Andy Lau

Description:

Andy Lau Tak-wah, (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. Lau was entered into the Guinness World Records for the "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist". By April 2000, he had already won a total unprecedented 292 awards. In 2005, Lau was awarded "No.1 Box office Actor 1985-2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years. In 2007, Lau was also awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" by the Nielsen Company.

Overview

Birthday September 27, 1961
Born In Tai Po, Hong Kong
Alternative names Andy T.W. Lau , Andy Tak-Wah Lau , Tak-wah Lau , Dehua Liu
Height 175 cm
Spouse/Ex- Carol Chu June 24, 2008 - present (1 child)
Children XiangHui Liu

Did you know

Trivia Once a side kick of Chow Yun-Fat. They made 4 movies together: Ying hung ho hon (1987), Gong woo ching (1987), Do san (1989) and Dou hap (1990). They also made two TV series together: Yang ka cheung (1985) and Sou hat yi (1982).
Quotes "I think Fruit Chan is an interesting director because he could offer a purely commercial attraction with artistic subjects and personalities." (on director, Fruit Chan).
Nickname Wah Jai
Trademarks Frequently cast in films directed by Johnnie To

Scores

Mou gaan dou
1h 41m
8
Infernal Affairs III
1h 58m
6.8
House of Flying Daggers
1h 59m
7.5
The Warlords
2h 6m
7
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