Tony Leung Hung-wah

Biography

Tony Leung Hung-wah was born in 1957 in Hong Kong. He grew up in a wealthy family in his early childhood before his father's financial losses led to a decline in family fortunes. He began his career at a young age when his siblings encouraged him to apply to TVB as a child actor. He hosted the children's programme "跳飛機" until junior secondary school. In 1976, he joined the 6th TVB Artiste Training Course and graduated in 1977 alongside classmates such as Chen Yulian, Liu Liwei, and Liao Anli. Over the following decade, he acted in supporting roles in television dramas and worked on film screenwriting. In 1989, he joined the film company D&B Films founded by Sammo Hung and John Shum as a planner and screenwriter. In 1992, he established his own company, Gala Film Company, and produced his first film "飛虎精英之人間有情", for which lead actress Sammi Cheng was nominated for Best New Performer. His subsequent film "新房客" earned him a nomination for the "Most Creative Producer Award". In 2006, he founded the charity "New Life Power Association" to train new actors while continuing production and distribution work.