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Top: Andy Lau (right) with Idy Chan in 1983 TVB The Return of the Condor Heroes - Bottom: Andy Lau (left) with Takeshi Kaneshiro in 2004 House of Flying Daggers
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Andy Lau in Infernal Affairs (2002)

Andy Lau Tak-wah (simplified Chinese: 刘德华; traditional Chinese: 劉德華; pinyin: Liú Déhuá; Jyutping: Lau4 Dak1 Waa4) (born September 27, 1961 in Hong Kong as 劉福榮) is a Hong Kong popstar and a movie actor.

The first lead role that made his initial popularity was the TVB series Hunting in 1982. In the same year, Andy started in his first movie in Boat People. Later in 1983, his role as Yang Guo in wuxia TV serial The Return of the Condor Heroes made him even more popular and landed him his first leading role in a Shaw Brothers' film called On the Wrong Track.


Andy's most recent role was in All About Love in 2005.

Movie highlights

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. Andy Lau is best known for his (often) recurring roles in the King of Gamblers.

Lau is known to some more for his good looks than for his strengths of acting, though he has answered his critics since the turn of the century in a series of critically acclaimed movies, especially those directed by Johnnie To. His first major acting prizes came with A Fighter's Blue and Running Out of Time in 2000. In 2004 he won the prestigious Golden Horse Award for his performance in Infernal Affairs, a popular film which is to be remade in Hollywood as The Departed starring Matt Damon as the police mole Lau played. Americans may also be familiar with his performance in House of Flying Daggers.

Andy Lau was recently awarded "No.1 Box-office Actor 1985-2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years. It is compared to the first runner-up Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (HKD1,317,452,311) and second runner-up Jackie Chan (HKD894,090,962). "I've never imagined that would be as much as 1.7 billion!" He told the reporters.

Musical career highlights

He is also one of the most successful Chinese music celebrities, with an extensive list of Cantonese and Mandarin hits to his credit. His first music contract came in 1985, but his singing career reached stellar status in 1990 with the release of the album entitled "Would it be possible?", and his subsequent releases only solidified his status as a highly marketable singer. Andy Lau along with Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai also named as the Cantopop Four Great Heavenly Kings (四大天王 Cantonese: sêi daài tïn wong, Pinyin: sì dà tiān wáng).

Andy Lau also got into Guinness World Records for "Most Awards Won By A Canto-Pop Male Artist". By April 2000, Andy Lau had won an unprecedented 292 awards, for a singing career that began in 1988. Since 1992, Lau has appeared in concert 179 times.

The most notable hits by Andy Lau include 一起走過的日子 (Passing Through Each Day), 愛不完 (Unstoppable Love), 潮水 (The Tide), 忘情水 (Potion That Forgets Love), 中國人 (Chinese People), 笨小孩 (Silly Child), 愛你一萬年 (Love You For Ten Thousand Years), 你是我的女人 (You Are My Woman).

Personal Life

Despite kissing with a number of female celebrities over the years, there were constant rumors that Andy Lau is gay. He has never denied such claims nor did he ever came out like his fellow Hong Kong star Leslie Cheung.

Rumour also has it that Andy Lau is married with a child. After avoiding the question for many years, in an interview for his new movie he denied the report and stated that he was not married.

Credits

In addition, Andy Lau has demonstrated a proficient command of Chinese calligraphy during onstage performances.

In 2003, he started his own media company called Focus Group Holdings Limited.

Discography

Note: Compilations with no new material are not included on this list.

Year Album Label Notes
1985 只知道此刻愛你 華星 Cantonese Album
1987 情感的禁區 EMI Cantonese Album
1988 回到你身邊 EMI Cantonese Album
1989 劉德華 EMI Cantonese Album
1989 在夢裡 - 愛的連線 EMI / Impact Cantonese Album
1990 可不可以 - 誰說不可以 IPS Cantonese Album
1990 如果妳是我的傳說 IPS Mandarin Album
1990 再會了 IPS Cantonese Album
1991 愛不完 IPS Cantonese Album
1991 我和我追逐的夢 IPS Mandarin Album
1991 一起走過的日子 IPS Cantonese Album
1991 不可不信……緣 IPS Cantonese Album
1991 來生緣 IPS Mandarin Album
1992 愛的空間 IPS Cantonese Album
1992 謝謝你的愛 IPS Mandarin Album
1992 真我的風采 WEA Cantonese Album
1993 答案就是你 WEA Cantonese Album
1993 寧願我傷心 - 一生一次 WEA Mandarin Album
1993 愛意 WEA Cantonese Album
1994 忘情水 WEA Mandarin Album
1994 五時三十分 WEA Cantonese Album
1994 天意 WEA Mandarin Album
1995 真永遠 Always Andy Music Impact Mandarin Album
1995 情未鳥 Music Impact Cantonese Album
1996 相思成災 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin Album
1996 在乎你 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese Album
1996 反轉紅館倒轉地球 劉德華演唱會 96 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin Live Album
1996 因為愛 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin Album
1997 愛如此神奇 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin / Cantonese Album
1997 真生命 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese Album
1997 愛在刻骨銘心時 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin Album
1998 你是我的女人 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese Album
1998 笨小孩 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin / Cantonese Compilation
1999 回家真好 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin Compilation
1999 人間愛 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin Album
1999 劉德華演唱會 99 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin Live Album
1999 愛無知 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese Album
2000 Just For You Music Impact / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin EP
2000 男人的愛 Music Impact / BMG Mandarin Album
2000 心藍 Music Impact / BMG Cantonese Album
2001 The Melody Andy Vol. 8 NMG / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin Compilation
2001 天開了 Multi-Talent / BMG Mandarin Album
2001 夏日 Fiesta Multi-Talent / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin EP
2001 夏日 Fiesta 演唱會 2001 Multi-Talent / BMG Cantonese / Mandarin Live Album
2002 美麗的一天 Catchy / EMI Mandarin Album
2002 你是我的驕傲演唱會 Catchy / EMI Cantonese / Mandarin Live Album
2003 如果有一天 Catchy / EMI Cantonese Album
2004 Coffee or Tea Ever Song Cantonese Album
2004 劉德華 Vision Tour 2004 演唱會 Ever Song Cantonese / Mandarin Live Album
2005 再說一次‧我愛你 FocusMusic Mandarin Album
2005 繼續談情 FocusMusic Cantonese / Mandarin Compilation

Filmography (as actor)

In chronological order

Source: [1] Also: [2]

See also

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