Louis Koo

Hong Kong actor and film producer (born 1970)

Born

21 October 1970, British Hong Kong

Citizenship

British Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor, singer, television actor, film producer, philanthropist

Films here

8

Louis Koo Tin-lok (Chinese: 古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He gained popularity with his roles in television series The Condor Heroes 95 (1995), Detective Investigation Files IV (1999), and A Step into the Past (2001).

After 2001, Koo shifted his focus to films, frequently collaborating with director Johnnie To in films such as Throw Down (2004), Election 2 (2006), Romancing in Thin Air (2012), and Drug War (2012). His other notable films include Protégé (2007), Run Papa Run (2008), Connected (2008), Overheard (2009), The White Storm (2013), Paradox (2017), A Witness Out of the Blue (2019), and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024). For his performance in Paradox, Koo won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor and Asian Film Award for Best Actor.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Cherrie Ying
• Benny Chan
• Wilson Yip

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q531617 (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.