Tony Leung Chiu Wai

Born in Hong Kong, he was brought up under a single-parent family. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony Leung became a TV actor and got famous by his comedy style in a number of TV series. During his career he soon showed his versatility in about 60 films.

After he starred in several movies directed by Wong Kar-wai such as Chungking Express (1995) and Happy Together (1997), he began to be widely accepted by his talent and finally received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his outstanding performance in In the Mood for Love (2000).

Besides his acting career, he is also known as a singer.

Filmography, as actor, includes

• My Lucky Star (2003)
• Hero (2002)
• Infernal Affairs (2002)
• Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
• Love Me, Love My Money (2001)
• Fighting for Love (2001)
• Healing Hearts (2000)
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• Tokyo Raiders (2000)
• Gorgeous (1999)
• Your Place or Mine (1998)
• Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
• Timeless Romance (1998)
• The Longest Nite (1998)
• Chinese Midnight Express (1997)
• 97 Aces Go Places (1997)
• Happy Together (1997)
• War of the Underworld (1996)
• Blind Romance (1996)
• Cyclo (1995)
• Heaven Can't Wait (1995)
• Dr. Mack (1995)
• Ashes of Time (1994)
• Chungking Express (1994)
• The Returning (1994)
• Always Be the Winners (1994)
• 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)
• Butterfly and Sword (1993)
• The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
• The Days of Being Dumb (1992)
• Come Fly the Dragon (1992)
• Lucky Encounter (1992)
• Hard Boiled (1992)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Chinese Ghost Story 3 (1991)
• The Tigers (1991)
• Don't Fool Me (1991)
• The Great Pretenders (1991)
• Fantasy Romance (1991)
• Bullet in the Head (1990)
• The Royal Scoundrel (1990)
• City of Sadness (1989)
• Seven Warriors (1989)
• My Heart is that Eternal Rose (1989)
• I Love Maria (1988)
• People's Hero (1987)
• You Will I Will (1986)
• Happy Go Lucky (1987)
• Love Unto Waste (1986)
• The Lunatics (1986)
• Young Cops (1985)
• Fascinating Affairs (1985)
• Mad Mad 83 (1983)