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During the promotion of the movie '']'', pro-colonial and pro-British politicians and commentators in Hong Kong attacked Leung for expressing the view on that the suppression of the ] was necessary to maintain stability. Under constant political pressure and boycott threats, Leung made a single statement that he may have been quoted out of context. He refused to retract his statement in the magazine.<ref> HK Entertainment Review, ] ]. Retrieved ] ].</ref> However, the movie magazine editor maintained that the original statement was not out of context and challenged people to read the complete interview. During the promotion of the movie '']'', pro-colonial and pro-British politicians and commentators in Hong Kong attacked Leung for expressing the view on that the suppression of the ] was necessary to maintain stability. Under constant political pressure and boycott threats, Leung made a single statement that he may have been quoted out of context. He refused to retract his statement in the magazine.<ref> HK Entertainment Review, ] ]. Retrieved ] ].</ref> However, the movie magazine editor maintained that the original statement was not out of context and challenged people to read the complete interview.

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⚫ ==Relationship with Carina Lau==
⚫ Leung has dated ] since the end of 1989. He had known her since ''The Replica'' in 1984 as she had been good friends with Margie Tsang, his previous girlfriend.

⚫ Except for a few short breaks, Leung and Lau have been dating steadily since 1989. In 1993, Leung was rumored to be dating ] after appearing in a music video with her. On one occasion, Lau met Chow at a movie premiere and refused to take pictures with her. However, when the rumor cooled down, everything was back to normal. In 1994, Lau filed a lawsuit against her personal assistant for stealing her checks. Her male assistant testified in court that he had been in a sexual relationship with her. Later, Leung dismissed the case by publicly going on air and said "I love Ka-Ling" (Lau) on a radio show on New Year's Eve. In 1997, Lau was involved again in a complicated family matter. Her longtime friend Mr. Lo was filing for divorce, and rumors claimed she was to blame for the demise of his marriage. Both Leung and Lau denied the rumors. The rumor mills were targeted at Leung again in 1998, when he was caught on camera driving ] home. The HK East Touch Magazine took photos of them outside a night bar on ]. Apparently, they were having a good time with a group of friends in the "97's bar", and he later drove her home. Kwan claims that nothing happened. She is a good friend of Lau, and Leung simply gave her a ride home. Soon another rumored affair between Lau and a Taiwanese actor hit the stands, and Leung claimed the rumor was ludicrous. None of the rumors listed above have ever been proven.

⚫ In 1990, during the filming of ''Days of Being Wild'', Lau was abducted and topless photos of her were snapped (years later, Hong Kong tabloids tastelessly published photos of a nude and frightened Lau).

⚫ Originally, Wong Kar Wai said, there were plans for ''Days of Being Wild'' I and II, and the sequence featuring Tony Leung was meant to be the opening scene of the second movie. But two things happened, one of which was that ''Days of Being Wild'' didn't do well in Hong Kong, so the producers said, "No Part 2." The other reason was the incident of Carina Lau's kidnapping.

⚫ "I was doing the shoot," Tony said, "and a friend came and told me, 'Your girlfriend has just been kidnapped.' And I told Kar-wai I couldn't do any more, I had to go find her." The thugs who grabbed Lau set her free several hours later, and it is now believed that the man behind the kidnapping is a show business entrepreneur with whom Carina was having a financial dispute. Leung said she has never wanted to talk about what happened in those missing hours with anyone, including him. "I told her that was fine, I had no right to ask," he said. "I was just glad to have her home safe." He then told Wong Kar Wai that he didn't want to go back to work anytime soon. "A human being is more important than a movie," he said.

⚫ He worked on-screen with Lau in ''Replica'' (1984), ''Duke of Mount Deer'' (1984), ''Police Cadet'' (1984,85,88), ''The Yangs' Saga'' (1985), ''Days of Being Wild'' (1991), ''He ain't heavy, he's my father'' (1993), ''Ashes of Time'' (1994), and ''2046'' (2005).

