Tony Leung Chiu Wai

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Tony Leung Chiu Wai, 2007

Tony Leung ( Chinese  梁朝偉  /  梁朝伟 , Pinyin Liáng Cháowěi , Jyutping Loeng 4 Ciu 4 wai 5 , Cantonese Leung Chiu Wai; born June 27, 1962 in Hong Kong ) is a Chinese actor. He is considered one of the most renowned players in all of Asia.

To distinguish him from his fellow actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai , Leung is called "Little Tony" in Hong Kong film circles, while his colleague Ka-Fai is known as "Big Tony", which also reflects the physical stature of the two.

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai began his career as a comedy television actor for TVB. After a few minor roles, he won two Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - for People's Hero (1987) and for My Heart is That Eternal Rose (1989). In the early 1990s, Leung stood out in succinct and demanding roles in the John Woo thrillers Bullet in the Head (1990) and Hard Boiled (1992).

Above all, Leung gained wide international attention through his five joint works with Wong Kar-Wai , Hong Kong's renowned auteur filmmaker . His subtle, humorous portrayal of a deeply in love policeman in Wong's cult film Chungking Express (1994) earned him an award for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards , as did his portrait of a homosexual who was in exile in Argentina two years later in Happy Together Trying to process painful separation.

Also at the Hong Kong Film Awards, he was recognized for Wong's lavishly visualized chamber play romance In the Mood for Love , in which he has a platonic love affair with his neighbor ( Maggie Cheung ) as a newspaper editor . The two finally have to learn that their respective spouses (who can only be seen from behind in the film or heard off-screen) have a relationship with each other. In 2046 (2004) he continued this role. At the Cannes International Film Festival he received the Actor Award in 2000.

In recent years he has worked with the most important directors in Chinese and Hong Kong cinema , including starring in Zhang Yimou's opulent martial arts epic Hero (2002; again with Maggie Cheung) as well as in Ang Lee's historical drama Danger and Desire (2007). He also starred in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's exotic, minimalist Hai shang hua (1998) and in the thriller Infernal Affairs .

In 2017 he was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

Zhang Ziyi and Tony Leung at the premiere of The Grandmaster at the Berlinale 2013
  • 1983: Mad Mad 83
  • 1985: Young Cops
  • 1985: Fascinating Affairs
  • 1986: Love Unto Waste
  • 1986: The Lunatics
  • 1986: You Will I Will
  • 1987: Happy Go Lucky
  • 1987: People's Hero
  • 1988: I Love Maria
  • 1989: A City of Sadness (Bei qing cheng shi)
  • 1989: Seven Warriors
  • 1989: My Heart is that Eternal Rose
  • 1990: Bullet in the Head (Die xue jie tou)
  • 1990: The Royal Scoundrel
  • 1991: The Banquet
  • 1991: A Chinese Ghost Story III (Sien nui yau wan III: Do Do Do)
  • 1991: The Tigers
  • 1991: Don't Fool Me
  • 1991: The Great Pretenders
  • 1991: Fantasy Romance
  • 1992: The Days of Being Dumb
  • 1992: Come Fly the Dragon
  • 1992: Lucky Encounter
  • 1992: Hard Boiled (Lashou shentan)
  • 1993: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
  • 1993: Tom, Dick and Hairy
  • 1993: The Magic Crane
  • 1993: Two of a Kind
  • 1993: Hero - Beyond The Boundary Of Time
  • 1993: Three Summers
  • 1993: End Of The Road
  • 1993: The Power of the Sword (Xin liu xing hu die jian)
  • 1993: The Eagle Shooting Heroes
  • 1994: Ashes of Time (Dung che sai duk)
  • 1994: Chungking Express (Chunghing Sam Lam)
  • 1994: The Returning
  • 1994: Always Be the Winners
  • 1995: Cyclo (Xích Lô)
  • 1995: Heaven Can't Wait
  • 1995: Dr. Mack
  • 1996: War of the Underworld
  • 1996: Blind Romance
  • 1997: Chinese Midnight Express
  • 1997: 97 Aces Go Places
  • 1997: Happy Together
  • 1998: Your Place or Mine
  • 1998: Hai shang hua
  • 1998: Timeless Romance
  • 1998: The Longest Nite
  • 1999: Under Control (Boh lei chun)
  • 2000: Healing Hearts
  • 2000: In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wa)
  • 2000: Tokyo Raiders
  • 2001: Love Me, Love My Money
  • 2001: Fighting for Love
  • 2002: Hero (Yīngxióng)
  • 2002: Infernal Affairs (Wujiandao)
  • 2002: Chinese Odyssey 2002 (Tian xia wu shuang)
  • 2003: Sound of Colors
  • 2003: Infernal Affairs III
  • 2003: My Lucky Star
  • 2004: 2046
  • 2005: Seoul Raiders
  • 2006: Confession Of Pain
  • 2007: Danger and Desire (Sè, jiè)
  • 2008: Red Cliff (Chìbì)
  • 2011: The Great Magician
  • 2013: The Grandmaster (Yī dài zōng shī)
  • 2016: See You Tomorrow
  • 2018: Monster Hunt 2

Awards (in alphabetical order)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Class of 2017 , accessed June 30, 2017.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Leung is the family name here, Tony Chiu-Wai is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Leung, Tony Chiu Wai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 梁朝偉; Leung, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong