Andy Lau
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Lau being interviewed at the 29th Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2005.
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| Chinese name | (traditional) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pinyin | Liú Déhuá (Mandarin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Lau4 Dak1waa4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Lau Tak-wah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 September 1961 Tai Po, British Hong Kong |
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| Other name(s) | Wah Zai () Lau Wah () Wah Dee () Ngau Wah () Hui Guo () |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voice type(s) | Baritone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fitto Record (1985–1994) UFO Record (1990–1994) Philips Record (1995–1997) Sony Music Entertainment (1998–now) |
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| Years active | 1981–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Associated acts | Four Heavenly Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Carol Chu (2008–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ancestry | Xinhui, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Ho Lap College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.andylau.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andy Lau Tak-wah, BBS, MH, JP (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and film producer. He 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. In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop.
Lau was entered into the Guinness World Records for the "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist". By April 2000, he had already won a total unprecedented 292 awards. In 2005, Lau was awarded "No.1 Box office Actor 1985–2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HK$1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years. In 2007, Lau was also awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" by the Nielsen Company (ACNielsen).
Andy Lau was born in Tai Po, Hong Kong. A son of a fireman (劉禮), as a young boy Lau had to fetch water for his family up to eight times a day because their house was not equipped with plumbing. He later graduated from a Band One secondary school, Ho Lap College in San Po Kong, Kowloon. He was named as Lau Fook-Wing (劉福榮) during his academic years. He also practices Chinese calligraphy. Lau converted to Buddhism in the 1980s. He was raised in a nominally Buddhist household and is now a follower of the Lingyan Mountain Temple in Taiwan.
In 2008, Lau married Malaysian Chinese Carol Chu after 24 years of speculation over their relationship. The couple were married in Las Vegas. On 9 May 2012, Chu gave birth to his first child, a daughter named Hanna.
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