Andy Lau
Andy Lau Hong Kong SAR, China) | |
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Other names | (Dharma name) |
Alma mater | Ho Lap College |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Works | |
Spouse | [2] |
Children | Hanna Lau |
Parent |
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Relatives | Lau Tak-sing (brother) |
Awards | Full list |
Musical career | |
Origin | Hong Kong |
Genres | |
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) |
Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Déhuá |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Làuh Dāk Wàah |
Jyutping | Lau4 Dak1 Waa4 |
IPA | [lɐu˩ tɐk̚˥ waː˩] |
Andrew Lau Tak-wah
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]
Early life
Lau was born in
Career
Acting
In 1981, Lau enrolled in the artist training program offered by
In September 1983, TVB aimed to improve their variety show ratings in competition with Korea and Japan by producing the show TVB All-star challenge (星光熠熠勁爭輝). The program featured almost the entire lineup of the most popular actors and singers at that time.[17] Lau, alongside Tony Leung, Michael Miu, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong became known as the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB" due to their popularity on the show.[17]
In the late '80s, Lau departed from
In 1981, Lau made a guest appearance in one of Susanna Kwan's music videos and caught the eye of the manager Teddy Robin, who gave Lau a minor role in the film, Once Upon a Rainbow.[18] This was the first step in Lau's film acting career.[18] He landed a role in Ann Hui's 1982 film, Boat People.[1] Later in 1983, he had his first leading role in the Shaw Brothers-produced action film, On the Wrong Track.[19]
One of his early leading roles included the more serious 1988 film,
Although now a respected actor, Lau was initially known more for his handsome features. Some people he has worked with have called him a
In 2005, Lau received the "No.1 Box office Actor 1985–2005" award of Hong Kong, yielding a box office total of
In May 2014, he starred in China's first anti-trafficking film Lost and Love, playing a stubborn and kind-hearted farmer Lei Zekuan, which was released on 20 March 2015.[24]
In April 2017, he starred in the Hong Kong police action film Shock Wave,[25] which earned him another Best Actor Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2018.[26]
In February 2021, Lau reunited with Tony Leung since the Infernal Affairs series in the big-budget action film The Goldfinger, backed by Emperor Motion Pictures and mainland Chinese partners, with a reported budget of around $30.8 million (RMB200 million).[27]
Film production
In 1991, Lau set up his own film production company,
Music
Lau released his first album Just Know I Only Love You (1985) under the record label
At the
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lau sang "Please Stay, Guests From Afar" alongside Jackie Chan and Emil Chau during its closing ceremony. In addition, Lau, who has been supporting disabled athletes in Hong Kong for more than a decade, was appointed as the Goodwill ambassador for the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[33] He led other performers in singing and performing the song "Everyone is No.1" at the Beijing National Stadium before the 2008 Paralympics opening ceremony began.[34] He also sang the theme song "Flying with the Dream" with Han Hong during the Paralympics opening ceremony on 6 September 2008.[33]
In 2022, Lau set records when an online concert he held via Douyin attracted more than 350 million viewers.[35]
In addition to singing in Cantonese and Mandarin, Lau has also sung in other languages such as English, Japanese and Taiwanese Hokkien. He has held concerts in Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania, and continues to tour with an upcoming Mainland China leg set for Summer 2024.[36]
Books
Lau has written two books, This Is How I Grew Up (我是這樣長大的) (1995), an autobiography,[37] and My 30 Work Days (我的30個工作天) (2012), a collection of his 30 personal diaries written while working on the 2011 film, A Simple Life.[38]
Art exhibition
In 2023, Lau opened his debut art show titled the 1/X Andy Lau X Art Exhibition, which ran on 25 August at the Freespace venue located in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The exhibit includes a sculpture which Lau designed, a projection of images from his films and concerts, paintings made by him and his daughter, and works where he collaborated with other artists, such as collaborating with Hong Kong artists Sticky Line on a statue of his character from Running on Karma, collaborating with Beijing artist Xu Zhuoer in glass covered film props from A Moment of Romance, and a collaboration with ink painter where Lau showcases his calligraphy.[39][40]
Philanthropy
In 1994, Lau established the Andy Lau Charity Foundation which helps people in need and promotes a wide range of youth education services.
Personal life
In 1983, Lau, then a newbie actor, dated actress Yu Ke Hsin, who is his first and only acknowledged girlfriend.
