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Andy Lau
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[ Lau, Andy ]
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Name in native language: 劉德華 Family name:
Lau
Birth place: Tai Po, Hong Kong |
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Andy Lau (LAU Andy / 劉德華) is a Hong Kong actor, born on Wednesday, September 27, 1961, in Tai Po, Hong Kong. - 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
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- 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 Feng kuang de shi tou (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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