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Tony Leung

Tony Leung
Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Lu ding ji (1983) or Jue dai shuang jiao (1979). However, he didn't limit himself to television and began showing his versatility in films like Sha shou hu die meng (1989) and A City of Sadness (1989). After he starred in several movies directed by 'Kar wai Wong'; such as Chungking Express (1994) and Happy Together (1997), he gained more respect as an actor and finally received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes International Film Festival for his outstanding performance in In the Mood for Love (2000). In addition to his acting career, he is also known as a singer.



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Tony Leung - what members say


  • Hard Boiled
  • Hard Boiled review by from Colne, Lancashire, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Explosive Extravaganza! 13 May 2005
    ...ost action films. Plus, the acting is infinitely superior with Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung showing a great sense of vulnerability and pathos. Not to mention that the scri...   Read customer review
  • Flying Dagger
  • Flying Dagger review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Star-studded cast for this comedy 1 January 2005
    ...ast in this film - they were really brilliant. For those who get confused, it's Tony Leung Ka Fai who is starring in this film. The storyline and plot are rather non-exis...   Read customer review
  • New Dragon Gate Inn
  • New Dragon Gate Inn review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
    Rated - 3.0 stars New Dragon Gate Inn 15 April 2006
    ...gon Gate inn, in the middle of the desert. For some reason both bandits (led by Tony Leung Ka Fai and Brigitte Lin) and government agents who are hunting them end up ther...   Read customer review

