Biography
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉, born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is considered one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognised actors and was named as "Small Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. He has won many international acting prizes, including the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor for his performance in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love. Leung is widely considered the best native Hong Kong actor of his generation. He was named by...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Fox Hunt
2025
as Dai Yichen
Based on true events. Dai Yichen, the Shanghai-based mastermind of a massive financial fraud who has been on the run for seven years, resurfaces in Pa...

In the Mood for Love 2001
2025
as Chow Mo Wan
Set in a convenience store, this short film was originally intended as the third segment of Wong Kar-wai’s unrealized anthology film Three Stories Abo...

The Goldfinger
2023
as Henry Cheng
In 1970s Hong Kong, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was formed to bring down the corruption syndicate led by British government o...

Don't Mind Me
2023
A short film with dialogue for Eason Chan's Mandarin song "Don't Mind Me" 社交恐懼癌 (from his most recent album "Chin Up"), which was produced as an exte...

人生半山腰
2023
as Self
Special Film for the 40th anniversary of Tony Leung‘s debut

Where the Wind Blows
2023
as Nam Kong
The decades spanning story of two very different policemen who rise to power in Hong Kong during British rule, and end up at odds with both organised ...

Hidden Blade
2023
as Mr. He
Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harb...

In the Mood for Love – Day One
2021
Edited from never-before-seen footage, this short film unveils rare scenes of Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in roles vastly different from their iconic...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
as Xu Wenwu
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features neve...

Europe Raiders
2018
as Mr. Lin
Mr. Lin and Ms. Lin are the number one and number two in the field. They are neither friends nor enemies, but they ultimately join hands along with tr...

Monster Hunt 2
2018
as Tu Sigu
The sequel to Monster Hunt. Set in a world where monsters and humans co-exist, the franchise tells the story of Wuba, a baby monster born to be king. ...

See You Tomorrow
2016
as Chen Mo
Chen Mo, a bar owner, listens to his customers' heartbreaks and helps them navigate their lives during their hard times while dealing with his own tra...

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
2016
as Deer / Serene Mask
The dazzling new film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travellers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose mas...

The Nameless
2015
as (archive footage)
The Nameless revolves around the story of a man named Lai Teck, one of the 50 known aliases of the Secretary-General of the Malayan Communist party fr...

继续宠爱·十年·音乐会
2013
10th Anniversary “Miss You Much Leslie” memorial concert held in 2013, commemorating the death of Leslie Cheung in 2003.

The Grandmaster
2013
as Ip Man
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges hi...

The Road to "The Grandmaster"
2012
This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martia...

On the road of Master
2012

The Silent War
2012
as He Bing
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

The Great Magician
2011
as Chang Hsien
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl...

The Founding of a Republic
2009
The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Red Cliff II
2009
as Zhou Yu
The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the ki...

Red Cliff
2008
as Zhou Yu
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to...

Lust, Caution
2007
as Mr. Yee
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

Confession of Pain
2006
as Lau Ching-Hei
In a city of love and prosperity, a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror....

Seoul Raiders
2005
as Lam
Agent Lam (Tony Leung) sets out to track a pair of plates used to make fake American dollars. When he discovers the plates, they are conned out of him...

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
2004
as Self (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)

2046
2004
as Chow Mo Wan
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Super Model
2004
as Interviewee Praising Mandom
Super model Mandom (Ronald Cheng) is very famous in the field. One day, he is threatened by someone, asking him not to attend a model competition. Man...

Sound of Colors
2003
as Ho Yuk-Ming
Ming a marriage consultant who runs into the charming but blind Yeuk through a little help of a guardian angel. The wheel of fortune is set in motion ...

Sound of Colors
2003
Theme Song Performance
Ming a marriage consultant who runs into the charming but blind Yeuk through a little help of a guardian angel. The wheel of fortune is set in motion ...

Infernal Affairs III
2003
as Chan Wing Yan
While Yeung Kam Wing is trying to remove all connections between the mob and him, his actions are being carefully observed by Lau Kin Ming, who bears ...

1:99 Shorts
2003
as 10)
Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the I...

My Lucky Star
2003
as Lai Liu Po
Yip is attractive but for some strange reason, no man has ever been interested in her. Yip meets Lai, a famous feng shui expert and she thinks that La...

My Lucky Star
2003
Theme Song Performance
Yip is attractive but for some strange reason, no man has ever been interested in her. Yip meets Lai, a famous feng shui expert and she thinks that La...

Infernal Affairs
2002
as Chan Wing Yan
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the poli...

Hero
2002
as Broken Sword
During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had m...

Chinese Odyssey 2002
2002
as Li Yilong
Two pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path. When the young Emperor and his sister contrive to ...

Fighting for Love
2001
as Veg Chiang Tung-Choi
A traffic accident brings together Deborah, a high-strung businesswoman, and Veg, successful owner of a fast food shop that specializes in bull organ ...

Love Me, Love My Money
2001
as Richard Ma
Skinflint businessman Richard (Leung) doesn't feel bad when he sacks his employees and secretary to cut unnecessary costs. He also doesn't bat an eyel...

In the Mood for Love
2000
as Chow Mo Wan
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time togethe...

Healing Hearts
2000
as Lawrence Ching
Intended as the pilot for a an E.R.-style medical drama set in Hong Kong, Healing Hearts features Tony Leung as Lawrence, a doctor whose personal life...

@ in the mood for love
2000
A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

Tokyo Raiders
2000
as Lin
When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.

Gorgeous
1999
as Albert
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince char...

Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999
as Self
A making of documentary for Happy Together. Includes interviews, on-set footage, cut scenes and footage of crew members revisiting the locations where...

Flowers of Shanghai
1998
as Wang
At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses”...

Your Place or Mine!
1998
as Tony Cheung Suk Wai
Your Place or Mine! explores the difficulties of finding true love in the modern Hong Kong setting via the encounters of two advertising executives, W...

Timeless Romance
1998
as Lau Yat Lo / Zhuge Liang
Lau (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is a policeman who meets his true love (Korean actress Chiu Ngan Suk) in the emergency room of a hospital. He's being treate...

The Longest Nite
1998
as Sam
Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in Macau, a corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations between two Triad leaders who plan to join forces. He...

Chinese Midnight Express
1997
as Ching On
The setting is 1960s Hong Kong, and righteous reporter Ching On (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) publishes an article exposing corruption in the police force. Un...

97 Aces Go Places
1997
as Chui Cheong / Drunk Gun
Eternal 25 year-old Alan Tam is a wimpy triad boss who must avenge his dad because he had a heart attack after losing at cards to a pretty cat burglar...

Happy Together
1997
as Lai Yiu-fai
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.

War of the Underworld
1996
as Hung Fei
When the son of a gang leader manages to insult the son of a rival gang leader, total war erupts between the rival gangs, and the young hero is forced...

Cyclo
1996
as Poet
Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a livin...

Blind Romance
1996
as Wing Chi Wing
Spunky girl-next-door Tung Tung, who's hot for rich guy, Chi Wing, but she can’t say two words to him thanks to one of those afflictions that occurs o...

Heaven Can't Wait
1995
as Wong Tai Fung
Foreign - Tony is a wily, pessimistic scam artist who uses an ancient superstition to build a hilariously enterprising business. Lam is his sometime b...

Doctor Mack
1995
as Dr. Lau Mack
Since dropping out from the medical school, Lau Mack has been living a humble but contented life, running a small clinic in a shabby area, treating lo...

Ashes of Time
1994
as Blind Swordsman
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to ...

The Returning
1994
as Lee Yick Cheung
Chung has a book project that will make his career in publishing: a collector's edition of the work of Siu Lau, a reclusive woman who died mysteriousl...

Chungking Express
1994
as Cop 663
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-ni...

Always Be the Winners
1994
as Master Sha
Third Master Sha (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) is a descendant of a powerful gambling family who must battle Yam Tin Sau (Ekin Cheng), the descendant of the r...

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father
1993
as Chor Yuen
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyo...

Two of a Kind
1993
as Billy / Lam Tai-Chi
Two of a Kind is a Hong Kong Romance-Comedy starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

End of the Road
1993
as Fan Long

The Magic Crane
1993
as Ma Kwun-Mo
On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge ...

Hero - Beyond the Boundary of Time
1993
as Wai Siu-Bo
Wai Siu-Bo travels to the future on a mission to cure the emperor's illness.

Come Fly the Dragon
1993
as Liu Chia-Lun
A young undercover cop woos the innocent sister of a Triad big brother in order to bring him down.

