Joey Leung

Biography

Leung Cho-yiu, known as Joey Leung, is a Hong Kong stage actor and director. He grew up on Hong Kong Island, spending his early years with his grandmother in North Point, and attended Rose Hill School from kindergarten through Form 5. He earned an Honours Bachelor's degree from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2001, majoring in acting. After graduation, he performed in "A Spider Meditating on the Roof" by playwright Pun Wai-sum and was nominated for the Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actor for that role. In 2003, he co-founded the "Windmill Grass Theatre" with fellow actors Siu Mei-kwan and Tong Chun-yip, serving as its Creative Director. He translated the Broadway musical "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" into the Hong Kong version "You Don't Care, I Love You, Are You Dead Yet?" which ran for 20 performances in 2005 and 2006. He won the Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Actor (Comedy/Farce) for "Tangled Up" in 2004-2005 and was nominated four times for the same award. CNN named him one of Hong Kong's 20 most notable people in 2009. He collaborated with prominent artists such as singer-songwriter Lin Yik-fung in "Taming the Passion" and singer Denise Ho in "Butterfly Lovers: The Next Life." In cinema, he provided Cantonese dubbing for actor Lu Yi in Tsui Hark's film "Seven Swords" in 2005 and appeared in "L for Love, L for Lies" and "Love Undercover" in 2008. Beyond acting and directing, he wrote columns for various newspapers and magazines, published cookbooks including "Inherited Delicious Memories" and "Successful Cooking for the First Time," and hosted a cooking program on cable television.