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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-06-27 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Tony Leung

Biography:

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉, born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is considered one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognised actors and was named as "Small Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. He has won many international acting prizes, including the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor for his performance in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love. Leung is widely considered the best native Hong Kong actor of his generation. He was named by CNN as one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time".

Leung is known for his collaborations with director Wong Kar-wai, with whom he has worked in seven films including Chungking Express (1994), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), and The Grandmaster (2013). He also appeared in three Venice Film Festival Golden Lion-winning films, including A City of Sadness (1989), Cyclo (1995) and Lust, Caution (2007), directed by Ang Lee. Leung also stars in the Academy Award-nominated film Hero, and the box office hits Hard Boiled (1992) and Infernal Affairs (2002). Leung was cast as the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

Leung has a comprehensive set of awards that he has won in a career that began in the 1980s. For In the Mood for Love, Leung earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He is also a seven-time winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards and three-time winner at the Golden Horse Film Awards, holding the record for most awards in the Best Actor category. The 2002 book East Asian Film Stars describes Leung as "undoubtedly one of the most successful and widely-acclaimed Hong Kong actors of his generation, with a broad and diverse filmography."

Known For

Acting

2025

The Hunting as Dai Yichen

2023

2021

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart as Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends as Xu Wenwu / The Mandarin (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018

Europe Raiders as Mr. Lin
Monster Hunt 2 as Tu Sigu

2016

2015

The Nameless as (archive footage)

2013

2012

2011

The Great Magician as Chang Hsien

2009

2008

Red Cliff as Zhou Yu

2007

2006

Confession of Pain as Lau Ching-Hei

2005

2004

2046 as Chow Mo Wan
Super Model as Interviewee Praising Mandom
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece as Self (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)

2003

Infernal Affairs III as Chan Wing Yan
Sound of Colors as Ho Yuk-Ming
My Lucky Star as Lai Liu Po

2002

Hero as Broken Sword
Infernal Affairs as Chan Wing Yan

2001

Fighting for Love as Veg Chiang Tung-Choi

2000

In the Mood for Love as Chow Mo Wan
Healing Hearts as Lawrence Ching

1999

1998

Timeless Romance as Lau Yat Lo / Zhuge Liang
Your Place or Mine! as Tony Cheung Suk Wai

1997

Happy Together as Lai Yiu-fai
97 Aces Go Places as Chui Cheong / Drunk Gun

1996

Cyclo as Poet
Blind Romance as Wing Chi Wing

1995

Doctor Mack as Dr. Lau Mack
Heaven Can't Wait as Wong Tai Fung

1994

Ashes of Time as Blind Swordsman
The Returning as Lee Yick Cheung
Always Be the Winners as Master Sha

1993

Butterfly and Sword as Meng Sing-Wan
The Magic Crane as Ma Kwun-Mo
End of the Road as Fan Long
Come Fly the Dragon as Liu Chia-Lun
Two of a Kind as Billy / Lam Tai-Chi

1992

1991

The Banquet as Wai Chai
The Royal Scoundrel as Beach Boy
The Tigers as Dandruff / Tau-Pi
Don't Fool Me as Chiang Ho-Chie
Fantasy Romance as Stupid Shing

1990

Bullet in the Head as Ben / Siu Bun
Days of Being Wild as Chow Mo-wan

1989

A City of Sadness as Wen-Ching
Seven Warriors as Wong Way-Wu
Where Heroes Dare as Shek Po-tin / Shek Chung-yuk

1988

1987

People's Hero as Ah Sai
The Grand Canal as 虬髯客
Police Cadet 1988 as 张伟杰

1986

1985

Fascinating Affairs as Ah Kit / Lee Lun-Kit
The Yang's Saga as Yang Chuk-long
The Rough Ride as 周剑虹

1984

1983

1982

1962

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Sound

2003

My Lucky Star as Theme Song Performance
Sound of Colors as Theme Song Performance

1984

Police Cadet as Musician