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Andy Lau
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[ Lau, Andy ]
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General info
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Family name:
Lau
Name in native language: 劉德華 Birth date: Wednesday, September 27, 1961 [48 years old] Birth place: Tai Po, Hong Kong |
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- Real Name:
劉福榮 (刘福荣) / Lau Fook Wing (Liu Fu Rong)
- Profession:
Actor, singer and producer
- Height:
171cm
- Weight:
65kg
- Bloodtype:
AB
- Star sign:
Libra
- Family:
Four sisters and one brother
- Hobbies:
Collecting antique watches, collecting antique cars, hair styling, and Chinese calligraphy
Notes:
- Education: F. 5, Ho Lap Secondary School
- Hobbies: Collecting antique watches, collecting antique cars, hair styling, and Chinese calligraphy
- Is known as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop in Hong Kong along with Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, and Aaron Kwok
- Member of the TVB Five Tigers group in the 1980s along with Ken Tong, Felix Wong, Michael Miu and Tony Leung
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Started career as a TV actor.Once a side kick of Yun-Fat Chow. They made 4 movies together: Ying hung ho hon (1987), Gong woo ching (1987), Du shen (1989) and Dou hap (1991). They also made two TV series together: "Yang ka cheung" (1986) and "Sou hat yi" (1982).Named as "Four Kings" of Hong Kong pop-music industry with Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok in the early 90s.He was one of the "5 Tigers" in TVB with Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Felix Wong, Kiu Wai Miu, and Ken Tong in the 1980s.Has the most awards won by a male Cantonese pop artist, as of April 2000 he had 292 awards.Since 1992 he has appeared in concert 179 times. [As of 2003]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.Awarded honorary fellow member by the Hongkong Academy of Performing Arts (HKAPA). Past recipients of the honor include Yun-Fat Chow, John Woo and 'Anthony Wong (IX)'.Is skilled in the Chinese calligraphy.Lau was awarded the Asian Filmmaker of the Year in the 2006 Pusan International Film Festival in Busan (formerly Pusan), Korea. He received the award after initiating a project Focus First Cuts to finance films from fledging Asian directors. One of the 6 films, the black comedy Fengkuang de shitou (2006) (aka Crazy Stone), has gone on to become to date the second top-grossing film in China this year.
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Sina
link to: http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/f/ldh.html
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Official site
link to: http://www.andylau.com
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Biography (hkfilm.net)
link to: http://www.hkfilm.net/andylau.htm
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