Tony Leung Chiu Wai- Happy Together
Tony Leung Chiu Wai pinyin: Liáng CháowÄ›i was born on June 27, 1962). He has been a famous actor since the 1990s. He is one of the most recognizable actors of Hongkeewood. He is also known as “Little Tony”.
Tony Leungeung was born in Hong Kong but his family came from Taishan, Guangdong, China. Leung’s early childhood was punctuated with parents’ quarrels and arguments about money. he had a difficult childhood and his father a compulsive gambler abandoned them when he was eight.
He was an inward person who trusted few people and acting became a way for him to channel his emotions. Nobody really knows what is going on inside him, Tony Leung the person.
he was once quoted as saying, “I am very restrained, very suppressed, very quiet. I don’t like to talk too much because I don’t know what to do in front of an audience. Actually, I don’t know how to communicate with others because of my background and I am scared”.
Leung tried many trades amongst them being a grocer’s runner at his uncle’s shop, then a showroom salesman in a Hong Kong shopping centre. Comedian Stephen Chow is the person credited for directing his passions to acting. Tony Leung is loved by audiences the world over for his comedy roles.
Notable roles were in Wong Kar-wai’s films as the lonely policeman in Chungking Express (1994), a gay Chinese expatriate living in Argentina in Happy Together (1997), and a self-controlled victim of adultery in In the Mood for Love (2000), for which he won the Best Actor award at Cannes. Some have labeled him the Clark Gable of the east. With his hair slicked back, his small stature and his veiled smoldering eyes he does indeed cut an impressive figure. Females went gaga over him.
He is reported to be close to Carina Lau and enjoys a special friendship with Maggie Cheung. Tony once described Maggie Cheung as his alter ego.
Films
*Untitled Ronin Sequel (2009)
* Red Cliff (2008)
* Lust, Caution (2007)
* Confession of Pain (2006)
* Seoul Raiders (2005)
* 2046 (2004)
* Super Model (2004)
* Sound of Colors (2003)
* Infernal Affairs 3 (2003)
* 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)
* Days of Being Dumb (parody of Days of Being Wild, 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)
* Days of Being Wild (1991)
* The Great Pretenders (1991)
* Fantasy Romance (1991)
* Bullet in the Head (1990)
* The Royal Scoundrel (1990)
* A 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)
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