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27 sept. 2021 · Mega star Andy Lau, who usually celebrates his birthday with his fans, turned 60 by meeting them online instead of in person.
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Lau was born Lau Fook-wing in Tai Po, British Hong Kong to fireman Lau Lai (1934-2023). He is the fourth of six siblings and has three elder sisters, one younger sister, and a younger brother named Lau Tak-sing. Although his family was wealthy due to his grandfather being a landowner with farmland and villages, his father moved them to the slums of...
Acting
In 1980, Lau enrolled in TVB's actor training program and graduated the next year, signing a contract with TVB. He was propelled to fame by the TVB series The Emissary (1982). His popularity soared the next year with his role as Yang Guo in the TVB wuxia series The Return of the Condor Heroes; at the end of the year, Lau was featured in the TVB Anniversary Gala Show, alongside Tony Leung, Michael Miu, Felix Wong, and Kent Tong. Since then they were known as the "Five Tiger Generals of TVB". M...
Film production
In 1991, Lau set up his own film production company, Teamwork Motion Pictures, which in 2002 was renamed to Focus Group Holdings Limited. He was awarded the "Asian Filmmaker of the Year" in the Pusan International Film Festival in 2006. The films Lau has produced include Made in Hong Kong, A Simple Life, A Fighter's Blues, Crazy Stone, Firestorm and Shock Wave.
Music
Lau released his first album Just Know I Only Love You (1985) under the record label Capital Artists to minimal commercial success. However, he achieved mainstream success in 1990 with the release of the album Would It Be Possible which won Lau his first RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Award. The following year, he released the single "The Days We Spent Together" which topped Hong Kong's music charts and was an international hit across Asia. The song was lauded by Time Out which described its populari...
In 1994, Lau established the Andy Lau Charity Foundation which helps people in need and promotes a wide range of youth education services. In 1999, he received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World award, being the third person from Hong Kong at that time to receive this distinguished honour. In 2008, Lau took a main role in putting togeth...
In 2008, Lau secretly married Carol Chu in America and acknowledged his marriage the following year, ending decades of speculation over their relationship. Both Lau and Chu are vegetarians and Buddhists.On 9 May 2012, Chu gave birth to a daughter Hanna. In January 2017, Lau sustained a serious pelvic injury after being thrown off and stomped on by ...
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. In May 2010, he received the "World Outstanding Chinese" award and an "honorary doctorate" from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. ...
Andy Lau at the Hong Kong Movie DatabaseAndy Lau at IMDb27 sept. 2021 · HONG KONG - Mega star Andy Lau, who usually celebrates his birthday with his fans, turned 60 by meeting them online instead of in person. In a recorded mini concert released on Sunday (Sept 26),...
27 sept. 2023 · Andy Lau (Le Secret des poignards volants, ...) célèbre son 62ème anniversaire aujourd'hui 27 septembre. Le nombre d'hommages en ligne témoigne de l'incroyable popularité dont il jouit à Hong-Kong et dans le reste du monde.
30 mars 2016 · HONG KONG - Heavenly King Andy Lau, 54, and his wife Carol Choo, 50, are expecting a second child, said Hong Kong reports. The pregnancy was reported by Next Magazine today, with a cover...
Andy Lau wrote a song "Stupid Child", "Outside a quiet village, there is a stupid child born in the sixties", and he is talking about himself. In 1961, Andy Lau was born in Tai Hang Village in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
5 nov. 2023 · Recently, the online concert held by 60-year-old Andy Lau has become the focus of heated discussions on the Internet. In less than 5 minutes after the broadcast, the number of viewers exceeded 100 million, and 1.5 hours later it reached 350 million, triggering extensive discussions and enthusiastic attention among netizens. As a top Chinese ...
