Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung (; born 20 July 1963 in Hong Kong) is a

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–based actor, best known on-screen for his roles as Triad gangsters in a number of films.

Early life and career

As a child, Cheung idolized kung-fu legend

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but never seriously considered a career in acting. Starting out as a model, Cheung turned to acting when director

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cast him in his 1986 film '' Lost Romance'' and the first of his many roles portraying a villain followed in the acclaimed director

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's 1987 '' City on Fire''. In 1996, Cheung appeared in the 3rd, 4th and 6th installments of the ''

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'' series, beginning a long working relationship with

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Present day

Recently, Cheung has appeared in a number of Andrew Lau's films, most notably in the second installment of the internationally acclaimed ''

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'' trilogy, and in the 1998 '' The Storm Riders'', in which Cheung broke free of his standard villainous self altogether and portrayed a Shaolin monk.

Filmography

*'' Lost Romance'' (1986) *'' Escape from Coral Cove'' (1986) – Roy *'' City on Fire'' (1987) *'' Prison on Fire'' (1987) *'' The Big Heat'' (1988) *''

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'' (1988) *'' Tiger on the Beat 2'' (1988) *'' Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit'' (1989) – Murderer King *'' They Came to Rob Hong Kong'' (1989) *''

Wild Search ''Wild Search'' (伴我闖天涯) is a 1989 Hong Kong action cinema, Hong Kong action thriller film directed and produced by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung. The film is a pseudo-remake of the 1985 American film ''Witnes ...

'' (1989) *'' Triads: The Inside Story'' (1989) *'' Chicken a La Queen'' (1990) *'' Fight Back to School'' (1991) – Brother Teddy Big *'' Hong Kong Godfather'' (1991) – Officer Leung *'' In the Lap of God'' (1991) – Roy *'' The Magnificent Scoundrels'' (1991) – Brother Tai-te *'' My Flying Wife'' (1991) – Mr. Smartie *'' Prison on Fire II'' (1991) – Officer 'Scarface' Hung *''

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'' (1992) *'' Shanghai Heroic Story'' (1992) *'' What a Hero!'' (1992) *'' Wicked City'' (1992) – Shudo *'' Ghost Lantern'' (1993) *'' Gambling Baron'' (1994) *'' Organized Crime & Triad Bureau (film)'' (1994) *'' To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui'' (1994) *'' The Tragic Fantasy - Tiger of Wanchai'' (1994) *'' The Armed Policewoman'' (1995) *'' From the Same Family'' (1995) *''

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'' (1995) *'' Love, Guns & Glass'' (1995) *'' Best of the Best'' (1996) *'' King of Robbery'' (1996) *'' Mongkok Story'' (1996) *'' Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2'' (1996) *'' Those Were the Days'' (1996) *'' The Wild Couple'' (1996) *'' Young and Dangerous 3'' (1996) – Crow *'' Young and Dangerous 4'' (1997) – Lui Yiu-Yeung *'' Beast Cops'' (1998) *'' Leopard Hunting'' (1998) *'' Raging Angels'' (1998) *'' The Storm Riders'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *'' The Mission'' (1999) *'' Slow Fade'' (1999) *'' Born to Be King'' (2000) *'' Jiang hu: The Triad Zone'' (2000) *'' Bloody Cops'' (2000) *'' Mafia.com'' (2000) *'' Play With Strangers'' (2000) *'' Super Car Criminals'' (2000) *'' Unbeatables'' (2000) *'' White Storm'' (2000) *'' Her Name Is Cat 2: Journey to Death'' (2001) *'' The Replacement Suspects'' (2001) *'' The Avenging Fist'' (2001) *'' Chinese Odyssey 2002'' (2002) *'' The Wesley's Mysterious File'' (2002) *'' Deadline Crisis'' (2002) *'' Infernal Affairs II'' (2003) *'' Dragon the Master'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004) *'' The Game of Killing'' (2004) *'' Colour of the Loyalty'' (2005) *'' Moonlight in Tokyo'' (2005) *'' Exiled'' (2006) *'' The Drummer'' (2007) *''

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'' (2007) *'' Linger'' (2008) *'' A Land without Boundaries'' (2011) *'' The Assassins'' (2012) *''The Five'' (2012)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheung, Roy Hong Kong male film actors 1963 births Living people Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories in Hong Kong 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors