Profile | プロフィール
Born / 生年月日
June 27, 1962 | Kowloon, Hong Kong
Age / 年齢
62 years old (as of 2025)
Occupation / 職業
Actor
俳優
Nationality / 国籍
Hong Kong (香港)
Net Worth / 推定資産
$70 million (2025)
Biography | 経歴[English] Tony Leung Chiu-wai is the most complete screen actor Hong Kong has produced and one of the most exceptional figures in the history of world cinema. From a beloved television star to an artist of international canonical stature, his four-decade career is marked by legendary performances: the soul of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love; the silent witness in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s A City of Sadness; and the undercover detective in Infernal Affairs who inspired Scorsese’s The Departed. His defining quality—a vast interior life held within composed, watchful stillness—is a rare gift, both deeply personal and profoundly universal. Rooted in the biography of a man who learned young to carry the unspeakable, his presence speaks to the shared human experience of loving and losing when no adequate words can be found.
[日本語] トニー・レオン（梁朝偉）は、香港が生んだ最も完成された映画俳優であり、世界映画史においても比類なき存在です。絶大な人気を誇るテレビスターから、40年の歳月を経て国際的な正典（カノン）に名を連ねる芸術家へと自らを昇華させました。21世紀最高の映画と称される『花様年華』の魂として、ホウ・シャオシェンの金獅子賞作『悲情城市』における沈黙の証人として、そしてスコセッシの『ディパーテッド』に直接的なインスピレーションを与えた『インファナル・アフェア』の潜入捜査官として。彼の真骨頂は、静謐な佇まいの中に湛えられた「広大な内面世界」にあります。それは、言葉にできない想いを抱えて生きることを幼少期に学んだ一人の男の軌跡に根ざしながら、愛と喪失に直面し、語るべき言葉を持たないすべての人間の経験に深く共鳴する、静かなる至宝と言えるでしょう。
Filmography | 主な作品
Feature Films (長編映画)
|
Year |
Title (English / Japanese / Original) |
Director |
Awards/Note |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1989 |
City of Sadness / 悲情城市 / 悲情城市 |
Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Venice Golden Lion 🏆 (film) / Deaf-mute photographer / No dialogue |
|
1990 |
Days of Being Wild / 欲望の翼 / 阿飛正傳 |
Wong Kar-wai |
HKFA Best Film 🏆 / Mysterious final-scene appearance |
|
1990 |
Bullet in the Head / 男たちの挽歌/友は風の彼方に / 喋血街頭 |
John Woo |
Psychological Vietnam War drama; major performance |
|
1992 |
Hard Boiled / ハードボイルド 新・男たちの挽歌 / 辣手神探 |
John Woo |
Tony the undercover cop / Iconic partnership with Chow Yun-fat |
|
1994 |
Chungking Express / 恋する惑星 / 重慶森林 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Cop 663 / International breakthrough / Faye Wong |
|
1995 |
Fallen Angels / 堕落天使 / 墮落天使 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Mute ex-convict / Nocturnal Hong Kong |
|
1996 |
Temptress Moon / 風月 / 風月 |
Chen Kaige |
Opposite Gong Li / Shanghai period drama |
|
1997 |
Happy Together / ブエノスアイレス / 春光乍洩 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Cannes Best Director 🏆 (film) / Physical, exposed performance / Leslie Cheung |
|
2000 |
In the Mood for Love / 花様年華 / 花樣年華 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Cannes Best Actor 🏆 First Hong Kong actor to win / HKFA Best Actor 🏆 / BBC #1 Film 21st C (2022) |
|
2002 |
Hero / HERO / 英雄 |
Zhang Yimou |
First Chinese-language film #1 US box office / Broken Sword / Maggie Cheung |
|
2002 |
Infernal Affairs / インファナル・アフェア / 無間道 |
Andrew Lau, Alan Mak |
HKFA Best Actor 🏆 Best Film 🏆 / Remade by Scorsese as The Departed |
|
2003 |
Infernal Affairs II / インファナル・アフェアII / 無間道II |
Andrew Lau, Alan Mak |
Prequel / Origin of Chan Wing-yan |
|
2003 |
Infernal Affairs III / インファナル・アフェアIII / 無間道III |
Andrew Lau, Alan Mak |
Trilogy conclusion |
|
2004 |
2046 |
Wong Kar-wai |
HKFA Best Actor 🏆 / Continuation of In the Mood for Love |
|
2006 |
Miami Vice |
Michael Mann |
American Hollywood production opposite Colin Farrell |
|
2007 |
Lust, Caution / ラスト、コーション / 色，戒 |
Ang Lee |
Venice Golden Lion 🏆 (film) / HKFA Best Actor 🏆 / Psychologically complex collaborator with Japanese occupation |
|
2013 |
The Grandmaster / グランド・マスター / 一代宗師 |
Wong Kar-wai |
HKFA Best Actor 🏆 Best Film 🏆 (12 awards total) / Ip Man / Years of martial arts training |
|
2021 |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings / シャン・チー/テン・リングスの伝説 |
Destin Daniel Cretton |
Xu Wenwu / Mandarin / MCU debut / Expected to reprise in Avengers: Doomsday (2026) |
Television (テレビ)
|
Year |
Title |
Role |
Network |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1984 |
The Duke of Mount Deer / 鹿鼎記 |
Wei Xiaobao (韋小宝) |
TVB |
Iconic comic role; career-defining TVB performance |
|
1984–85 |
Police Cadet / 新紮師兄 |
— |
TVB |
Co-starring Andy Lau; one of HK TV’s most-watched dramas |
|
1980s |
Multiple TVB dramas |
Various |
TVB |
Dozens of series across multiple genres; dominant Hong Kong TV star |
Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴
Cannes Film Festival
Winner (受賞): 1 🏆
- Best Actor – In the Mood for Love (2000) 🏆 First Hong Kong actor to win Cannes Best Actor
Hong Kong Film Awards (香港電影金像奨)
Best Actor Winner (主演男優賞受賞): 5 times — Record 🏆
- Best Actor – A Moment of Romance (暴走族, 1990) 🏆 (earliest win)
- Best Actor – Infernal Affairs (2003) 🏆
- Best Actor – In the Mood for Love (2001) 🏆
- Best Actor – 2046 (2005) 🏆
- Best Actor – The Grandmaster (2014) 🏆
Most wins in HKFA Best Actor history
Venice Film Festival (ヴェネツィア映画祭)
Films winning Golden Lion:
- City of Sadness (1989) – Golden Lion 🏆 (first Chinese-language film)
- Lust, Caution (2007) – Golden Lion 🏆 (first Chinese-language film in competition since City of Sadness)
Asian Film Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award (2010) 🏆
- Best Actor nominations across career
Other Major Awards
- Golden Horse Award (Taiwan / 金馬奨) Best Actor – Infernal Affairs (2003) 🏆
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor – multiple wins 🏆
- National Board of Review recognition for Lust, Caution
Retrospectives & Honours
- Cinémathèque Française, Paris – Career retrospective 🏆
- Hong Kong Film Archive – Featured retrospective 🏆
- Asian Film Festival retrospectives – Multiple international institutions
Box Office Achievements | 興行成績
|
Film |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|
|
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) |
$432.2 million |
|
Hero (2002) |
$177.4 million |
|
Miami Vice (2006) |
$163.8 million |
|
Lust, Caution (2007) |
$67 million |
|
12 Years a Slave (inspiration via Infernal Affairs) |
(The Departed: $290M) |
Career Box Office (selected films): Over $1 billion worldwide
