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Andy Lau

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Andy Lau Tak-wah, (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter, 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. 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 HKD 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Movie Guy

Once a side kick of Chow Yun-Fat. They made 4 movies together: Tragic Hero (1987), Rich and Famous (1987), God of Gamblers (1989) and God of Gamblers II (1990). They also made two TV series together: The Yangs' Saga (1985) and The Legend of Master So (1982).
Is skilled in the Chinese calligraphy.
Has the most awards won by a male Cantonese pop artist, as of April 2000 he had 292 awards.
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.
He was one of the "5 Tigers" in TVB with Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Felix Wong, Michael Miu Kiu-Wai, and Kent Tong in the 1980s.

"I think Fruit Chan is an interesting director because he could offer a purely commercial attraction with artistic subjects and personalities." (on director, Fruit Chan).
"Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen." (on working with Wong Kar-Wai).
"I want to have a form that fits the times, so I just keep on changing
and that makes people feel I'm a hardworking guy trying to do my
best." (on his new approach to acting)
In Hong Kong the camera is always moving. Yimou Zhang will put the camera on you and leave it there. And if you're good, you're good. And if you're not, well ... [on the difference between working on Hong Kong productions and a Zhang Yimou production]
Sing more and you get better, Fight more and you get better ... But acting is hard.

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