⚫ ==Friendship with Maggie Cheung==
⚫ Their first TV serial together was the highly successful ''Police Cadet'' in 1984 (later named ''Police Cadet 84'' to distinguish it from subsequent sequels). Leung played an outgoing young man who decides to become a police officer in order to earn a living for his family; Cheung played a shy bookworm, Tony's upstairs neighbor and love interest. Since then they have worked together on ''The Yangs' Saga'' (1985), ''Days of Being Wild'' (1991), ''Ashes of Time'' (1994), ''In the Mood for Love'' (2000), ''Hero'' (2002), and ''2046'' (2005).

⚫ In an interview by renowned director ], Leung had this to say about Cheung:

⚫ "She is like my alter ego. We started our careers at almost the same time and acted opposite each other in our first television series and on some other occasions - like on the ''Days of Being Wild'' sequel, which was never released, and on Ashes of Time. But we did not work opposite each other again until ''In the Mood for Love''. Maggie is a truly formidable partner - one to waltz with. We do not spend a lot of time with each other, as we like to keep some mystery between us. Whenever I see her, I discover something new about her."<ref>. September 2005. Retrieved ] ]. </ref>


==Awards and nominations== ==Awards and nominations==
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* ] * ]
** 2005 Best Actor (''2046'') <ref> at the Internet Movie Database </ref> ** 2005 Best Actor (''2046'') <ref> at the Internet Movie Database </ref>

⚫ ==Relationship with Carina Lau==
⚫ Leung has dated ] since the end of 1989. He had known her since ''The Replica'' in 1984 as she had been good friends with Margie Tsang, his previous girlfriend.

⚫ Except for a few short breaks, Leung and Lau have been dating steadily since 1989. In 1993, Leung was rumored to be dating ] after appearing in a music video with her. On one occasion, Lau met Chow at a movie premiere and refused to take pictures with her. However, when the rumor cooled down, everything was back to normal. In 1994, Lau filed a lawsuit against her personal assistant for stealing her checks. Her male assistant testified in court that he had been in a sexual relationship with her. Later, Leung dismissed the case by publicly going on air and said "I love Ka-Ling" (Lau) on a radio show on New Year's Eve. In 1997, Lau was involved again in a complicated family matter. Her longtime friend Mr. Lo was filing for divorce, and rumors claimed she was to blame for the demise of his marriage. Both Leung and Lau denied the rumors. The rumor mills were targeted at Leung again in 1998, when he was caught on camera driving ] home. The HK East Touch Magazine took photos of them outside a night bar on ]. Apparently, they were having a good time with a group of friends in the "97's bar", and he later drove her home. Kwan claims that nothing happened. She is a good friend of Lau, and Leung simply gave her a ride home. Soon another rumored affair between Lau and a Taiwanese actor hit the stands, and Leung claimed the rumor was ludicrous. None of the rumors listed above have ever been proven.

⚫ In 1990, during the filming of ''Days of Being Wild'', Lau was abducted and topless photos of her were snapped (years later, Hong Kong tabloids tastelessly published photos of a nude and frightened Lau).

⚫ Originally, Wong Kar Wai said, there were plans for ''Days of Being Wild'' I and II, and the sequence featuring Tony Leung was meant to be the opening scene of the second movie. But two things happened, one of which was that ''Days of Being Wild'' didn't do well in Hong Kong, so the producers said, "No Part 2." The other reason was the incident of Carina Lau's kidnapping.

⚫ "I was doing the shoot," Tony said, "and a friend came and told me, 'Your girlfriend has just been kidnapped.' And I told Kar-wai I couldn't do any more, I had to go find her." The thugs who grabbed Lau set her free several hours later, and it is now believed that the man behind the kidnapping is a show business entrepreneur with whom Carina was having a financial dispute. Leung said she has never wanted to talk about what happened in those missing hours with anyone, including him. "I told her that was fine, I had no right to ask," he said. "I was just glad to have her home safe." He then told Wong Kar Wai that he didn't want to go back to work anytime soon. "A human being is more important than a movie," he said.

⚫ ==Friendship with Maggie Cheung==
⚫ Their first TV serial together was the highly successful ''Police Cadet'' in 1984 (later named ''Police Cadet 84'' to distinguish it from subsequent sequels). Leung played an outgoing young man who decides to become a police officer in order to earn a living for his family; Cheung played a shy bookworm, Tony's upstairs neighbor and love interest.

