Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Hong Kong actor

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1962

Place of Birth: British Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Profession: actor, singer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Tony Leung Chiu-wai

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai (born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor.
  • He is considered one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognised actors and was named as "Small Tiger" among 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 and will appear in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). 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."

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