Andy Lau

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Birthday:

27 September 1961, Tai Po, Hong Kong

Birth Name:

Lau Fok Wing

Height:

175 cm

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. Show less «

"I think Fruit Chan is an interesting director because he could offer a purely commercial attraction with artistic subjects and personalitie...Show more »

"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). Show less «

"Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to sh...Show more »

"Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen." (on working with Kar-Wai Wong). Show less «

"I want to have a form that fits the times, so I just keep on changing and that makes people feel I'm a hardworking guy trying to do mybest....Show more »

"I want to have a form that fits the times, so I just keep on changing and that makes people feel I'm a hardworking guy trying to do mybest." (on his new approach to acting) Show less «

In Hong Kong the camera is always moving. Yimou Zhang will put the camera on you and leave it there. And if you're good, you're good. And if...Show more »

In Hong Kong the camera is always moving. Yimou Zhang will put the camera on you and leave it there. And if you're good, you're good. And if you're not, well ... [on the difference between working on Hong Kong productions and a Zhang Yimou production] Show less «

Sing more and you get better, Fight more and you get better ... But acting is hard.

"In any movie you showed your handsome face, maybe stood there in a smart pose, and that's it, that was enough. The hard part was already do...Show more »

"In any movie you showed your handsome face, maybe stood there in a smart pose, and that's it, that was enough. The hard part was already done." (on his previous acting roles) Show less «

"The first time I met him, he just showed me his Rolex. He says 'Look at it' then I look at it. Then he told me 'Work hard, and you are goin...Show more »

"The first time I met him, he just showed me his Rolex. He says 'Look at it' then I look at it. Then he told me 'Work hard, and you are going to have it!" (on meeting his idol, 'Chow Yun-Fat', for the first time) Show less «