Tony Leung Chiu Wai lands first Golden Rooster Award for best actor

Tony Leung received his first Best Actor laurel at the Golden Rooster Awards for his performance in 'Hidden Blade'. Photo: Carina Lau/Instagram

Tony Leung Chiu Wai has made history as the first male actor to have completed a sweep of the top acting honours in Asia: Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards and, now, the Golden Rooster Awards.

On Saturday (Nov 4), the Hong Kong actor received his first Best Actor laurel at the Golden Rooster Awards for Hidden Blade (2023), an espionage thriller set in a turbulent Shanghai during China’s war of resistance against Japan in World War II.