Tom, Dick and Hairy
1993
as Tom Chan
Tom Chan, Dick Ching and his older cousin Hairy Mo live in the same tenement building but each of their love life is different.

The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
as Ouyang Feng
A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.

Butterfly and Sword
1993
as Meng Sing-Wan
A loyalist attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.

Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
1992
Tomorrow is a Hong Kong made-for-TV movie starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Three Summers
1992
as Wai
Three Summers opens, a young man with a difficult past leaves his present home in the city of Hong Kong and hearkens back to the fishing village of hi...

The Days of Being Dumb
1992
as Fred
Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.

Lucky Encounter
1992
as Wai
Two inventors encounter a friendly little ghost, and stumble onto a plot to capture the ghost's uncle who was responsible for his untimely death. Howe...

Hard Boiled
1992
as Alan
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he jo...

The Banquet
1991
as Wai Chai
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

A Chinese Ghost Story III
1991
as Monk Fong
Set 100 years after the events of A Chinese Ghost Story, Buddhist Bai Yun and his disciple Fong journey through a small town to transport a golden ido...

The Tigers
1991
as Dandruff / Tau-Pi
Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.

The Great Pretenders
1991
as Snake Wai
The Great Pretenders is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Fantasy Romance
1991
as Stupid Shing
Fans of Hong Kong pinup queen Joey Wang are likely to appreciate this ghost-themed seriocomic fantasy about a comic book artist named Shing (Tony Leun...

Don't Fool Me
1991
as Chiang Ho-Chie
A gangster and a broker change jobs.

The Royal Scoundrel
1991
as Beach Boy
Beach Boy is a maverick cop whose unorthodox and incompetent ways are frowned upon by his uptight superiors. His inept partner Mr. Chow isn't much hel...

Days of Being Wild
1990
as Chow Mo-wan
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his m...

Bullet in the Head
1990
as Ben / Siu Bun
Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escala...

A City of Sadness
1989
as Wen-Ching
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwane...

Seven Warriors
1989
as Wong Wai-Wu
In the early 1920's of China, seven former soldiers band together to defend a helpless village against a group of vicious bandits in this Hong Kong re...

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
1989
as Cheung
The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin’s unwilling moll and he travel...

I Love Maria
1988
as T. Q. Zhuang
RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their killer robots, Pioneers 1 and 2. While Pioneer 1 looks ...

People's Hero
1987
as Ah Sai
Ex-gangster Sonny Koo finds himself in the middle of a bank holdup by two inexperienced crooks. The robbery goes awry, but before order can be restore...

Happy Go Lucky
1987
as Wei
Tony Leung plays Wai, an apple polisher working in a finance company co-managed by Ma and Kang, both being brothers. Kang is the good brother, Ma, the...

Love Unto Wastes
1986
as Tony Cheung Shu-Hoi
Four young people spend their time living the wild life - until one of them is brutally murdered in a burglary. The survivors come under the scrutiny ...

The Lunatics
1986
as Doggie
A psychiatrist donates his time to help the mentally ill street people of Hong Kong. A reporter who hears about his activities accompanies him on his ...
Young Cops
1985
A typical Hong Kong comedy about young inexperienced cops that get into a lot of silly antics. The film is notable for featuring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai a...

Fascinating Affairs
1985
as Ah Kit / Lee Lun-Kit

The Temptation
1984
Virginia is a strong businesswoman. She is an old woman in the company and no man has fallen in love with her. She is so desperate for love that when ...

Mad, Mad 83
1983
shaw production

Linqi:Decision
1983

經理後生
1983
Tang Shouqiang is desperate for a white-collar life and is desperate for a chance to fulfil his wishes. He was born into a wealthy family and works as...

Crossroads - Strayed
1983
as Ah Lap
A young adolescent man (Tony Leung) gets into a scuffle with some local punks and things escalate into a crime. With his single mother ailing from a s...

Forced Vengeance
1982
as Young Intern
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
孤獨狀元
1982
Cai, a highly talented student, is highly regarded and nurtured by the headmaster and his teachers, but this has led to jealousy among his classmates....

Silent Friend
N/A
as Tony
It is set in the botanical garden of Marburg, a medieval university town in Germany, and tells three stories connected to a tree over a period of more...
Untitled Johnnie To Gangster Film
N/A
Revolves around the conflict of Hong Kong gangs in Japan.