Andy Lau
Hong Kong actor, film producer, and singer
- Born
- 27 September 1961, Tai Po
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China, British Hong Kong
- Occupation
- actor, film producer, television presenter, singer, justice of the peace
- Films here
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Andy Lau Tak-wah (Chinese: 劉德華; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1-waa4; born Lau Fook-wing; 27 September 1961), is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named one of the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1980s as well as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the 1990s. Lau won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor three times, the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor twice, and was entered into the Guinness World Records for the "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist" in 2000, with a total of 444 music awards by 2006. In 2018, Lau became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2024, Lau was elected vice chairman of the 11th China Film Association. Over a career of four decades, Lau has been one of the most commercially and critically successful artists in the Chinese-speaking world.
Filmography (martial arts films)
Frequent collaborators
- Wong Jing
- Sammo Hung
- Alan Tam
- Kent Cheng
- Rosamund Kwan
- Anita Mui
- Lau Kar-leung
- Corey Yuen
- Jackie Chan
- Li Bingbing
- Fan Bingbing
- Karl Maka
- Eric Tsang
- Wu Ma
- Max Mok
- Elvis Tsui
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q16766 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.