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Zhāng Guóróng, Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , Cheung Kwok-Wing, 張國榮, 张国荣, Kwok-wing Cheung, Lesile K.W. Cheung, Guorong Zhang, 장국영, Trương Quốc Vinh, 张发宗, เลสลี่ จาง, Leslie Cheung, لزلی چونگ کووک-وینگ
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Cheung Kwok-Wing (Chinese: 張國榮, English name: Leslie, September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Born in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung moved to the United Kingdom in 1971, settling in Leeds, where he enrolled at university to study fashion design. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong and, in 1977, took part in an amateur singing competition—the ATV Asian Music Contest—where he won second prize. The following year, he released his first album, I Like Dreaming. He soon began appearing on television and quickly landed his first film role in Erotic Dreams of the Red Chamber (1978), an erotic production that Cheung himself later described as a “shameful disaster.” Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films. He was one of the most prominent pioneers that shaped the identity of Cantopop during the 1980s and became known for his flamboyant, often outrageous stage appearance. His venture into acting in the 1990s was recognized for his portrayal of queer characters in the then-conservative film industry, he was one of the few Hong Kong actors willing to take on gay roles—such as in Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together—or to play a cross-dressing opera performer in Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993. His career was marked with both praise and criticism, with numerous public discussions focusing on his sexual orientation and androgynous persona. Leslie Cheung died by suicide on April 1, 2003, at the age of 46, by jumping from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. In the note he left behind, he stated that he had been suffering from depression. Some, however, have speculated that his suicide was due to heartbreak, while others have claimed he had long been living with HIV and that AIDS had recently developed.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1956-09-12
- event Death Date 2003-04-01
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.5
- info Birth Place Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Leslie Cheung
5.1
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
1989-01-28
6.2
All's Well, Ends Well '97
1997-02-06
7.3
A Chinese Ghost Story
1987-07-18
7.4
A Better Tomorrow
1986-08-02
5.7
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993-12-22
6.8
A Chinese Ghost Story II
1990-07-13
7.1
Ashes of Time
1994-09-17
6.9
All's Well, Ends Well
1992-01-25
6.7
Moonlight Express
1999-04-01
6
Okinawa Rendez-vous
2000-07-27
5.7
Little Dragon Maiden
1983-12-02
6.8
Once a Thief
1991-02-02
6.8
Temptress Moon
1996-05-09
7
A Better Tomorrow II
1987-12-17
7.3
Days of Being Wild
1990-12-15
7.6
Happy Together
1997-05-30
6.4
The Bride with White Hair
1993-08-26
7.3
Rouge
1987-12-05
7.9
Farewell My Concubine
1993-01-01
7.1
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993-02-05
6
Shanghai Grand
1996-07-13
6.4
The Chinese Feast
1995-01-28
5.8
Inner Senses
2002-03-28
0
TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會
2021-04-01
0
Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
1994-08-31
5.2
Tri-Star
1996-02-15
6.3
Double Tap
2000-05-27
7
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994-07-23
6.6
Viva Erotica
1996-11-28
5.7
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996-08-15
7
Nomad
1982-11-25
5.4
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998-06-04
0
Teenagers
1978-04-01
0
岁月河山之我家的女人
1980-04-20
7
Sunset in Paris
1989-06-14
0
惊情
1985-04-01
6.4
Merry Christmas
1984-12-12
4.7
A Time to Remember
1998-07-22
7.1
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021-04-02
5.6
Behind the Yellow Line
1984-10-03
7
The Kid
1999-10-14
5.5
The Phantom Lover
1995-07-22
6
Fatal Love
1988-08-11
5.5
All's Well End's Well, Too
1993-01-20
5.6
For Your Heart Only
1985-09-07
0
熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke
2001-03-30
0
張國榮跨越97演唱會
1997-01-01
7.1
Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999-01-01
4.3
The Intellectual Trio
1984-06-06
5.8
Long and Winding Road
1994-08-04
5
The Drummer
1983-03-16
0
Double Decker
1984-12-07
5.6
It's a Wonderful Life
1994-02-06
7
From Ashes to Ashes
2000-08-01
6.5
Teenage Dreamers
1982-03-24
3
Crazy Romance
1985-08-01
0
Energetic-21
1982-09-30
6
Arrest the Restless
1992-05-14
5.5
Ninth Happiness
1998-02-14
5
On Trial
1981-08-26
4
Encore
1980-10-02
9
Last Song in Paris
1986-04-10
0
First Time
1983-05-12
0
Left Right Love Destiny
1999-10-10
5.2
The Banquet
1991-11-30
6.7
Anna Magdalena
1998-05-28
0
Dog Bites Dog Bone
1978-06-14
8
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing Passion Tour 2000
2000-09-08
3.3
Erotic Dream of the Red Chamber
1978-01-19
8
Ashes of Time : Redux
2009-03-26
8
Leslie Cheung: Final Encounter of the Legend
1989-04-01
10
張國榮’88演唱會
1988-07-29
10
張國榮86濃情演唱會
1986-12-25
0
Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing World Tour Bangkok 1983
1983-12-13
0
Dynasty
1980-06-16
0
Leslie Cheung Special '89
1989-04-05
0
Hong Kong Tragedy
1978-08-07
0
Agency 24
1981-09-28
0
The Fallen Family
1985-03-04
0
Crocodile Tears
1978-04-23
0
In Memory Of Leslie Cheung
2023-03-18
0
Pairing
1981-08-03
0
Make a Wish
1980-08-04
0
珠海枭雄
1981-02-03
0
Tai Chi Master (II)
1981-09-07
0
凹凸神探
1982-08-08
0
The Spirit of the Sword
1979-05-07
0
Gone with the wind
1980-02-04
0
Dynasty (II)
1980-10-06
0
Once Upon An Oridinary Girl
1984-06-18
9
Celebrity Talk Show
1989-03-10
0
星空下的傾情
1997-02-10
0
梅艷芳特輯之夢裡風情
1988-07-24
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惊情
1985-04-01
0
惊情
1985-04-01
0
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994-07-23
0
From Ashes to Ashes
2000-08-01
0
From Ashes to Ashes
2000-08-01
0
Once a Thief
1991-02-02
0
A Chinese Ghost Story
1987-07-18
0
A Better Tomorrow II
1987-12-17
0
A Better Tomorrow
1986-08-02
0
Left Right Love Destiny
1999-10-10
0
Left Right Love Destiny
1999-10-10
0
The Phantom Lover
1995-07-22
0
Farewell My Concubine
1993-01-01
0
The Bride with White Hair
1993-08-26
0
For Your Heart Only
1985-09-07
0
Nomad
1982-11-25
0
Fatal Love
1988-08-11
0
Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
1989-01-28
0
Behind the Yellow Line
1984-10-03
0
The Kid
1999-10-14
0
The Drummer
1983-03-16
0
Okinawa Rendez-vous
2000-07-27
0
He's a Woman, She's a Man
1994-07-23
0
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996-08-15
0
On the Wrong Track
1983-04-15
0
Double Trouble
1984-09-07
0
The Other ½ & the Other ½
1988-04-16
0
Girls Without Tomorrow
1992-05-17
0
The Phantom Lover
1995-07-22
0
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
1996-08-15
0
The Phantom Lover
1995-07-22
0
From Ashes to Ashes
2000-08-01