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Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung

  • Interpretación
  • 12 de septiembre de 1956 – 1 de abril de 2003 · a los 46 años
  • Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

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. His studio albums Summer Romance (1987) and Most Beloved (1995) each sold over 300,000 copies and are among the best-selling albums of all time in the territory. In addition to music, Cheung achieved pan-Asian fame with such films as A Better Tomorrow (1986) and A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). He won the Best Actor at the 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Days of Being Wild (1990). 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. 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.

Lo más destacado

  • Película7.6

    Happy Together

    春光乍洩

    1997 · 834 votes

  • Película7.3

    Days of Being Wild

    Días salvajes

    1990 · 623 votes

  • Película8.0

    Farewell My Concubine

    Adiós a mi concubina

    1993 · 722 votes

  • Película7.4

    A Better Tomorrow

    Un mañana mejor

    1986 · 649 votes

  • Serie9.5

    Celebrity Talk Show

    今夜不設防

    1989 · 2 votes

  • Película7.1

    Ashes of Time

    Cenizas del tiempo

    1994 · 413 votes

  • Película7.3

    A Chinese Ghost Story

    Una historia china de fantasmas

    1987 · 356 votes

  • Película6.5

    The Bride with White Hair

    La novia del cabello blanco

    1993 · 107 votes

Filmografía28

  1. 2021
  2. 1999
  3. 1998
  4. 1997
  5. 1996
  6. 1995
  7. 1994
  8. 1993
  9. 1992
  10. 1991
  11. 1990
  12. 1989
  13. 1988
  14. 1987
  15. 1986
  16. 1984
  17. 1980