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Leslie Cheung (1956–2003)

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Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children. His father was tailor to the late William Holden. Leslie's parents divorced when he was young, and he claims this is one reason for his disinterest in marriage. Following graduation from secondary school, he studied at Leeds University in Great Britain... See full bio »

Born:

Fat-Chong Cheung
in Hong Kong

Died:

(age 46) in Hong Kong, China
Still of Leslie Cheung and Fengyi Zhang in Farewell My Concubine
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2002 Yee do hung gaan
Jim Law
 
2000 Okinawa Rendez-vous
Jimmy Tong
 
2000 And I Hate You So
C.H. Yuen
 
2000 Double Tap
Rick Pang
 
2000 Yan fei yan mie (short)
 
1999 Hong se lian ren
Jin
 
1999 Lau sing yue
Wing
 
1999 Moonlight Express
Karbo/Tatsuya Misawa
 
1998 Ngon na ma dak lin na
Editor
 
1998 Knock Off
Young Worker (Skinny Freight)
 
1998 Gau sing biu choi
 
1997 Who's the Man, Who's the Woman
Sam Koo Gai Ming
 
1997 Happy Together
Ho Po-wing
 
1996 Se qing nan nu
Sing
 
1996 San Seung Hoi taan
Hui Man Keung (as Lesile K.W. Cheung)
 
1996 Temptress Moon
Yu Zhongliang
 
1996 Da san yuan
Father Zhong Guoqiang
 
1995 Ye ban ge sheng
Song Danping
 
1995 Jin yu man tang
Chiu
 
1994 Ashes of Time
Ou-yang Feng
 
1994 Gam chi yuk sip
Sam Koo Gai Ming
 
1994 The Bride with White Hair 2
Cho Yi-Hang
 
1994 Daai foo ji ga
Francis
 
1994 Ji de... xiang jiao cheng shu shi II: Chu lian qing ren
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
1994 Jin xiu qian cheng
Lam Chiu-Wing
 
1993 The Bride with White Hair
Zhuo Yi-Hang
 
1993 The Eagle Shooting Heroes
HuangYao-shih
 
1993 Hua tian xi shi
David Copper Feel
 
1993 Farewell My Concubine
Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi")
 
1992 Lam Gong juen ji fan fei jo fung wan
Teddy
 
1992 All's Well, Ends Well
Shang So
 
1991 Once a Thief
James (Jim)
 
1990 Days of Being Wild
Yuddy
 
1990 Sien nui yau wan II yan gaan do
Ling Choi Sin
 
1989 Mad Mission V: The Terracotta Hit
Brother Thief
 
1989 Miss Asia Pagaent 1989 (TV movie)
Guest performer/singer
 
1988 Yin ji kau
Chan Chen-Pang
 
1988 Sha zhi lian
Chi Ken-Wing
 
1987 A Better Tomorrow II
Sung Tse-Kit (also archive footage)
 
1987 A Chinese Ghost Story
Ling Choi Sin
 
1986 Ou ran
Louie
 
1986 A Better Tomorrow
Sung Tse-Kit
 
1985 Wei ni zhong qing
 
1984 Yuen fan
Paul
 
1984 Nong boon do ching (TV mini-series)
Chim Siyu
 
1984 Long feng zhi duo xing
Chan
 
1984 San wen zhi
 
1984 Sheng dan kuai le
 
1983 Yang guo yu xiao long nu
 
1983 Gu shou
 
1983 Di yi ci
 
1982 Lie huo qing chun
Louis
 
1982 Chong ji 21
 
1982 Teenage Dreamers
Chen, Jackson
 
1982 Qiu ai fan dou xing
 
1981 Job Hunter
 
1980 Encore
Gigo
 
1980 Fau sun luk gip (TV series)
Che Sui-sung
 
1980 Shi ye sheng
 
1978 Gou yao gou gu
 
1978 Hong lou chun shang chun
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2000 Yan fei yan mie (short) (story & screenplay)
 
1994 Gam chi yuk sip
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1987 A Better Tomorrow II (playback singer)
 
1982 Teenage Dreamers (vocals)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2000 Yan fei yan mie (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1995 Ye ban ge sheng (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2008 World Film Report (TV series)
Himself
– Dang ai yi cheng wang shi: ji nian yong yuan de Zhang Guorong (2008) … Himself
 
1998 Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (documentary)
 
1997 97 ga yau hei si
Himself
 
1991 Hao men ye yan
Himself/Little B-head
 
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1999 Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together (documentary)
Himself/Ho Po-wing
 

Related Videos

Farewell My Concubine -- Farewell, My Concubine story of two performers in the Beijing Opera and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame. Ashes of Time -- A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings. The Bride with White Hair 2 -- gore
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Kwok-wing Cheung | Lesile K.W. Cheung | Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing | Guorong Zhang

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Cheung was bisexual and claimed so in an interview with Time magazine. He had denied it during the earlier portion of his career but "came out" in the 1990s after emigrating to Vancouver, Canada. In a 1997 concert Cheung openly revealed his relationship with Daffy Tong Hok-Tak. He became the co-executor of Cheung's estate... See more »

Nickname:

Gor-gor elder brother See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo