Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Artist

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and C-pop singer. He was the winner of Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor for his role in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love. Leung is also a seven-time winner of Hong Kong Film Award and three-time winner of Golden Horse Film Awards.Tony Leung collaborated with Wong Kar Wai for 7 films, and three of them had been officially selected as competition film in Cannes Film Festival, including Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046 (2004).Leung also stars in three Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winning films, including A City of Sadness (1989), Cyclo (1995) and Lust, Caution (2007), which was directed by Oscar winning director Ang Lee. Leung also stars in Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominated film Hero.

Personal facts

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Birth dateJune 27, 1962
Birth place
Hong Kong
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Actor

Career started1982
Associated act
Five Tiger Generals of TVB
Awards
Infernal Affairs
Lust Caution
2046 (film)
Chungking Express
Happy Together (1997 film)
In the Mood for Love
Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
People's Hero (film)
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5679&display_set=eng
  2. http://www.lovehkfilm.com
  3. http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/leung_chiu_wai.htm
  4. http://www.subtitledonline.com/special-features/tony-leung-chiu-wai
  5. http://www.tonyleung.info