Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Roy Cheung

Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung is a Hong Kong-based actor, best known on-screen for his roles as Triad gangsters in a number of films.

Early life and career


As a child, Cheung idolized kung-fu legend Bruce Lee but never seriously considered a career in acting.

Starting out as a model, Cheung turned to acting when director Yeung Fan cast him in his 1986 film ''Lost Romance'' and the first of his many roles portraying a villain followed in the acclaimed director Ringo Lam's 1987 ''City on Fire''.

In 1996, Cheung appeared in the 3rd, 4th and 6th installments of the ''Young and Dangerous'' series. Roles that heralded the beginning of a long working relationship with /cinematographer Andrew Lau.

Present day


Recently, Cheung has appeared in a number of Andrew Lau's films, most notably in the second installment of the internationally-acclaimed ''Infernal Affairs'' trilogy, and in the 1998 ''The Storm Riders'', in which Cheung broke free of his standard villainous self altogether and portrayed a monk.

Filmography


*''Lost Romance''
*''City on Fire''
*''Prison on Fire''
*''The Big Heat''
*''School on Fire''
*''Tiger on the Beat 2''
*''Aces Go Places 5''
*''They Came to Rob Hong Kong''
*''Wild Search''
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*''Chicken a La Queen''
*''Fight Back to School'' - Brother Teddy Big
*''Hong Kong Godfather'' - Officer Leung
*''In the Lap of God'' - Roy
*''The Magnificent Scoundrels'' - Brother Tai-te
*''My Flying Wife'' - Mr. Smartie
*''Prison on Fire II'' - Officer 'Scarface' Hung
*''Rose''
*''Shanghai Heroic Story''
*''What a Hero!''
*'''' - Shudo
*''Ghost Lantern''
*''Gambling Baron''
*''Organized Crime and Triad Bureau''
*''To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui''
*''Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai''
*''The Armed Policewoman''
*''From the Same Family''
*''High Voltage''
*''Love, Guns & Glass''
*''Best of the Best''
*''King of Robbery''
*''Mongkok Story''
*''Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2''
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*''The Wild Couple''
*''Young and Dangerous 3''
*''Young and Dangerous 4''
*''Beast Cops''
*''Leopard Hunting''
*''Raging Angels''
*''The Storm Riders''
*''Big Spender''
*''The Mission''
*''Slow Fade''
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*''Jiang Hu - The Triad Zone''
*''Bloody Cops''
*''Mafia.com''
*''Play With Strangers''
*''Super Car Criminals''
*''Unbeatables''
*''White Storm''
*''Her Name is Cat 2: Journey to Death''
*''The Replacement Suspects''
*''The Avenging Fist''
*''Chinese Odyssey 2002''
*''The Wesley's Mysterious File''
*''Deadline Crisis''
*''Infernal Affairs II''
*''Dragon the Master''
*''The Game of Killing''
*''Moonlight in Tokyo''
*''Exiled''
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