In 2008, Lau secretly married Carol Chu in Las Vegas and acknowledged his marriage the following year, ending decades of speculation over their relationship. Both Lau and Chu are vegetarians and Buddhists.[42] On 9 May 2012, Chu gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Hanna.[43]
In January 2017, Lau sustained a serious pelvic injury after being thrown off and stomped on by a horse during a commercial shoot in Thailand.[44][45] He made a full recovery by the end of the year.[46][47]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1983 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best New Performer | Boat People | Nominated |
1989 | Best Actor | As Tears Go By | Nominated | |
1990 | Golden Horse Film Festival |
Best Supporting Actor | Kawashima Yoshiko | Nominated |
1992 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actor | Lee Rock | Nominated |
Best Original Film Song (Singer) | Casino Raiders II | Nominated | ||
1995 | Tian Di | Nominated | ||
1996 | Best Actor | Full Throttle | Nominated | |
Best Original Film Song (Singer/Lyricist) | Nominated | |||
1998 | Best Film (Producer) | Made in Hong Kong | Won | |
Best Original Film Song (Singer) | Island of Greed | Nominated | ||
1999 | The Longest Summer | Nominated | ||
A True Mob Story | Nominated | |||
Best Film (Producer) | The Longest Summer | Nominated | ||
2000 | Best Actor | Running Out of Time | Won | |
Golden Bauhinia Awards | Nominated | |||
2001 | Hong Kong Film Awards | A Fighter's Blues | Nominated | |
Golden Bauhinia Awards | A Fighter's Blues | Won | ||
Golden Horse Film Festival |
Love on a Diet | Nominated | ||
2002 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Nominated | ||
Best Original Film Song (Singer/Lyricist) | Shaolin Soccer | Nominated | ||
2003 | Best Actor | Infernal Affairs | Nominated | |
Best Original Film Song (Singer with Tony Leung) | Won | |||
Golden Horse Film Festival |
Best Actor | Nominated | ||
Golden Bauhinia Awards | Nominated | |||
2004 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Running on Karma | Won | |
Golden Horse Film Festival |
Infernal Affairs III | Won | ||
Golden Bauhinia Awards | Nominated | |||
Running on Karma | Nominated | |||
2005 | A World Without Thieves | Nominated | ||
2006 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Wait 'Til You're Older |
Nominated | |
Best Original Film Song (Singer/Lyricist) | Nominated | |||
Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
2007 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Asian Film (Producer) | Crazy Stone | Nominated |
Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actor | Battle of Wits | Nominated | |
2007 | Asian Film Awards | Battle of Wits | Nominated | |
2008 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Protégé | Won |
Best Actor | The Warlords | Nominated | ||
Best Original Film Song (Singer with Eason Chan/Lyricist) | Brothers | Nominated | ||
2011 | Best Film (Producer) | Gallants | Won | |
Golden Horse Film Festival |
Best Actor | A Simple Life | Won | |
2012 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film (Producer) | Won | |
Best Actor | Won | |||
Best Original Film Song (Singer/Lyricist) | Shaolin | Nominated | ||
Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | A Simple Life | Nominated | |
2014 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Original Film Song (Singer with Sammi Cheng) | Blind Detective | Nominated |
2015 | Golden Rooster Awards | Best Actor | Lost and Love | Nominated |
2016 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Nominated | ||
Huabiao Awards | Won | |||
2018 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film (Producer) | Chasing the Dragon | Nominated |
Shock Wave | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Nominated | |||
2021 | Huading Awards | Shock Wave 2 | Won |
Honors
Lau was noted for his highly positive energy, his hard work and active involvement in charity works throughout his 30 years in showbiz and honoured as a "Justice of Peace" by the Hong Kong SAR government in 2008.[48] In May 2010, he received the "World Outstanding Chinese" award and an "honorary doctorate" from the University of New Brunswick, Canada.[49] On 14 December 2017, Lau was awarded a Doctor of Letters degree from the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, with the citation highlighting his popularity among locals which stated: "His low-key, modest, friendly and approachable personality has endeared him to millions of fans and ordinary folks alike, who also consider him to be a 'heartthrob' and the 'unofficial Chief Executive of Hong Kong'".[50]
In 2018, asteroid
In 2023, Lau was presented with a Special Tribute award at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[52]
See also
Awards and achievements
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External links
- Official website
- Andy Lau at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- Andy Lau at IMDb