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Tony Leung

Tony Leung

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 27, 1962 (63)
Birthplace Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 01, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 six-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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Filmography

Forced Vengeance

Forced Vengeance

1982

as Young Intern

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Police Cadet

as Cheung Wai Kit

Episodes: 120

First Aired: Oct 29, 1984

The Grand Canal

as 虬髯客

Episodes: 60

First Aired: Feb 12, 1987

The Duke of Mount Deer

as Wai Siu-bo

Episodes: 40

First Aired: Jul 09, 1984

New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre

as 張無忌

Episodes: 40

First Aired: Nov 03, 1986

Police Cadet 1988

as 张伟杰

Episodes: 40

First Aired: Nov 23, 1987

The Rough Ride

as 周剑虹

Episodes: 40

First Aired: Apr 22, 1985

Soldier of Fortune

as 应子谦

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Sep 27, 1982

Where Heroes Dare

as Shek Po-tin / Shek Chung-yuk

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Dec 25, 1989

Two Most Honorable Knights

as 江小魚

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jun 13, 1988

The Yang's Saga

as Yang Chuk-long

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 23, 1985

Marvel Studios Legends

as Xu Wenwu / The Mandarin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2021

Encounter with Fortune

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jul 11, 1983

The Emissary

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Dec 27, 1982

Beyond the Rose Garden

Episodes: 20

First Aired: May 16, 1983

The Super Power

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Aug 01, 1983

Angels And Devils

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Aug 08, 1983

The Clones

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jan 02, 1984

It's A Long Way To Home

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jul 02, 1984

这一刻,梁朝伟对你说

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 02, 2023

Behind Silk Curtains

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 11, 1988

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 31, 1962

The Modern Love Story

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 06, 1992

Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 2021

Bokura no Jidai

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 2007

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