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Andy Lau(I)

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Andy Lau in Infernal Affairs (2002)
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
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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.
BornSeptember 27, 1961
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Andy Lau in Boat People (1982)
Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Deannie Ip, Andy Lau, and Enoch Lam in A Simple Life (2011)
Fuli Wang and Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Deannie Ip and Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Lawrence Ah-Mon, Andy Lau, Sui-man Chim, and Yun-sau Mak in A Simple Life (2011)
Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Deannie Ip and Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)
Andy Lau in A Simple Life (2011)

Known for

Andy Lau and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Infernal Affairs (2002)
Infernal Affairs
8.0
  • Inspector Lau Kin Ming
  • 2002
Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Infernal Affairs III
6.8
  • Inspector Lau Kin Ming
  • 2003
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
House of Flying Daggers
7.5
  • Leo
  • 2004
Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Andy Lau in The Warlords (2007)
The Warlords
7.0
  • Zhao Erhu(as Dehua Liu)
  • 2007

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Actor

  • The Wizard Hunter: The Hunt for Evangelion Crowley
    • (rumored)
    • Pre-production
  • Cim hang
    • Post-production
  • Moscow Mission
    • Post-production
  • Money Hunt
    • In Production
  • Cold War III
    • Pre-production
  • The Diary
    • Post-production
  • The Wandering Earth II (2023)
    The Wandering Earth II
  • Wei Ji Hang Xian (2022)
    Wei Ji Hang Xian
  • Jin shouzhi
  • Baoqiang Wang and Haoran Liu in Detective Chinatown 3 (2021)
    Detective Chinatown 3
  • Xiaolei Huang, Andy Lau, Yi Cheng, Xuebing Wang, Jingfei Guo, Yang Xiao, Jiayin Lei, Regina Wan, and Chih-Chieh Ti in End Game (2021)
    End Game
  • Andy Lau and Ching Wan Lau in Shock Wave 2 (2020)
    Shock Wave 2
  • Find Your Voice (2020)
    Find Your Voice
  • Fagara (2019)
    Fagara
  • Louis Koo and Andy Lau in The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
    The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
  • Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in Chasing the Dragon (2017)
    Chasing the Dragon
  • Jean Reno, Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Tony Yo-ning Yang, and Jingchu Zhang in The Adventurers (2017)
    The Adventurers
  • Shock Wave (2017)
    Shock Wave
  • Jackie Chan, Wing-Lun Ng, Kai Wang, Ping Sang, Talu Wang, and Zitao Huang in Railroad Tigers (2016)
    Railroad Tigers
  • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
    The Great Wall
  • Mission Milano (2016)
    Mission Milano

Producer

  • Cim hang
    • Post-production
  • Moscow Mission
    • Post-production
  • Wei Ji Hang Xian (2022)
    Wei Ji Hang Xian
  • Weihe Fangbao Dui (2022)
    Weihe Fangbao Dui
  • Andy Lau and Ching Wan Lau in Shock Wave 2 (2020)
    Shock Wave 2
  • Find Your Voice (2020)
    Find Your Voice
  • Louis Koo and Andy Lau in The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
    The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
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  • Francis Ng, Patrick Tam, and Hsiao-chuan Chang in The Trading Floor (2018)
    The Trading Floor
  • Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in Chasing the Dragon (2017)
    Chasing the Dragon
  • Jean Reno, Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Tony Yo-ning Yang, and Jingchu Zhang in The Adventurers (2017)
    The Adventurers
    • (produced by)
  • Shock Wave (2017)
    Shock Wave
  • Mission Milano (2016)
    Mission Milano
  • My Beloved Bodyguard (2016)
    My Beloved Bodyguard
  • Andy Lau in Firestorm (2013)
    Firestorm
  • Chu lian wei man (2013)
    Chu lian wei man
  • A Simple Life (2011)
    A Simple Life
  • Gong Li and Andy Lau in Wo zhi nv ren xin (2011)
    Wo zhi nv ren xin

Art Department

  • Man Cheung in Dongfang muqin (1997)
    Dongfang muqin
    • (as Dehua Liu)
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    • September 27, 1961
    • Tai Po, Hong Kong
    • June 24, 2008 - present
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    Once a side kick of Chow Yun-Fat. They made 4 movies together: Tragic Hero (1987), Rich and Famous (1987), God of Gamblers (1989) and God of Gamblers II (1990). They also made two TV series together: The Yangs' Saga (1985) and The Legend of Master So (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).
    • Frequently cast in films directed by Johnnie To

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