Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

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Mac daddy Tony Leung, acclaimed as Asia's Clark Gable and the finest Hong Kong actor of his generation, was listed among Asia's 25 greatest actors of all time in 2010 by CNNGo, the interactive on-line service operated by CNN. It's reported that Hollywood actors Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt have highly lauded Leung's acting. So far, Leung hasn't starred in any Hollywood films, but this hasn't affected his reputation as one of the most magnetic and influential superstars in the world.

 

Leung, who was formerly a Hong Kong TVB starlet, came international fame and won a large fan base worldwide in the 1990s for his extraordinary portrayals of various characters in a wide range of films directed by high-profile directors John Woo, Wong Kai-wai and Hou Hsiao Hsien. He has won five Best Actor statues at the Hong Kong Film Awards and three Best Actor statues at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the greatest number for any Chinese actor.

Leung won the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award in 2000 for his performance in Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" as a betrayed newspaper editor who falls into a complex romance with his neighbor. More recently, his role in "Lust, Caution" (2007) as Mr. Yee earned him the Best Actor tile at both the Asian Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards.

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Born: on Jun 27, 1962, in Hong Kong

Ancestry: Taishan, Guangdong Province

Height: 174cm; Weight: 66kg

Years active: 1981-present

Masterpieces (movies): "A City of Sadness" (1989),"A Better Tomorrow 3" (1989), "Days of Being Wild" (1991),"Hard Boiled" (1992), "Chungking Express" (1994), "Happy Together" (1997), "The Longest Nite" (1998), "In the Mood for Love" (2000), "Internal Affairs" (2002), "Hero" (2002), "2046" (2004), "Confession of Pain" (2006), "Lust, Caution" (2007), "Red Cliff" (2008)