the representation of the Hong Kong "New Wave" films. Cheung's role as Louis in ''Nomad'' won him his first Best Actor nomination of the Hong Kong Film Awards. Later, Cheung stated that he considers ''Nomad'' as his first "real" movie. During this period, Cheung continued to act in a number of Television Broadcasts dramas, such as ''Once Upon an Ordinary Girl'' and ''The Fallen Family'' .

Stardom and retirement

In 1986, he joined and released the album ''Summer Romance'' in 1987. ''Summer Romance'' became the ''Best Selling CD of the Year'' and ''IFPI Best Selling Album'' in Hong Kong. The success of ''Summer Romance'' made him one of the top two Cantopop idols at the time . In 1988, he composed one of his most famous songs "Silence is Golden" . Other popular albums published by Cheung through Cinepoly Records included ''Hot Summer'' , ''Virgin Snow'' , ''Leslie '89'' , ''Final Encounter'' , and ''Salute'' . ''Salute'' was the first non-profit album released by a superstar in Hong Kong music history that would only compile songs originally performed by other singers. According to Cheung, ''Salute'' is his homage to music. He donated all the proceeds from the sales of ''Salute'' to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts , which was named the ''Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship'' after his death.

With the popularity of Cheung and Tam, fans of these two stars became increasingly hostile to each other, starting a long-standing conflict that soon put heavy pressure on both singers. In 1988, Alan Tam publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies. In 1989, Cheung announced his intention to retire from his music career as a singer. Cheung then set a record by being the first singer ever in Cantopop history to hold a retirement concert series , which ran for 33 consecutive nights at Hong Kong Coliseum. In 1990, he left Hong Kong at the peak of his music career and emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he reportedly "found peace and tranquility." Cheung gained Canadian citizenship in 1992 and returned to Asia full-time in 1995 for his re-emergence in Chinese-language popular music.

From 1986 to 1989, Cheung acted in a number of movies that are considered as Hong Kong classics by film critics and Asian movie fans. In 1986, Cheung co-starred with Chow Yun-Fat in ''A Better Tomorrow'' , which was widely considered as a trend starter for Hong Kong triad movies in the 1980s. Cheung played Kit, a righteous and idealistic young cop. Cheung's role in the movie was widely considered his debut as a serious actor. He also starred in the sequel, ''A Better Tomorrow II'' . Also in 1987, Cheung starred in Stanley Kwan's '''' where he played Chen-Pang Chan, an infatuated, opium-smoking playboy and doomed lover of a beautiful prostitute, Fleur . Further, in the same year , he appeared in Tsui Hark's ''A Chinese Ghost Story'' . Cheung played ''Ling Choi Sin'', a well-meaning but cowardly debt collector who had fallen in love with a beautiful ghost . His performance in these movies won him two Best Actor nomination from Hong Kong Film Awards. The success of ''A Better Tomorrow'' and ''A Chinese Ghost Story'' made his name known in the Japanese and South Korea film markets.

Golden age in film

The mid-80s to mid-90s was a golden age in Hong Kong's film industry, which coincided with Cheung's film career. In 1990, Cheung acted as Yuddy, a handsome, ruthless bad boy, philanderer and narcissist in Wong Kar-wai's movie ''Days of Being Wild''. His performance in ''Days of Being Wild'' won him the ''Best Actor Award'' at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1991 and his first nomination of ''Best Actor'' at the . He also acted in two other Wong Kar-wai movies. In the 1994 martial arts film, ''Ashes of Time'', he starred as Ouyang Feng, a swordsman and assassin who spent his days in a desert. His role as Ouyang won him the ''Best Actor Award'' at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards. In 1997's movie '''' which centrally depicts a complex relationship between two gay lovers , he played the capricious Ho Po-wing, who goes to Argentina with his lover Lai Yiu-fai .

In 1992's historical masterpiece '''' , Cheung acted as the Peking opera star Dieyi Cheng, a Beijing opera artist who reaches fame with his exquisite performances of female roles. ''Farewell My Concubine'' is the first Chinese film to have won the '''' award at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won more than twenty other film awards including a Golden Globe for '''' and Oscar nominations for '''' and ''''. Cheung's performance in the film won him international fame as a film star and set his steps in the mainland China film industry. In 1996, he worked again with Chen Kaige, playing the role of a misty gigolo, Zhongliang Yu, in ''Temptress Moon''. In 1998's ''A Time to Remember'' , he acted as Jin, an underground Chinese Communist leader. His Hong Kong background caused a heated debate at the time, but the film still achieved Box Office success in mainland China and in 2004 won a "Most Popular Foreign Film" Award at the Pyongyang Film Festival.