Tony Leung - filmography


  • 2046 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Maggie Cheung,  Ziyi Zhang
    Director: Wong Kar-wai,  Wong Kar-Wai,  Kar-Wai Wong
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Offbeat and sumptuously filmed sci-fi romance directed by Kar Wai Wong. A struggling pulp fiction writer, Chow (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), gets so caught up in the Kubrick-style sci-fi novel he is writing that fantasy and reality start to merge. Meanwhile, Chow indulges his passion with a series of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 13,147 members
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  • Infernal Affairs III on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Kelly Chen,  Andy Lau
    Director: Wai Keung Lau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Infernal Affairs III picks up where the first film left off. Ming (Andy Lau) is cleared of any charges involving Yan's (Tony Leung) death, and is eventually assigned to the Internal Affairs division. He discovers that another cop, Yeung (Leon Lai of Fallen Angels), quickly rising through the ranks ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,476 members
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  • Double Vision on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Rene Liu,  David Morse
    Director: Chen Kuo-Fu
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Several murders are occuring - a businessman found drowned in his office, the mistress of a government official burnt to death, and a priest disemboweled in his bed. The Taiwanese authorities are forced to enlist the help of the FBI. Agent Kevin Richter (David Morse) teams up with foreign affairs ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 286 members
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  • Infernal Affairs on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Andy Lau,  Anthony Wong
    Director: Siu Fai Mak,  Andrew Lau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A cop goes undercover as a gangster while, simultaneously, a gangster infiltrates the police force, pretending to be a cop. These two sleeper agents live underground for a decade before a series of mistakes clues in all the wrong people as to what's going on and each mole is ordered to root out the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 17,670 members
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  • Infernal Affairs - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Andy Lau,  Anthony Wong
    Director: Siu Fai Mak,  Andrew Lau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, INFERNAL AFFAIRS is a tense thriller featuring Hong Kong superstars Andy Lau and Tony Leung. The film follows the parallel lives of Ming (Lau), a cop who secretly reports to ruthless Triad crime boss Sam (Eric Tsang); and Yan (Leung), an undercover police ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 169 members
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  • Tokyo Raiders on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Kelly Chen,  Toru Nakamura
    Director: Jingle Ma
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A top Japanese gang leader has overstepped the mark and is now being hunted by a rival gang, the police and some of the country's top businessmen. Only his beautiful girlfriend Macy can lead them to him. But can they trust her?
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 540 members
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  • In the Mood for Love on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Ping Lam Siu,  Chi-ang Chi
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Hong Kong, 1962. Mrs Chan (Maggie Cheung) and her husband rent a room in the same building as Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and his wife. After a while, and with their partners seemingly always away on business, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan become friends, their hesitant, considerate relationship making their ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 13,072 members
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  • Happy Together on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Leslie Cheung,  Chang Chen
    Director: Wong Kar-Wai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai directs the strange, intimate drama Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit (Happy Together). Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle employed multiple film speeds and different color film stock during the shooting. Ho (Leslie Cheung) and Lai (Tony Leung) are lovers from Hong Kong ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,358 members
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  • Island Of Greed on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Andy Lau,  Paulyn Sun
    Director: Michael Mak
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When criminal kingpin Chou (Tony Leung) decides to take the step into legitimate politics, determined cop Fang (Andy Lau) does everything he can to ruin the campaign. Thanks to Fang's actions, Chau's nomination gets revoked, but this doesn't stop the gangster re-applying as an independent candidate...read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 224 members
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  • The Return Of The God Of Gamblers on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Chow Yun-Fat,  Chingamy Yau
    Director: Wong Jing
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ko Chun is forced out of retirement when his pregnant wife is murdered by his arch rival Chau Siu Chee. He soon finds himself pursued by the police, rescuing the son of a Taiwanese gangster, joining up with a brother and sister team of swindlers, kidnapping a police chief and travelling to Taiwan ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 669 members
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  • Butterfly And Sword on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Donnie Yen,  Michelle Yeoh
    Director: Chu Yen Ping
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    starring Michelle Yeoh,Tony Leung, and Donnie Yen in this Kung Fu movie. An honorable, brave farmer volunteers to help defend the Ming Dynasty against a gang of dissembling eunuchs with a coup d'etat on their minds.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 866 members
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  • Flying Dagger on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Jimmy Lin,  Maggie Cheung
    Director: Kevin Chu
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The bounty hunting Han brothers are forever losing their quarries to a female duo known as the Two Witches. When they have the opportunity to catch the Red Fox - the ultimate quarry - the brothers decide to ensure success by joining forces with the Witches.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 293 members
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  • Hard Boiled on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Tony Leung,  Johnson Law
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The film that opened up the Western market for the Hong Kong action genre. John Woo's characteristic mix of anarchic humour and high body-counts coalesce in this action-thriller about a renegade cop who takes on a group of Triad gun-runners who have been hiding their product in a hospital morgue. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 9,503 members
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  • New Dragon Gate Inn (1992)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Bridget Lin,  Maggie Cheung
    Director: Li Hui Min
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    During the Ming dynasty, Tsao Sui San (Donnie Yen) - the evil eunuch leader of the East Chamber - attempts to forge his own kingdom by destroying the rebelling clans. His forces confront the rebels in the desert, and the two warring factions end up at the Dragon Gate Inn, owned by the beautiful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 833 members
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  • Bullet in the Head on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Jacky Cheung,  Waise Lee
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Hong Kong action virtuoso John Woo orchestrates this explosive war epic in his trademark balletic style. Three young blood brothers are summoned to fight in Vietnam, the horrors of battle testing their loyalties to the full.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,782 members
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  • Island Of Fire on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Tony Leung,  Andy Lau,  Sammo Hung
    Director: Yin-Ping Chu
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When a corrupt prison warder begins faking the deaths of inmates so that he can later use them as expendable assassins, a Hong Kong cop (Tony Leung) goes undercover as a prisoner in order to investigate. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Andy Lau star.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 871 members
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  • A Better Tomorrow III (1989)
    Starring: Chow Yun-Fat,  Tony Leung,  Anita Mui
    Director: Tsui Hark
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    "Love and Death in Saigon" series staple Mark Gor returns to Vietnam to rescue his uncle, with help from a beautiful guerilla fighter.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 122 members
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Tony Leung facts

5 most recent films

2046 - 3.0 stars
Infernal Affairs III - 3.0 stars
Double Vision - 2.5 stars
Infernal Affairs - 3.5 stars
Infernal Affairs - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Infernal Affairs - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Infernal Affairs - 3.5 stars
In the Mood for Love - 3.5 stars
Hard Boiled - 3.5 stars
A Better Tomorrow III - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Island Of Greed - 2.5 stars
Double Vision - 2.5 stars
Flying Dagger - 2.5 stars
Butterfly And Sword - 2.5 stars
Island Of Fire - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Andy Lau - 7 times - show films
Maggie Cheung - 6 times - show films
Anthony Wong - 4 times - show films
Chow Yun-Fat - 4 times - show films
Kelly Chen - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wong Kar-Wai - 7 times - show films
John Woo - 5 times - show films
Andrew Lau - 3 times - show films
Siu Fai Mak - 3 times - show films
Tsui Hark - 2 times - show films