Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung at the news conference of the film Double Tap, 2000
Background information
Chinese name	張國榮 (traditional)
Chinese name	张国荣 (simplified)
Pinyin	Zhāng Guóróng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Zoeng1 Gwok3wing4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Cheung Fat-chung (張發宗)
Born	(1956-09-12)12 September 1956 Kowloon, British Hong Kong
Died	1 April 2003(2003-04-01) (aged 46) Central, Hong Kong
Other name(s)	Ge Ge (meaning "Older brother") (哥哥) Junior Ten (十仔) Junior (阿仔)
Occupation	Singer actor songwriter record and film producer
Genre(s)	Cantopop, Mandopop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Voice type(s)	Baritone
Label(s)	Polydor (1977–82) Capital Artists (1982–87) Cinepoly (1987–90) Rock (1995–99) Universal (1999–2003)
Years active	1977–2003
Parents	Cheung Wut-hoi (張活海) (father) (born 1910, died 1989) Poon Yuk-yiu (潘玉瑤) (mother) (born 1919, died 1998)
Ancestry	Meizhou, Guangdong
Education	Buddhist Wong Fung Ling College Rosaryhill School Wellington College Norwich School (independent school)
Alma mater	University of Leeds
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor 1991 Days of Being Wild Best Original Film Song 1995 He's a Woman, She's a Man Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor 1994 Ashes of Time Golden Horse Awards Best Original Song 1993 The Bride with White Hair RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards Sales Award (Best-Selling Album of the Year) 1987 Summer Romance IFPI Award 1988 Leslie Golden Needle Award 1999 Silver Jubilee Award 2002 Other awards Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Most Popular Male Artist 1988, 1989 Honours Award 1999, 2000 Four Channel Award (Best Album of the Year) 2000 Untitled Ultimate Song Chart Awards Ultimate Male Artist Gold Award 1988, 1989 IFPI Award 1989 Leslie '89 Golden Phoenix Awards Special Contribution Award 1993 Farewell My Concubine Japan Film Critics Society Best Actor 1994 Farewell My Concubine CCTV-MTV Music Honours Asia's Biggest Superstar 2000 Chinese Pop Music Media Awards Best Male Singer 2001

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (born Cheung Fat-chung; 12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is considered "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop" by "combining a hugely successful film and music career."

Cheung rose to prominence as a teen heartthrob and pop icon of Hong Kong in the 1980s, receiving numerous music awards including both Most Popular Male Artist Awards at the 1988 and 1989 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards. In 1989, Cheung announced his retirement from the music industry as a pop singer. Returning to the music scene after a five-year hiatus, Cheung released his chart-topping comeback album Most Beloved (寵愛) which achieved a huge market success. In 1999, he won the Golden Needle Award for his outstanding achievement as a musician at the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, and his 1984 hit song Monica was voted as Hong Kong's "Song of the Century". He was honoured as "Asia's Biggest Superstar" at the 2000 CCTV-MTV Music Honours.

Cheung won the 1991 Hong Kong Film Award (Days of Being Wild) and the 1994 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award (Ashes of Time) for best actor. He had also won the 1994 Japan Film Critics Society Award for best actor for his performance in Farewell My Concubine and ten other best actor nominations, five Golden Horse Awards, three Cannes Film Festival Awards, a Asia Pacific Film Festival Award, and a Venice Film Festival Award.