⚫ In an interview by renowned director ], Leung had this to say about Cheung:

⚫ "She is like my alter ego. We started our careers at almost the same time and acted opposite each other in our first television series and on some other occasions - like on the ''Days of Being Wild'' sequel, which was never released, and on Ashes of Time. But we did not work opposite each other again until ''In the Mood for Love''. Maggie is a truly formidable partner - one to waltz with. We do not spend a lot of time with each other, as we like to keep some mystery between us. Whenever I see her, I discover something new about her."<ref>. September 2005. Retrieved ] ]. </ref>

==Female Co-stars==
''']'''
⚫ ''Replica'' (1984), ''Duke of Mount Deer'' (1984), ''Police Cadet'' (1984,85,88), ''The Yangs' Saga'' (1985), ''Days of Being Wild'' (1991), ''He ain't heavy, he's my father'' (1993), ''Ashes of Time'' (1994), ''2046'' (2005)

''']'''
''Police Cadet'' (1984), ''The Yangs' Saga'' (1985), ''Days of Being Wild'' (1991), ''Ashes of Time'' (1994), ''In the Mood for Love'' (2000), ''Hero'' (2003), ''2046'' (2005)
''']'''
''Tokyo Raiders'' (2000), ''Infernal Affairs'' (2002)

''']'''
''He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father'' (1993), ''Chungking Express'' (1994)

''']'''
''Aces Goes Place'' (1997), ''Mack the Knife'' (1995)
'''] (Elaine Kam)'''
''Love Unto Waste'' (1986), ''People's Hero'' (1987)

''']'''
''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre'' (1986), ''Two Most Honorable Knights'' (1988), ''Da Du Hui'' (1988)

''']'''
''2046'' (2004), ''Eros'' (2004)

''']'''
''Mad Mad 83'' (1983), ''Young Cops'' (1985), ''The Magic Crane'' (1993)
''']'''
''Flowers of Shanghai'' (1998), ''Healing Hearts'' (2000)

''']'''
''Police Cadet'' (1985, 88), ''The Yangs' Saga'' (1985), ''The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre'' (1986), ''Grand Canal'' (1986), ''Young Cops'' (1985)

''']'''
''Lust, Caution'' (2007)

''']'''
''Chungking Express'' (1994), ''Chinese Odyssey 2002'' (2002), ''2046'' (2005)

''']'''
''Blind Romance'' (1996)

''']'''
''Sound of Colors'' (2003), ''My Lucky Star'' (2003)

''']'''
''The Roughride'' (1985)

''']'''
''Hero'' (2002), ''2046'' (2004)


==Filmography== ==Filmography==

Revision as of 12:21, 10 April 2007

Tony Leung Chiu-wai
梁朝偉
File:Hkexpotonyleung.jpg2006 promotional photograph for the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo
Height5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Template:Chinese name Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉; pinyin: Liáng Cháowěi) (born in Hong Kong on June 27, 1962) is a Hong Kong movie and ex-TVB actor. He has been a major film star since the 1990s.

Due to the fact that he is often confused with fellow actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai, he is known colloquially in Hong Kong as "Short Tony", while Ka-fai is known as "Big Tony", nicknames which correspond to the actors' respective physical statures.

Background

Family

Tony Leung was born in Hong Kong, though his family comes from Taishan, Guangdong, China.

Leung's early childhood is punctuated with parents' quarrels and arguments about money. A mischievous boy when young, his personality changed when his father, a chronic gambler, left the family when he was eight; he and his younger sister were brought up single-handedly by their mother.

Leung became a reticient, quiet child; his childhood experiences made it difficult for him to trust in marriage and paved the way for his acting career, which allow him "to express my emotions without me getting embarrassed. I can cry or smash things on the set, but no one knows that's just acting or that's how I am really feeling".

"After my father left me when I was eight, I became afraid to talk to other people. In school, When other children talked about their parents, I would get very embarrassed. I didn't want to mention my father, so I seldom talked to others."

