Charlie Yeung

Charlie Yeung holds a special place for me because she belongs to the golden age of Hong Kong cinema I keep returning to. Discovered through a commercial with Aaron Kwok, she became a luminous fixture in films by masters like Tsui Hark and Wong Kar-wai, and that pedigree speaks for itself. What impresses me most is her range: actress, singer, and later film director, refusing to stay in one lane. Her delicate yet quietly grounded screen presence is genuinely distinctive, the sort that shifts the mood of a frame just by appearing. To me she remains one of that era's most quietly indispensable talents.

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Name (English)

Charlie Yeung

Name (Japanese)

チャーリー・ヤン

Reading

ちゃーりー・やん

Born

May 23, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Sanchong District, Taiwan

Occupation

actor / singer / film director / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

• Official sitehttp://charlieyoung.org/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Yeung
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717584

Tags

• actor
• singer
• film director

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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