Other important movies Cheung starred in during this period include ''The Bride with White Hair'' , ''He's a Woman, She's a Man'' , ''The Phantom Lover'' , and ''Viva Erotica'' . His performance in these movies won him three Best Actor Award nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and three Best Actor Award nominations at the from 1990 to 1998.

As a versatile actor, Cheung also acted in many comedies. In 1991, teamed again with Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung, Cheung played a skillful and charming thief in John Woo's ''''. In 1992's ''All's Well, Ends Well'', he acted as an effeminate brother who would later realize the meaning of true love. Other well-known comedies included ''The Eagle Shooting Heroes'', ''It's a Wonderful Life'', and ''The Chinese Feast''. Cheung was also a box office attraction in Hong Kong; from 1990 to 1998, 13 out of 39 movies in which he starred were listed as yearly top ten box office movies.

Although Cheung quit his career as a pop singer from 1989 to 1995, he continued his music career as a composer. He composed more than ten songs during that time. In 1993, he won ''Best Original Movie Song Award'' from for the theme song ''Red Cheek, White Hair'' to the movie ''The Bride with White Hair'' . In 1995, he composed all three theme songs for the film ''The Phantom Lover''. As a composer, Cheung won four nominations for ''Best Original Movie Song Award'' at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards and two nominations for ''Best Original Film Song'' at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Return to music

In 1995, Cheung signed a contract with Rock Records, returning to music as a singer. At the same year, he released his first post-"retirement" album, ''''. ''Beloved'' achieved large market success with the award of ''IFPI Best Selling Album'', but it did not receive much acclaim from music critics as it is a collection of Cheung's movie theme songs from 1993 to 1995. In 1996, Cheung released possibly his most highly acclaimed album, ''''. '''' was a fusion album, mixing smooth jazz, R&B, trip hop, etc., into Cantopop, forming a consistent unique style. Cheung worked since then on cutting-edge music as well as Cantopop, his new music style being markedly different from before his earlier retirement. In this album, Cheung also composed another important song in his music career, ''''. In 1998, Cheung released his first album in Mandarin , ''''.

In 1997, Cheung held his first post-retirement concert series: ''World Tour 97'', which lasted from Dec. 12, 1996 to June 17, 1997. Like with the refinements to his musical style, Cheung introduced a new image to his audience. The most daring part possibly was the closing dance "Red" where Cheung did a tango duet in a pair of red high-heels with a macho dancer. ''World Tour 97'' included 55 concerts: 24 concerts were held in Hong Kong Coliseum and 31 concerts were held in the cities around the world. Among them, six concerts were held in Japan and mainland China respectively. ''World Tour 97'' was the first concert series that Cheung held in these two areas.

In 1999, Cheung started a music company, Apex Music, signing a distribution contract with Universal Music Group. Important albums released via includes ''Count Down With You'' , '''' , and ''Untitled'' . The hit songs released by him during this period include ''Passing-by Dragonfly'', the top one hit song, ''Big Heat'', and ''Left Right Hands'', Top Ten Gold Song of the Year . He also composed the song ''I'' , which was considered by him as a song of self-statement. In 2000, Cheung was awarded the Golden Needle award . In the same year, Cheung had been assigned as the "Music Ambassador" of Composors And Authors Society of Hong Kong until his death. Cheung also composed the theme song ''Noah's Ark'', for the ''CASH Golden Sail Award''.

The later years

In 2000, Cheung held his last concert series, ''Passion Tour''. ''Passion Tour'' included 43 concerts, lasting from July 31, 2000 to April 16, 2001. It was his most disputable, and possibly best concert. Cheung worked at the first time as the art director as well as the singer for the concert. He invited Jean-Paul Gaultier to design all eight costumes for the concert. However, the costumes, together with his long wig and beard, were criticized bitterly by Hong Kong media at the early stage of the concerts. Cheung later disclosed that Gaultier was very angry about the criticism and claimed in an email that he would never design costumes again for any Asian performer. Despite the early criticisms from the media, ''Passion Tour'' achieved huge success. ''Passion Tour'' was highly welcomed in Japan and made Cheung hold 10 concerts there. Together with ''World Tour 97'' concerts, Cheung set a record of foreign artists of holding 16 concerts in Japan. In China, Cheung set a record yet to be broken by holding two consecutive night concerts in Shanghai Stadium . He was also awarded the "Grand Salute Award" by Mingpao Weekly and "Music Salute Award" from Chinese Pop Music Media Association for his work in ''Passion Tour''.

