Leon Lai
Gender: Male
Born: 11th December 1966 (currently 45 years old)
Nationality: China
Movies: Fallen Angels, Seven Swords, City of Glass, Infernal Affairs III, The Wicked City, A Melody Looking, God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Sausalito, Dream of a Warrior, Everyday is Valentine, Heroic Duo, A Hero Never Dies, City Hunter, An Empress and the Warriors, The Magic Aster, Bodyguards and Assassins, Fire of Conscience, The Matrimony, Eighteen Springs, Bullets of Love, Moonlight in Tokyo, Forever Enthralled, White Vengeance, Frozen, The Sword of Many Lovers, Three
Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王). He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."
Lai was born in Beijing, China as Lai Chit (黎捷) with Meixian, Guangdong ancestry. His family was originally from Meixian. His parents divorced when he was four. He migrated with his Malaysian Chinese father, Lai Xinsheng to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution in China. At the age of 15, he attended Kingsway Princeton College in the United Kingdom and returned to Hong Kong at the age of eighteen in 1984.
Lai initially worked as a salesperson for a mobile phone company. After being awarded second-runner-up in the 1986 5th New Talent Singing Awards, Lai received vocal coaching from Dai Si Zong (戴思聰). In the same year he also obtained an artist contract from Capital Artists. Lai did not release any albums for four years. As a result, his teacher, Dai, arranged to have him signed a contract with Polygram, later known as Universal Music.
In Polygram, he released his first album "Leon" and subsequent album "Meet In The Rain". His debut album
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