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Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tony Leung Ka-fai
梁家輝
	Tony Leung Ka-fai in 2019
Born	1 February 1958 (age 66); British Hong Kong Ancestral hometown: Nanhai district, Foshan city, Guangdong province( source: 維基百科梁家輝 )
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Jiang Jianian (m. 1987)
Awards	Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Actor; 1984 Reign Behind the Curtain; 1993 92 Legendary La Rose Noire; 2005 Election; 2012 Cold War ; Best Supporting Actor; 2004 Men Suddenly in Black; ; Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Actor; 2005 Everlasting Regret; 2007 Eye in the Sky; ; Golden Horse Awards – Best Actor; 1990 Farewell China ; Best Supporting Actor; 2007 The Drummer; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	梁家輝
Simplified Chinese	梁家辉
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáng Jiāhuī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Loeng4 Gaa1fai1

Tony Leung Ka-fai (simplified Chinese: 梁家辉; traditional Chinese: 梁家輝; born 1 February 1958) is a Hong Kong actor who is a four-time winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.

As he is often confused with actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai is known as "Big Tony", while Tony Leung Chiu-wai is known as "Little Tony",^[1] nicknames which correspond to the actors' respective age and physical statures.

Career

Leung has been in the film industry for more than 30 years, starring in a variety of roles. His debut film was Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983), where he played the Xianfeng Emperor. He would later work with Chow Yun-fat in three films, Prison on Fire (1987), A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989), and God of Gamblers Returns (1994). He also appeared as Joyce Godenzi's husband in She Shoots Straight, Joyce's trademark film.

In 1991, Leung went to France to appear in Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Lover, based on Marguerite Duras's novel, as the older lover of a young teen schoolgirl, who was played by British actress Jane March.

Leung was originally asked to portray the title character of The Last Emperor (1987) but declined due to prior commitments. The role later went to John Lone.^[2]

Leung went on to star in the international horror feature film Double Vision with American actor David Morse. His ongoing career has seen him star in films such as The Myth (2005), Everlasting Regret (2005) and Election (2005).

Leung won his fourth Best Actor award for his performance in Cold War at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards.^[3]