By the end of the 1990s, Cheung had began to focus on acting in non-romance roles. In '''' , he starred as a poor single father who fostered an abandoned baby boy. In the action thriller '''' , he played a psycho killer, Rick. In the 2002 psycho thriller ''Inner Senses'' , he played psychologist Dr. Law, who discovered his own emotional issues when he tried to treat his patient Yan . His performance in these films earned him another ''Best Actor'' nomination from the Hong Kong Film Awards. He also garnered another two ''Best Actor Award'' nominations from Taiwan Film Festival. During this period, Cheung began to try his hand at film direction. In 2000, he directed his first movie, the 45 minutes ''From Ashes to Ashes''. In 2002, he began to film his first regular length movie ''Stealing Heart''. The film was not completed due to the deterioration of his health.

Sexual orientation

Cheung was and once said in an interview in ''Time'' magazine: "It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual. I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend Teresa Mo to marry me."

Despite numerous tabloid rumors, he denied his homosexual/bi-sexual orientation for the first half of his career, until his stance relaxed considerably after emigrating to Vancouver. In the early 1990s he became one of the few Hong Kong actors who dared to play gay characters onscreen.

Cheung's first gay role was ''Cheng Dieyi'' in '''' . ''Cheng Dieyi'' was a Beijing opera singer or '''' who had fallen in love with his male singing partner. In Wong Kar-wai's '''' , Cheung played another gay role, ''Ho Po-wing''. ''Happy Together'' contained graphic sex scenes. He was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in ''''.

In 1995 a Hong Kong tabloid published a photo of Cheung with another man, Daffy Tong Hok-Tak . In a 1997 concert, Cheung openly revealed that Tong was his "most beloved" after his mother. The Hong Kong media eventually accepted the two men's relationship and the tabloid gave Tong the nickname ''Tong Tong'' . After Cheung's death, Cheung's family published a full-page obituary in a Hong Kong newspaper, in which Tong was listed as a surviving spouse . Tong, together with Cheung's eldest sister, was also designated as the executor of Cheung's estate.

Death

Cheung committed suicide on April 1, 2003. He leapt from the 24th floor of the , located in the Central district of Hong Kong Island. He left a suicide note saying that he had been suffering from . He was 46 years old.

As one of the most popular performers in Asia, Cheung's death shocked the Asian entertainment industry and Chinese community world-wide. Rumors about the cause of his death spread so fast that his family urged tabloids to let Cheung rest in peace, and not to sensationalize his sexual orientation and reasons for suicide. The day after Leslie's death, his long time partner, Tong, confirmed that Cheung suffered from depression and had been seeing psychiatrists for treatment for almost a year. He also revealed that Cheung had attempted suicide in 2002. Later at his funeral, Cheung's niece disclosed that her uncle had severe clinical depression and suffered much over the past year .

Despite the risk of infection from and the 's warning on travels to Hong Kong, tens of thousands, including celebrities and other fans, many from other parts of the world such as mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada attended Cheung's memorial service, which was held for the public, on April 7, 2003. Cheung's funeral was on April 8, 2003. For almost one month, Cheung's death dominated newspaper headlines in Hong Kong and his songs were constantly on the air.

Cheung's last album ''Everything Follows the Wind'' was released three months after his death.

* Cheung's suicide note : "Depression! Many thanks to all my friends. Many thanks to Professor . This year has been so tough. I can't stand it anymore. Many thanks to Mr. Tong. Many thanks to my family. Many thanks to Fei-Fei . In my life I did nothing bad. Why does it have to be like this?"
* Cheung's suicide note : "Depression! 多謝各位朋友，多謝麥列菲菲教授，這一年很辛苦，不能再忍受，多謝唐先生，多謝家人，多謝肥姐. 我一生沒做壞事為何這樣?"

Extra information

* It was reported that Cheung got the nickname "gorgor" when he acted in the movie The Bride with White Hair with Brigitte Lin in 1993. However, Cheung said he was first called gorgor by Joey Wong when they worked for movie A Chinese Ghost Story. In Miss You Much Leslie concert , Susan Hwuang, a close friend of Cheung, said was the first one who called Cheung "gorgor" when they played Mahjong back in 80s.

* His last public singing appearance was in the late Anita Mui's last 2002 concert as a guest performer, shortly before his death. There, he sang a duet which they had recorded in the 80s and a new song "Extinct Season of Glory". He directed and acted in the video of the song "Extinct Season of Glory".

* Leslie Cheung is the first generation of Pepsi stars in Asia.

* Voted as #1 in Commercial Radio's ''Top 10 Most Beautiful People in Hong Kong''.

* Voted as the winner of the ''10 Hottest Celebrities of the Millennium in Hong Kong''.

