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Andy Lau Tak-Wah MH, JP (born September 27, 1961) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, film actor, and producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the 1990s. Andy Lau has since appeared in more than 100 films and 300 mini series with Hong Kong's TVB channel, and has a huge fan base throughout Asia with the success of both his onscreen performances and his musical career. Shortly after graduating from Ho Lap College, Andy Lau signed up for the artist training program offered by TVB, which is where his acting career began. The first lead role that made his initial popularity was the TVB series The Emissary in 1982. In the same year, Andy acted in his first movie Once Upon a Rainbow. He was also given a role in Ann Hui's 1982 film, Boat People. Later in 1983, his role as Yang Guo in the popular wuxia TV serial The Return of the Condor Heroes landed him his first leading role in a Shaw Brothers' film called On the Wrong Track.
From the early 80s to the mid 80s, Andy Lau had been the leading actor in many of the TVB series, therefore, he was named as one of "TVB's Five Tigers" along with Tony Leung, Michael Miu, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong. However, in the late 80s, Andy Lau had to leave TVB due to contract problems so he shifted entirely into film acting and he quickly became one of Hong Kong's most bankable stars. Andy Lau is best known in movies for his (often) recurring roles as a "Heroic Gangster" such as "Wah" in Wong Kar Wai's 1988 film, As Tears Go By and "Wah Dee" in Johnnie To's 1990 film, A Moment Of Romance. Though a respectable actor, Lau in the early days was known more for his good looks, though he has answered his detractors since the turn of the century with a series of critically acclaimed movies, especially those directed by Johnnie To. His first major acting prizes came with A Fighter's Blues and Running Out of Time in 2000. With Running Out of Time, he won his very first Hong Kong Film Award ("aka" Golden Statue Award) for Best Actor. In 2004, he won the prestigious Golden Horse Award for his performance in Infernal Affairs 3, the sequel to the popular Infernal Affairs.
Western audiences may also be familiar with his performance in the House of Flying Daggers. In 2005, Andy 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. It is compared to the first runner-up Stephen Chow (HKD 1,317,452,311) and second runner-up Jackie Chan (HKD 894,090,962). "I've never imagined that would be as much as 1.7 billion!" he told the reporters. In 2007, Andy Lau was awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" by the Nielsen Company (ACNielsen). Back in 1991, Andy Lau has set up his own film production company called Teamwork Motion Pictures Limited, which in 2002 was renamed to Focus Group Holdings Limited. His contributions in the film industry as well as his involvement in nurturing new talents in the Asian film industry led him to being awarded the "Asian Filmaker of the Year" in the Pusan International Film Festival in 2006.
Links
Official Site (http://www.andylau.com/andylau/index.do)
Andy Lau Fan Forum (http://www.andylauforum.com/)
Andy World Club (http://www.awc618.com/)
IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490489/)
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Lau)
Filmography
# Look for a Star (2009)
# Crazy Racer (2008)
# Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
# Protege (2007)
# The Warlords (2007)
# Dak Han Yum Cha (2006)
# Sinai M Yi Chou (2006)
# A Battle of Wits (2006)
# Gods, Gangsters, And Gamblers - Triad Affairs (2005)
# House of Flying Daggers (2004)
# Infernal Affairs (2004)
# Jihang Hu (2004)
# Magic Kitchen (2004)
# Yesterday Once More (2004)
# Cat and Mouse (2003)
# Fulltime Killer (2003)
# Infernal Affairs 3 (2003)
# Running on Karma (2003)
# Dance of a Dream (2002)
# Golden Chicken (2002)
# Wesley's Mysterious Files (2002)
# Chunchik Satsau (2001)
# Sausan Namnui (2001)
# Gu Nam Gwa Nui (2000)
# The Duel (2000)
# The Legend of Drunken Master (2000)
# Am chin (1999)
# Century of the Dragon (1999)
# Prince Charming (1999)
# The Conmen in Vegas (1999)
# Conman 1999 (1998)
# Fascination Amour (1998)
# A True Mob Story (1998)
# Armageddon (1997)
# Days of Tomorrow (1997)
# Island of Greed (1997)
# Rich and Famous (1997)
# Days of Being Wild (1996)
# Full Throttle (1996)
# San Seunghoi Tan (1996)
# Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
# The Adventurers (Da Mao Xian Jia) (1995)
# Drunken Master III (1994)
# Tian Di (1994)
# A Taste of Killing and Romance (1994)
# Lethal Extortion (1993)
# The Sting II (1993)
# Casino Tycoon (1992)
# Casino Tycoon 2 (1992)
# Game Kids (1992)
# Handsome Siblings (1992)
# Moon Warriors (1992)
# Savior of the Soul 2 (1992)
# Casino Raiders II (1991)
# Gauyat Sandiu Haplui (1991)
# Hong Kong Godfather (1991)
# Island on Fire (1991)
# Lee Rock (1991)
# Lee Rock II (1991)
# Lee Rock III (1991)
# Tricky Brains (1991)
# Zodiac Killers (1991)
# The Banquet (1991)
# The Last Blood (1991)
# The Tigers (1991)
# Dragon in Jail (1990)
# Gangland Odyssey (1990)
# God of Gamblers II (1990)
# Kawashima Yoshiko (1990)
# The Prisoner (1990)
# A Home Too Far (1990)
# A Tin Yeuk Yau Ching (Chui Mung Yan) (1990)
# The Romancing Star III (1990)
# Armageddon (1989)
# As Tears Go By (1989)
# Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
# Casino Raiders (1989)
# City Kids (1989)
# Crocodile Hunter (1989)
# First Time is the Last Time (1989)
# God of Gamblers (1989)
# News Attack (1989)
# Perfect Match (1989)
# Proud and Confident (1989)
# Dragon Family (1988)
# The Crazy Companies (1988)
# China's Last Eunuch (1987)
# My Lucky Stars (1987)
# Rich and Famous (1987)
# Tragic Hero (1987)
# Sworn Brother (1986)
# Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
# Everlasting Love (1983)
The Warlords Trailer Eng Subs 投名狀 Jet Li Andy Lau Peter Chan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_5CKAOch8#lq2-hq)
Battle of Wits (2006) - Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kwMr_NEcY#lq2-hq)
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