His childhood has a lasting effect on Leung's personality. "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's mother worked hard to keep him attending a private school, but even so, Tony had to quit school at the age 15 due to financial difficulties. As an adolescent he behaved himself and remains very close to his mother. During a DVD interview on the making of Hero, he sees his mother as his definition of a "hero" for having brought up two children alone.

Television career

After quitting his studies, Leung worked in a variety of jobs, first as a grocer's runner at his uncle's shop, then a showroom salesman in a HK shopping center. He met actor and comedian Stephen Chow who influenced his decision to become an actor and remains a good friend.

In 1982 he passed the training courses of television channel TVB. Due to his boyish looks, TVB cast him as host to a children's programme, 430 Space Shuttle. Leung enjoyed comedies during his television years; it was for these he became well known.

Film career

Many consider Tony Leung's role in director John Woo's 1992 action film Hard Boiled where he acted with Chow Yun-Fat, as his breakthrough role in film. However, Leung first gained international exposure through Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 1989 film A City of Sadness, which won the Venice Golden Lion.

Leung often collaborates with director Wong Kar-wai and has appeared in many of his films. His most notable roles in Wong Kar-wai's films include the lonely policeman in Chungking Express (1994), a homosexual 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.

He is considered by many to be the finest actor of his generation in Hong Kong. Robert de Niro is an admirer of his work, and Leung has been called Asia's answer to Clark Gable.

Carina Lau, a fellow actress, has been in a steady relationship with him since 1989. Despite this, the couple have no intention of marrying.

Leung also has an on-and-off Cantopop and Mandarin pop singing career and sang the theme song of Infernal Affairs with Andy Lau.

Leung speaks impeccable English and is well read and well versed on historical issues. During the late 1990s, some predicted that it would be difficult for him to break into Hollywood since he would not take on degrading roles because of his pride and character. To date, he has not done a Hollywood movie, but is primed to appear in one after signing on with an American film agent.

During the promotion of the movie Hero, pro-colonial and pro-British politicians and commentators in Hong Kong attacked Leung for expressing the view on that the suppression of the Tiananmen Square demonstration was necessary to maintain stability. Under constant political pressure and boycott threats, Leung made a single statement that he may have been quoted out of context. He refused to retract his statement in the magazine. However, the movie magazine editor maintained that the original statement was not out of context and challenged people to read the complete interview.

Relationship with Carina Lau

Leung has dated Carina Lau since the end of 1989. He had known her since The Replica in 1984 as she had been good friends with Margie Tsang, his previous girlfriend.

Except for a few short breaks, Leung and Lau have been dating steadily since 1989. In 1993, Leung was rumored to be dating Valerie Chow after appearing in a music video with her. On one occasion, Lau met Chow at a movie premiere and refused to take pictures with her. However, when the rumor cooled down, everything was back to normal. In 1994, Lau filed a lawsuit against her personal assistant for stealing her checks. Her male assistant testified in court that he had been in a sexual relationship with her. Later, Leung dismissed the case by publicly going on air and said "I love Ka-Ling" (Lau) on a radio show on New Year's Eve. In 1997, Lau was involved again in a complicated family matter. Her longtime friend Mr. Lo was filing for divorce, and rumors claimed she was to blame for the demise of his marriage. Both Leung and Lau denied the rumors. The rumor mills were targeted at Leung again in 1998, when he was caught on camera driving Rosamund Kwan home. The HK East Touch Magazine took photos of them outside a night bar on March 7. Apparently, they were having a good time with a group of friends in the "97's bar", and he later drove her home. Kwan claims that nothing happened. She is a good friend of Lau, and Leung simply gave her a ride home. Soon another rumored affair between Lau and a Taiwanese actor hit the stands, and Leung claimed the rumor was ludicrous. None of the rumors listed above have ever been proven.

In 1990, during the filming of Days of Being Wild, Lau was abducted and topless photos of her were snapped (years later, Hong Kong tabloids tastelessly published photos of a nude and frightened Lau).