* In 2000, many websites and newspapers reported that Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Zhu Ling Ling and Michelle Reis were elected as ''Four Peerlessly Beauty in Hong Kong''. Among them Cheung is the only man, and all the rest are women.

* His song ''Monica'' was crowned as ''Song of the Century''.

* Named ''Asian Biggest Superstar'' by CCTV-MTV in Beijing China.

* Won the ''Most Favorite Actor Award in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema'' in the poll held by Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd, Hong Kong Ferry Co. Ltd, HKFAA and UA Cinemas for the Centennial of Chinese Film History

* In the list ''Top 100 Favorite movies of Chinese Cinema'', voted by Hong Kong public, he's 5 movies of top 10, and 4 ones of top 5

* The first Hong Kong actor who acted in a mainland China film, .

* Supports charitable organizations such as Hong Kong Red Cross, Children's Cancer Foundation Hong Kong, and End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation.

* Member of the jury at Tokyo International Film Festival in 1993 and the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998.

* One of 10 Chinese Cultural Idols of the 20th Century.

* His wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong was unveiled on March 31, 2004 . It's put in "Historical and National Heroes" room . The look is reminiscent of Cheung in his famous role as Beijing opera impersonator Cheng Dieyi in the film, .

* A 2006 Hong Kong study on the celebrity suicide events suggested that Cheung's death may cast negative effects on the people already depressed during the SARS period: in April 2003, there were 134 suicides in Hong Kong . Among them, 13 mentioned Cheung in their suicide notes. However, the historical statistic given in the paper show that the suicide rates in the months before and after April 2003 keep consistent with that of April 2003. The paper does not analyze the effect of the SARS and economy depress on the suicide rate either.

* To remember Cheung, some his fans donated benches with Cheung's name to parks at the places they live, such as Hibiya Park in Tokyo or Stanley Park in Vancouver.

* Cheung was called the ''Elvis of Hong Kong'' earlier in his career. Coincidentally, the year Elvis Presley died was the year Cheung started his singing career.

* There are some songs about Cheung, the most famous one is ''Go Go,'' written and sung by Lum Hon Yeung.

Achievement lists

Selected awards

*''RTV Asian Song Contest'' Runners-up with the song "" 1977
*''Overseas Chinese Daily News'' The Best Newcomer Award 1977
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with the song 1984
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song 1984
*''Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award'' winner 1984
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Wild Wind'' 1985
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song ''Wild Wind'' 1985
*''Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award'' winner 1985
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Who Can Be With Me'' 1986
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with songs ''Who Can Be With Me and'', ''Love in Those Years'' 1986
*''Commercial Radio Chinese Pop Songs Award'' winner 1986
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Sleepless Night'', Summer Romance is also the Best Selling CD of the year and IFPI Best Selling Album in 1987
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song ''Sleepless Night''
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with songs ''Silence is Golden'' and ''Up Close'' 1988
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' Most Popular Male Singer 1988
*''CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards'' Best Male Singer 1988
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Award'' winner with song ''Start From Zero'', and also winner of the Most Popular Male Singer 1989
*''Commercial Radio Ultimate Song Chart Male Gold Award 1989'' winner LESLIE, album is also the IFPI Best Album of the Year
*''IFPI Best Selling Album'' winner with ''Fondness'' 1999
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' Millennium Gold Song Award for '''' 1999
*''RTHK Golden Needle Award'' 1999
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award'' winner with song ''Left Right Hand'' 1999
*''CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards'' Top Ten Albums for Countdown With You 1999
*''CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards'' Best Song Award for ''Left Right Hand'' 1999
*''Metro Radio Hit Music Awards'' Best Song Award for ''Left Right Hand'' 1999
*''Metro Radio Hit Music Awards'' Top Ten Best Hits for ''Left Right Hand'' 1999
*''TVB Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Awards'' Music Salute Award 2000
*''Mingpao Weekly'' Outstanding Male Singer Award 2000
*''Ming Pao Weekly'' Grand Salute Award for Passion Tour 2000
*''Joint Award by RTHK, CR, TVB & Metro Radio for the Best Album of the Year'' winner with album ''Untitled'' 2001
*''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Best Male Singer Award 2001
*''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Best Concert Award for Passion Tour 2001
*''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Top Ten Chinese Songs for ''Passing Dragonfly'' 2001
*''"Sprite My Choice" China Original Music Pop Chart Awards'' Golden Song Award for ''Fever'' 2001
*''"Sprite My Choice" China Original Music Pop Chart Awards'' Millennium Outstanding Achievement Award 2001
*''RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards'' Silver Jubilee Award of Excellence 2002
*''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Lifetime Achievement Award 2003
*''Chinese Pop Music Media Awards'' Top Ten Chinese Songs for ''So Far So Close'' 2003
*''CASH'' My All-time Favorite Song for ''I'' 2003
*''CASH Golden Sail Music Awards'' Best Alternative Composition for ''So Far So Close'' 2003
*''Hong Kong Film Awards'' winner Best Actor for ''Days of Being Wild'' 1991
*''Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival'' winner Best Original Movie Song for ''White-haired Beauty'' 1993
*''Chinese Performance Art Association'' Special Achievement Award for '''' 1993
*''Japanese Critic Society Best Actor Award '' for '''' 1994
*''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Best Original Film Song Award for ''Chase'' 1995
*''Winner of HK Film Critics Society Best Actor Award'' for ''Ashes of Time'' 1994
*''Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Udn, Phoenix TV, and World Journal'' Global Top Ten Chinese Movie Stars Award 1996
*''Ming Pao Weekly Performing Arts Awards'' Most Outstanding Actor for ''Inner Senses'' 2002
*''Nikkei Entertainment Japan'' Top Ten Best Actors in Asia 2004
*''NHK Japan'' Top Ten Favorite Movie Stars 2006
*''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Eternal Glory Performing Arts Award 2004
*''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Most Favorite Actor Award in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema 2005
*''Hong Kong Film Awards'' Silver Jubilee Best Actor Award 2006
*''Standard Chartered Hong Kong'' Platinum Multi-Talented Award 2000
*''CCTV-MTV Music Awards'' Biggest Asian Artist Award 2000
*''Sina China'' Top 10 Cultural Idols of the 20th Century 2003
*''City of Smile Hong Kong'' Top 10 Celebrities With the Most Beautiful Smile 2003
*''Sina China'' Most Missed Artist 2007
*''Sohu China "Remembering My 1997"'' Most Memorable Celebrity 2007

