Leon Lai (黎明; pinyin: Lí Míng; Cantonese: lai4 ming4, but his rattling title is 黎捷 (Lai Chit, Alexander)) (natural December 11, 1966) is a Cantopop singer and star of many Hong Kong movies.

Biography
He was innate around Beijing and is the only tyke within his personal. His parents divorced whilst he was quaternary. Lai exposed at King's Way Princeton College (England). Prior to he became the singer around Hong Kong, he worked as the sales representative for a cellular phone company. He was a 2nd runner higher within the Up to date Talent Singing Contest, held per TVB in 1986. Lai took American citizenship withwithin 1996, & spent section of that month in Vancouver. He so signed to Sony Music on March 23, 1998. He was the singer of Polygram (now called Universal Music) before.

Together sustaining Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok, Lai is one of a quaternion popular male singers that a media refer to when the "Four Great Heavenly Kings" (四大天王). In the early stages of his career, he principally sang cantopop, however thanks to his producer Mark Lui he expanded his repertoire to include popular electronic songs with compelling music cd. Occasionally one come look upon a right around his career. Around 2002, he was selected to sing "Charged up", a 2002 Globe Ventral suction cup theme song for Greater China Vicinity.

He won many cantabile awards prior to announcing inside 1999 that he would no elongated assume any awards within Hong Kong. He won a "Most Popular Singer" award inside 1993 and 1995. He has as well won a "Song of the Year" award 4 days.

Around 1996, Lai was nominated for the Better Actor Awards of the Sixteenth Hong Kong Film Award for the film Comrades, Almost a love story, which he acted as a man left China & come to Hong Kong inside Eighties. All the same, together by owning more quadruplet candidate, he was defeated by Kent Cheng. Inside 2002, Lai took a spotlight at the Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese-language version of the Oscars inside Taiwan. He won "Best Actor" for Three: Going Home, about a doctor world health organization can't make their way above the demise of his married woman. Within 2004, Lai wrote a story Leaving Me, Loving You together with Wilson Yip & too became a creative/production controller of the moving picture.

Apart from either existence an actor, he participate in the production of advert for 'Dress Casual Day' of the Community Chest.

Lai has participated around several charity cases inside recent years. He hwhen been the member of The Community Chest Campaign Committee & around December 1995, his contribution to kids is farther recognized by existence appointed as UNICEF Special Representative to Youth at UNICEF Headquarters in Up to date York. He besides now and again aids more non-non-profit-making organisations to raise funds.

Lai hwhen been elected as one of the Ten Great Young Souls (TOYP) inside 1998, returning him a formal recognition of his agent endeavours & commitment to the community.

He was awarded a Medal of Honour (M.H.) in 12 October 2003 by Tung Chee-Hwa, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR.

Within 2004, Leon Lai formed the freshly record production company, "A Music", East Asia Record Production Company Limited, with Peter Lam . & discharged a 1st album of the company,"Dawn",in September.

His fan club Leon Family (黎明家族) can be witnessed within Hong Kong, Macau, China, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and United States.

Literally his title means dawn in Chinese.

Filmography, as actor, includes
for a season marked using # means he was non the leading actor in the film. Leaving me, Loving you (大城小事, 2004) Infernal Affairs III (無間道III終極無間, 2003#) Heroic Duo (雙雄, 2003) Three (三更, 2002) Bullets of Love (不死情謎, 2001) Everyday Is Valentine (情迷大話王, 2001) Dream of a Warrior (天使夢, 2001) Skyline Cruisers (神偷次世代, 2000) Love at First Sight (一見鍾情, 2000) A Hero Never Dies (真心英雄, 1998) City of Glass (玻璃之城, 1998) Love Generation Hong Kong (新戀愛世紀, 1998) God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (賭神三之少年賭神, 1997) Killing Me Tenderly (愛你愛到殺死你, 1997) Eighteen Springs (半生緣, 1997) Comrades: Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜, 1996) Fallen Angels (墮落天使, 1995) Love and the City (都市情緣, 1994) Run (1994) Fearless Match (1993) City Hunter (城市獵人, 1992) The Story of the Flying Fox (1992) Gun and Rose (龍騰四海, 1992) The Magic Touch (1992) The Wicked City (1992) Shogun and His Little Kitchen (1992) Fun & Fury (痴情快婿)(1991) Party of a Wealthy Family (1991) With or Without You (1991) Fruit Bowl (1991) Four Loves (1989) Mr. Handsome (1987)

TV Drama, as leading actor, includes
人在邊緣 天涯歌女 原振俠 (based on a novel by Ni Kang) 阿SIR早晨 回到未嫁時 今生無悔