Originally, Wong Kar Wai said, there were plans for Days of Being Wild I and II, and the sequence featuring Tony Leung was meant to be the opening scene of the second movie. But two things happened, one of which was that Days of Being Wild didn't do well in Hong Kong, so the producers said, "No Part 2." The other reason was the incident of Carina Lau's kidnapping.

"I was doing the shoot," Tony said, "and a friend came and told me, 'Your girlfriend has just been kidnapped.' And I told Kar-wai I couldn't do any more, I had to go find her." The thugs who grabbed Lau set her free several hours later, and it is now believed that the man behind the kidnapping is a show business entrepreneur with whom Carina was having a financial dispute. Leung said she has never wanted to talk about what happened in those missing hours with anyone, including him. "I told her that was fine, I had no right to ask," he said. "I was just glad to have her home safe." He then told Wong Kar Wai that he didn't want to go back to work anytime soon. "A human being is more important than a movie," he said.

He worked on-screen with Lau in Replica (1984), Duke of Mount Deer (1984), Police Cadet (1984,85,88), The Yangs' Saga (1985), Days of Being Wild (1991), He ain't heavy, he's my father (1993), Ashes of Time (1994), and 2046 (2005).

Friendship with Maggie Cheung

Their first TV serial together was the highly successful Police Cadet in 1984 (later named Police Cadet 84 to distinguish it from subsequent sequels). Leung played an outgoing young man who decides to become a police officer in order to earn a living for his family; Cheung played a shy bookworm, Tony's upstairs neighbor and love interest. Since then they have worked together on The Yangs' Saga (1985), Days of Being Wild (1991), Ashes of Time (1994), In the Mood for Love (2000), Hero (2002), and 2046 (2005).

In an interview by renowned director Wong Kar Wai, Leung had this to say about Cheung:

"She is like my alter ego. We started our careers at almost the same time and acted opposite each other in our first television series and on some other occasions - like on the Days of Being Wild sequel, which was never released, and on Ashes of Time. But we did not work opposite each other again until In the Mood for Love. Maggie is a truly formidable partner - one to waltz with. We do not spend a lot of time with each other, as we like to keep some mystery between us. Whenever I see her, I discover something new about her."

Awards and nominations

  • Cannes Film Festival
    • 2000 Best Actor (In the Mood for Love)
  • Golden Horse Film Festival
    • 2003 Best Actor (Infernal Affairs)
    • 2000 Nominated Best Actor (In the Mood for Love)
    • 1994 Best Actor (Chungking Express)
  • Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor awards. Nominated nine times, won five times:
    • 2005 Won Best Actor (2046)
    • 2003 Won Best Actor, for his role as the undercover cop Yan (Infernal Affairs)
    • 2001 Won Best Actor (In the Mood for Love)
    • 1999 Nominated Best Actor (Longest Nite)
    • 1998 Won Best Actor (Happy Together)
    • 1995 Won Best Actor (Chungking Express)
    • 1993 Nominated Best Supporting Actor (Hard-Boiled)
    • 1990 Won Best Supporting Actor (My Heart Is That Eternal Rose)
    • 1988 Won Best Supporting Actor (People's Hero)
    • 1987 Nominated Best Actor (Love Unto Waste)
  • Golden Bauhinia Awards
    • 2003 Won Best Actor (Infernal Affairs)
  • Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
    • 2005 Best Actor (2046)

Filmography

Discography

  • Hard to Forget You (1993)
  • Cannot Forget Collection (?)
  • The Past And The Future (Cantonese version) (?)
  • The Past And The Future (Mandarin version) (March 2000)
  • Tony Leung Greatest Hits (June 2000)
  • In the mood for love (November 2000)
  • Feng Sha (2004) (reissued January 2006)

References

  1. Tony Leung in the mood for acting. China View, 21 April 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2006.
  2. Tony Leung to appear in Hollywood film. ChinaDaily.com, 10 August 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
  3. Tony Leung Heads for Hollywood. CRI English.com, 18 August 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
  4. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai claims he was misquoted. HK Entertainment Review, 19 December 2002. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
  5. "Interview" magazine. September 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
  6. Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2005 at the Internet Movie Database

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