Tony Leung wins Best Actor at Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Awards

Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Carina Lau at the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Awards. Photos: Carina Lau/Instagram

Hong Kong movie superstar Tony Leung Chiu Wai took home the top acting honour at the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Awards on March 15, cementing his status as the frontrunner at the upcoming Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA).

Leung, 61, won Best Actor for his role as a flamboyant conman modelled after Carrian Group’s chairman George Tan in crime drama The Goldfinger (2023), which is set in the 1980s and also stars Andy Lau, Charlene Choi and Simon Yam.