Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Join us as we celebrate the career of leading man Tony Leung Chiu-wai: cinema for lovers and fighters alike.

It’s a difficult quality to explain, but some actors just have it. Maybe it’s a hint of mystery, a hidden depth or a sense of a deeper psychology behind their eyes. Tony Leung Chiu-wai’s characters carry the weight of unspoken burdens, quiet conflicts and secrets that run deep.

His beginnings as a television star in Hong Kong – specifically the series Police Cadet – set forth two career-defining trends: his return to police officer characters both in and out of the crime genre, and a career-long, on-and-off collaboration with Maggie Cheung, his Police Cadet co-star in 1984.

Moving into film, Tony Leung Chiu-wai has become a director’s actor, working with some truly iconic filmmakers, including Wong Kar-wai, John Woo, Johnnie To, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ang Lee, Zhang Yi-mou, Ildikó Enyedi and Tran Anh Hung. The list is as impressive as it is long.

Join us in the cinema as we journey deep into the films and get lost in the thoughtful eyes of Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

– Reece Goodwin, Senior Programmer (Film & Screen Industry)