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Leslie Cheung was born September 12, 1956 and he was the youngest of 10 children. His birth name was Cheung Kwok-wing. His parents divorced when he was young and he claims this is why he doesn't want to get married. After he graduated from secondary school, Leslie went to Britain to study at Leeds University.
Leslie's career started when he returned to Hong Kong and entered a ATV Asian Music Contest, which he won second prize. After that, he started going on stage performing and then television. But his acting career really took off when he took a role in the movie "A Better Tomorrow" directed by John Woo. Ever since his role in that movie, Leslie has been starring in some of Hong Kong's most famous movies. He is also one of the few openly gay actors in Hong Kong who played a r...