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Andy Lau(I)

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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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BornSeptember 27, 1961
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    • Awards
      • 29 wins & 59 nominations total

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    Known for

    Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-wai 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

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Chang'an De Li Zhi
      • Yang Guozhong
      • In Production
      • 2025
    • The Wandering Earth 3
      • Tu Hengyu
      • In Production
      • 2027
    • Wu Ming zhi Bei 2
      • In Production
    • The Unleashed Blaze
      • Post-production



    • Huang Yi, Andy Lau, Ni Ni, and Hao Ou in A Gilded Game (2025)
      A Gilded Game
      6.3
      • 2025
    • Cesium Fallout (2024)
      Cesium Fallout
      6.4
      • Simon Fan
      • 2024
    • Andy Lau, Tao Liu, Zifeng Zhang, and Chuxiao Qu in High Forces (2024)
      High Forces
      5.8
      • Gao Haojun
      • 2024
    • Nick Cheung, Fala Chen, and Chun-Him Lau in Peg O' My Heart (2024)
      Peg O' My Heart
      6.3
      • 2024
    • Crisis Negotiators (2024)
      Crisis Negotiators
      6.7
      • Unstable Hostage Taker Husband
      • 2024
    • Alex Fong, Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Simon Yam, Charlene Choi, and Carlos Chan in The Goldfinger (2023)
      The Goldfinger
      6.2
      • Lau Kai Yuen
      • 2023
    • I did it my way
      I Did It My Way
      5.1
      • George Lam
      • 2023
    • Andy Lau, Hanyu Zhang, Janice Man, and Xuan Huang in Moscow Mission (2023)
      Moscow Mission
      5.7
      • Vasily
      • 2023
    • The Movie Emperor (2023)
      The Movie Emperor
      6.1
      • Lau Wai-Chi
      • 2023
    • Red Line (2023)
      Red Line
      4.3
      • 2023
    • Andy Lau, Xuejian Li, Jing Wu, Yi Sha, and Yanmanzi Zhu in The Wandering Earth II (2023)
      The Wandering Earth II
      6.7
      • Tu Hengyu
      • 2023
    • Baoqiang Wang and Haoran Liu in Detective Chinatown 3 (2021)
      Detective Chinatown 3
      5.6
      • Q member
      • 2021
    • 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
      6.2
      • Zhou Quan
      • 2021
    • Andy Lau and Ching-Wan Lau in Shock Wave 2 (2020)
      Shock Wave 2
      6.6
      • Poon Shing Fung
      • 2020
    • Find Your Voice (2020)
      Find Your Voice
      5.1
      • 2020

    Producer



    • The Unleashed Blaze
      • executive producer
      • Post-production



    • Cesium Fallout (2024)
      Cesium Fallout
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Andy Lau, Tao Liu, Zifeng Zhang, and Chuxiao Qu in High Forces (2024)
      High Forces
      5.8
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Crisis Negotiators (2024)
      Crisis Negotiators
      6.7
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Formed Police Unit (2024)
      Formed Police Unit
      4.5
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • I did it my way
      I Did It My Way
      5.1
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Andy Lau, Hanyu Zhang, Janice Man, and Xuan Huang in Moscow Mission (2023)
      Moscow Mission
      5.7
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • The Movie Emperor (2023)
      The Movie Emperor
      6.1
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Andy Lau and Ching-Wan Lau in Shock Wave 2 (2020)
      Shock Wave 2
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Find Your Voice (2020)
      Find Your Voice
      5.1
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Louis Koo and Andy Lau in The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
      The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
      6.0
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2019
    • Francis Ng, Patrick Tam, and Hsiao-chuan Chang in The Trading Floor (2018)
      The Trading Floor
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Andy Lau and Donnie Yen in Chasing the Dragon (2017)
      Chasing the Dragon
      6.7
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Jean Reno, Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Yo Yang, and Jingchu Zhang in The Adventurers (2017)
      The Adventurers
      5.6
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2017
    • Shock Wave (2017)
      Shock Wave
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Mission Milano (2016)
      Mission Milano
      3.8
      • executive producer
      • 2016

    Art Department



    • Sharla Cheung in Dongfang muqin (1997)
      Dongfang muqin
      TV Series
      • title calligraphy (as Dehua Liu)
      • 1997

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    Moscow Mission Trailer
    Trailer 1:23
    Moscow Mission Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:52
    Official Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 4:14
    Official Trailer
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    Trailer 1:34
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    Personal details

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    • Official sites
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    • Alternative names
      • Andy T.W. Lau
    • Height
      • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
    • Born
      • September 27, 1961
      • Tai Po, Hong Kong
    • Spouse
      • Carol ChuJune 24, 2008 - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • XiangHui Liu
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      • 1 Interview
      • 1 Article

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    • Trivia
      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).
    • Trademarks
        Frequently cast in films directed by Johnnie To
    • Nickname
      • Wah Jai

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