He also starred in the music video of Mayday's song "Tough" in 2016.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Burning of Imperial Palace	Xianfeng Emperor
1983	Reign Behind a Curtain	Xianfeng Emperor	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
1984	The Ghost Informer	Tang
1984	Cherie	Hua
1985	Journey of the Doomed
1987	People's Hero	Captain Chan
	Lady in Black	Chan Kin-sang
	City Girl
	Prison on Fire	Lo Ka-yiu / 51910
1988	Gunmen	Captain Ting Kwan Pik
	My Mother's Tea House
	The Laser Man	Joey Cheung
1989	Sentenced to Hang	Li Wai
	Mr. Coconut		cameo
	A Better Tomorrow 3	Cheung Chi-mun
1990	Island of Fire	Wei Wang / Andy
	She Shoots Straight	Inspector Huang Tsung-pao
	Queen's Bench III
	Farewell China	Zhao Nansan	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
1991	Alien Wife
	Inspector Pink Dragon	Ma Yau-yau
	To Catch a Thief
	Red and Black	Liang Kwo-tung
	Her Fatal Ways	Wu Wei-kuo
	This Thing Called Love
	Au revoir mon amour	Liang Seng
	The Raid	Masa
	Blue Lightning	Ching Hay
	King of Chess	Wong Yat-sang screenwriter	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	The Banquet	Leung
	Center Stage	Cai Chusheng
1992	New Dragon Gate Inn	Chow Wai-on
	Once Upon a Time a Hero in China	Bad Egg Ken Shek
	92 Legendary La Rose Noire	Keith Lui	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	The Lover	Chinese Man
	Misty
1993	Boys Are Easy	Simon Tse Sai
	Ghost Lantern	Fai
	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father	Tommy Chor Fan
	Flying Dagger	Hon Chung
	The Eagle Shooting Heroes	Duan Zhixing
	Rose Rose I Love You	Keith Lui / Johnny
	The Black Panther Warriors	Mang-po Fai
	Tom, Dick and Hairy	Dick Ching
	Finale in Blood	Fortune Teller
	Lover of the Swindler	Michael Chan Chun
	A Touch of Class	Lau Ching-man
	Perfect Exchange	Chung Chor-hung
	All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard	Lin Chong
1994	To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui	Milky Fai
	Always Be the Winners	Hui Man Lung
	I Will Wait for You	So Yau-shing
	The Long and Winding Road	James
	He and She	Lai Chi-kai
	God of Gamblers Returns	Siu Fong-fong / "Little Trumpet"
	It's a Wonderful Life	Yum Kow-kwai
	Ashes of Time	Huang Yaoshi
	Lover's Lover
1995	Dream Lover
	The Winter of 1900
	Lover of the Last Empress	Prince Kung
	A Touch of Evil	Liang Shaolun
	The Christ of Nanjing	Ryuichi Okagawa
1996	Evening Liaison	Xu
1997	Destination: 9th Heaven	Chiang Shan
1997	Island of Greed	Chao Chiu-sen	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
1999	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Jian producer
1999	Victim	Pit
2000	Okinawa Rendez-vous	Law Wan-dat
2000	Jiang hu: The Triad Zone	Jimmy Yam	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
2001	The Treatment	Xu Datong
2002	Double Vision	Huang Huo-tu	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	Zhou Yu's Train	Chen Qing
	Golden Chicken	Professor Chan
2003	Good Times, Bed Times
	Men Suddenly in Black	Ninth uncle	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	The Spy Dad	Jones Bon
2004	20 30 40	Zhang Shijie "Jerry"
	Sex and the Beauties	Dick Yan
	PaPa Loves You	Yam Mo-ying
	Fear of Intimacy	Fai
	Throw Down	Lee Kong
	The Twins Effect II	Master Blackwood
	Three... Extremes	Lee
	Dumplings	Mr. Li	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	A-1 Headline	Chief Editor Terrence Tsang Tat-si
2005	On the Mountain of Tai Hang	He Bingyan
	The Myth	William
	Election	Big D	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	Everlasting Regret	Mr. Cheng	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
2006	My Name Is Fame	Himself
2007	Eye in the Sky	Chan Chong-shan
	It's a Wonderful Life	But Sau-kong (Stainless Steel)
	Lost in Beijing	Lin Dong
	The Drummer	Kwan
2008	Missing
2008	Iron Road	Book Man	Two-part miniseries
2009	I Corrupt All Cops	Chief inspector Lak Chui
	Bodyguards and Assassins	Chen Shaobai
	The Founding of a Republic	CPPCC member
2010	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	Shatuo Zhong	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Energy Behind the Heart
	Bruce Lee, My Brother	Lee Hoi-chuen	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	Kiss, His First
2011	I Love Hong Kong	Ng Shun
	Cold Steel
	The Devil Inside Me	Jiang Mu
2012	Cold War	Waise M.B. Lee	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	Tai Chi 0	Chen Changxing
	Tai Chi Hero	Chen Changxing
2013	Better and Better	Chef Zhou
2013	Tales from the Dark 1	Ho Ho	^[4]
2014	Golden Chicken 3	Professor Chan	Cameo
	Beijing Love Story	Liu Hui
	Horseplay	Lee Tan, the Nine-Tailed Fox
	Rise of the Legend	Wong Kei-ying	Cameo
	The Taking of Tiger Mountain	Hawk	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
	Who is Undercover	Wang Feng
2015	Lost and Love	Jiangxi traffic cop	Cameo
2016	Lost in White	Zhou Peng
	Cold War 2	Waise Lee
	League of Gods	King Zhou of Shang
2017	Our Time Will Come	Zheng Jiabin	Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor
2018	Asura	Asura King, Head of Desire
2019	Midnight Diner	Uncle	Directorial debut
2019	Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch	Logan Lung
2021	Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong	Crippled Ho
2021	All U Need Is Love	Yam Yan-kau
TBD	Sons of the Neon Night
TBD	Return of the Lucky Stars

References

^ Parkes, Douglas (1 February 2020). "Tony Leung Ka-fai's 5 best films". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
^ "Don't call me sexy, says Lover man". South China Morning Post. 18 April 1993. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "32nd Hong Kong Film Awards 2013". HK Neo Reviews. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ Elley, Derek (14 October 2013). "Tales from the Dark 1". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.