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Andy Lau
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Chinese Hong Kong actor, film producer and singer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1961
- Works
- 6
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Film & TV
Acting · Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Andy Lau Tak-Wah (Chinese: 劉德華, born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, 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. The media refer to Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau, Leon Lai Ming and…
Known for
- A Gilded Game — Todd Cheung2025
- Peg O' My Heart — Vincent2025
- The Lychee Road — Yang Guozhong2025
- 刘德华 今天.is the Day 抖音线上演唱会 — 刘德华2025
- Andy Lau “TODAY…is the Day” Hong Kong Concert Tour 2024/252025
- Row to Win2025
- 第十五届全国运动会开幕式2025
- 中华人民共和国第十五届运动会开幕式2025
- High Forces — Gao Haojun2024
- The Movie Emperor — Liu Weichi2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Active from
- 1961
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32,551
- Total plays
- 617,252
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Andy Lau Tak-wah (Traditional Chinese: 劉德華, Simplified Chinese: 刘德华, pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Cantonese: Lau4 Dak1waa4) (born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as 劉福榮 Lau4 Fuk1wing4) is a Hong Kong pop star and a movie actor. He has since appeared in more than 100 films, and has a huge fan base throughout Asia with the success of both his onscreen performance and his musical career. He is also one of the most successful Chinese music celebrities, with an extensive list of Cantonese and Mandarin hits
via Last.fm · 劉德華
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas
· 2005 · cited 16,540x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,320x
- All-Atom Empirical Potential for Molecular Modeling and Dynamics Studies of Proteins
· 1998 · cited 13,274x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,117x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Lau Fook-wing (劉福榮) , ( 1961-09-27 ) 27 September 1961 (age 64) , Tai Po , British Hong Kong
- 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 ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 23 June 2008</span>"}]]}'>2008 )
- Children
- Hanna Lau
- Father
- Lau Lai
- Relatives
- Lau Tak-sing (brother)
- Awards
- Full list
- Origin
- Hong Kong
- Genres
- Cantopop Mandopop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Capital Artists (1985), EMI Music Publishing (1987–1989), PolyGram (1990–1992), UFO Records (1992–1995), Bertelsmann Music Group , (1996–2001), Catchy Entertainment Ltd. (2002–2004), Focus Music , (2005–present)
- Traditional chinese
- 劉 德 華
- Simplified chinese
- 刘 德 华
- Hanyu pinyin
- Liú Déhuá
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.andylau.com
- Image
- Andylau in concert 4.30.2011-08.jpg
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- Commons category
- Andy Lau
- date of birth
- 1961-09-27
- Commons gallery
- Andy Lau
- name in native language
- 刘德华
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- nickname
- 劉天王
- social media followers
- 72100
- birth name
- 劉福榮
Sources (7)
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Andy Lau Tak-wah SBS BBS MH JP (Chinese: 劉德華; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4; born Lau Fook-wing; 27 September 1961), is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was named one of the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1980s as well as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the 1990s. 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. In 2018, Lau became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2024, Lau was elected vice chairman of the 11th China Film Association. Over a career of four decades, Lau has been one of the most commercially and critically successful artists in the Chinese-speaking world.