Date of Birth
12 September 1956,
Hong Kong
1 April 2003,
Hong Kong,
China (suicide)
Fat-Chong Cheung
Nickname
Gor-gor (elder brother)
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Mini Biography
Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children. His father was tailor to the late William Holden. Leslie's parents divorced when he was young, and he claims this is one reason for his disinterest in marriage. Following graduation from secondary school, he studied at Leeds University in Great Britain. Upon his return to Hong Kong, he entered the 1976 ATV Asian Music Contest, where he took second prize. He went on to perform on stage, television and in teeny-bopper movies. It wasn't until he was cast in the role of "Kit" in John Woo's Ying hung boon sik (1986) that his acting career took off; he has since performed in some of the best-known Hong Kong movies of the last decade, working under the direction of such directors as Kaige Chen, Kar Wai Wong, Hark Tsui and, of course, Woo. Leslie emigrated to Canada in 1992, but soon returned to Hong Kong, demonstrating his intention to remain past the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China through his purchase of real estate and opening of a coffee shop in the colony.
Leslie jumped from the landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel in the central business district early in the evening on 1st April 2003, leaving a suicide note that was found on the body.
IMDb Mini Biography By:
Lori Hitchcock
Trivia
He was one of the most popular singers in the 80s. He bade farewell to his professional singing career in December 1989 when he held 33 continuous nights of "Final Encounter of the Legend" concert.
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998
The first Hong Kong actor who acted in a mainland China film (Farewell My Concubine, 1992)
Member of the jury at Tokyo International Film Festival in 1993
The first singer to hold 100 concerts at Hong Kong Coliseum in 1997
His song "Monica" was crowned as "Song of the Century" (1999)
He was named "Asian Biggest Superstar" by CCTV-MTV in Beijing China (2000)
Most Favorite Chinese actor in 100 years of Chinese Cinema in the poll held by Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd, Hong Kong Ferry Co. Ltd, HKFAA and UA Cinemas for the Centennial of Chinese Film History (2005)
one of the first generation of PEPSI stars in Asia.
