In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lau. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Andy Lau and the Chinese-style name is Lau Tak-wah.
Andy Lau
BBS MH JP
劉德華
Lau at the 2013 Beijing International Film Festival
Born
Lau Fuk Wing (劉福榮)
(1961-09-27) 27 September 1961 (age 62)[1]
Tai Po, British Hong Kong (now Tai Po District, Hong Kong SAR, China)
Other names
Wah Zai (華仔)
Lau Wah (劉華)
Wah Dee (華Dee)
Ngau Wah (牛華)
Hui Guo (慧果)
(Dharma name)
Alma mater
Ho Lap College
Occupations
Actor
singer
film producer
lyricist
composer
businessman
Years active
1981–present
Works
Filmography
discography
Spouse
Carol Chu
(m. 2008)
[2]
Children
Hanna Lau
Parent
Lau Lai (father)
Relatives
Lau Tak-sing (brother)
Awards
Full list
Musical career
Origin
Hong Kong
Genres
Cantopop
Mandopop
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Labels
Capital Artists (1985) EMI Music Publishing (1987–1989) Polygram (1990–1992) UFO Record (1992–1995) Bertelsmann Music Group (1996–2001) Catchy Entertainment Ltd. (2002–2004) Focus Music (2005–present)
Musical artist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
劉德華
Simplified Chinese
刘德华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Liú Déhuá
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Làuh Dāk Wàah
Jyutping
Lau4 Dak1 Waa4
IPA
[lɐu˩ tɐk̚˥ waː˩]
Website
Andy Lau Official Website
Signature
Andrew Lau Tak-wahBBS MH JP[3] (simplified Chinese: 刘德华; traditional Chinese: 劉德華; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter and film producer. He was named the "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1980s as well as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop in the 1990s.[4] By 2024, Lau has shot over 200 films and released over 100 records.
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.[5]Forbes magazine has ranked Lau as one of the world's highest-paid actors.[6] In 2018, Lau was invited to be a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[7][8] In 2024, Lau was elected vice chairman of the 11th China Film Association.[9] Over a career of four decades, Lau has been one of the most commercially and critically successful artists in the Chinese world.[10][11][12]
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^"Andy Lau news". Sina.com.
^"Andy Lau profile". focusgroup.cc. Focus Film. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^"四大天王 蓦然回首十五年". Xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
^Robehmed, Natalie (4 August 2015). "The World's Highest-Paid Actors 2015". Forbes.
^"Andy Lau among Motion Picture Academy invitees". Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^"Motion picture academy invites largest class ever in continued push for diversity". Los Angeles Times. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^"中国电影家协会". www.cfa1949.com. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^"The rule of Lau". Time.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
^"Best-selling albums in Taiwan". BestSellingAlbums.
^Havis, Richard James (5 February 2023). "Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer, on his 'good enough' career, being a 'very lucky guy', and why Hollywood didn't tempt him". South China Morning Post.
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directed by Wong Jing featuring an all-star cast led by Chow Yun-fat, AndyLau, Joey Wong and Sharla Cheung. Ko Chun is a world-famous gambler, so renowned...
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villain with limited fighting scenes and the opportunity to work alongside AndyLau. In September 2017, Chasing the Dragon was released with extremely positive...
special guest appearances. Chan performed "Hard to Say Goodbye" along with AndyLau, Liu Huan and Wakin (Emil) Chau, at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony...
(2002), opposite Jet Li, and House of Flying Daggers (2004), opposite AndyLau. For her work in 2046 (2004), she won best actress at the 2005 Hong Kong...
recording of an old AndyLau song. This brings her back to her high school days, when she was an ordinary high-school girl, who idolized Lau and lived a simple...
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