Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiuwai born 27 June 1962 is a Hong Kong actor and singer He is considered one of Asias 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 Karwais film In the Mood for Love Leung is widely considered the best native Hong Kong actor of his generation He was named by CNN as one of Asias 25 Greatest Actors of All Time Leung is known for his collaborations with director Wong Karwai with whom he has worked in seven films including Chungking Express 1994 Happy Together 1997 In the Mood for Love 2000 and The Grandmaster 2013 He also appeared in three Venice Film Festival Golden Lionwinning films including A City of Sadness 1989 Cyclo 1995 and Lust Caution 2007 directed by Ang Lee Leung also stars in the Academy Awardnominated film Hero and the box office hits Hard Boiled 1992 and Infernal Affairs 2002 Leung was cast as the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 Leung has a comprehensive set of awards that he has won in a career that began in the 1980s For In the Mood for Love Leung earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival He is also a seventime winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards and threetime winner at the Golden Horse Film Awards holding the record for most awards in the Best Actor category The 2002 book East Asian Film Stars describes Leung as undoubtedly one of the most successful and widelyacclaimed Hong Kong actors of his generation with a broad and diverse filmography