Birthday
1956-09-12
Deathday
2003-04-01
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Leslie Cheung

Acting

Biography

Cheung Kwok-Wing (Chinese: 張國榮, English name: Leslie, September 12, 1956-April 1, 2003) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Born in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung moved to the United Kingdom in 1971, settling in Leeds, where he enrolled at university to study fashion design. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong and, in 1977, took part in an amateur singing competition—the ATV Asian Music Contest—where he won second prize. The following year, he released his first album, I Like Dreaming. He soon began appearing on television and quickly landed his first film role in Erotic D...

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