Roland Leung

Biography

Roland Leung, also known as Leung Yilun, is a Hong Kong television and radio host, stage actor, and media producer, born on June 13, 1972. He grew up in Hong Kong where his father was a garment factory manager and his mother a homemaker, and he has three sisters. He graduated from Rainbow Estate Catholic English Secondary School but achieved only two points in his exams. His career began in 1992 when he joined Radio Hong Kong through a DJ competition. Leung reached the peak of his career in the early 2000s, when his show "Lun Zhu Lai Shi" topped the station's listening ratings and he was voted the most popular DJ among young people in 2002. He also formed a musical duo called Double.R with partner Fan Zhenfeng, which won the Hong Kong Radio Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs award for Best New Talent. In 2007, he faced legal issues when the Independent Commission Against Corruption charged him with fraud over radio service fees, resulting in a sentence of 150 hours of community service. He then transitioned to television, joining TVB in 2008 where he hosted several talk and game shows, and participated in international stage productions. After a 14-year absence, he returned to radio in 2021 to host a talk program.