Discography

*''I Like Dreamin' '' 1977
*''Day Dreamin' 1977
*情人箭 1979
*風繼續吹 1983
*一片痴 1983
*張國榮 Leslie 1984
*夏日精選 - 全賴有你 1985
*為你鍾情 1985
*張國榮 Leslie Cheung 1986
*''Stand Up 1986
*張國榮 1986
*愛慕 1987
*''Summer Romance'87 '' 1987
*''Hot Summer'' 1988
*''Virgin Snow'' 1988
*''Leslie '89'' 張國榮 1989
*''Salute'89'' 1989
*''Final Encounter'' 1989
*''Dreaming'' 1990
*寵愛 1995
*紅 1996
*''FROM NOW ON'' 1996
*'''' 1998
*這些年來 1998
*''陪你倒數'' '''' 1999
*'''' 2000
*''Leslie Untitled '' 2000
*''Leslie Forever'' 2001
*''Crossover'' 2002
*一切隨風 2003

Filmography

*''Erotic Dreams of the Red Chamber''
*''Dog eats Dog''
*''On Trial''
*''''
*''''
*''Energetic 21''
*''Crazy Romance''
*''Teenage Dreamers''
*''''
*''''
*''Little Dragon maid''
*''First time''
*''''
*''''
*''Behind the Yellow Line''
*''Intellectual Trio''
*''For Your Heart Only''
*''Last Song in Paris''
*''A Better Tomorrow''
*''''
*''A Better Tomorrow II''
*''A Chinese Ghost Story''
*''''
*''Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit''
*''A Chinese Ghost Story Part II''
*''''
*''Days of Being Wild''
*''Party of a Wealthy Family'' aka. ''The Banquet'' - Himself
*''Nam Kong Legend: Anti-Punk Squad''
*''All's Well, Ends Well''
*''''
*''The Eagle Shooting Heroes: Dong Cheng Xi Jiu''
*''All's Well, Ends Well Too''
*''The Bride with White Hair 2''
*''The Bride with White Hair''
*''Ashes of Time''
*''Long and Winding Road''
*''Over the Rainbow Under the Skirt''
*''He's a Woman, She's a Man''
*''''
*''The Phantom Lover''
*''The Chinese Feast''
*''Temptress Moon''
*''Yang Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema''
*''Viva Erotica''
*''Shanghai Grand''
*''Who's the Man, Who's the Woman''
*''''
*''All's Well, Ends Well 1997''
*''''
*''Ninth Happiness''
*''A Time to Remember''
*''Anna Magdalena''
*''Moonlight Express''
*''''
*''''
*''Okinawa Rendez-vous''
*''From Ashes to Ashes''
*''Inner Senses''
*''Ashes of Time Redux''

Hong Kong film actors

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Leslie Cheung