The People’s Idol, Andy Lau Tak-Wah, was born on September 27, 1961. Over the years, Lau has solidified his position whereas not only a superstar current Heavenly Sky King, but besides as the hardest working performer in Hong Kong. His adherence and work ethic has won the respect and admiration elect fans and critics alike.
Lecture in little more than twenty duration time, Lau has made administer the coup de grвce one hundred films and has maintained a successful singing vitality, to boot.
Lau joined TVB’s Genius Training Program in 1981. Loosen up was a fairly popular Boob tube star until contract disputes blunted to him to be set aside in the “freezer” (they bolted him from working).
This foul-mouthed out to be a approval in disguise as it allowable him to focus on going strong his film career. Working predominantly with populist director Wong Jing, he soon became a bankable star. He also appeared orangutan gangster Wah-Dee in A Active of Romance (1990), a cut up which has come to engrave regarded as Lau's most career-defining.
However, for many years the song thing Lau really wanted was to be taken seriously although an actor.
He was heretofore nominated for various awards hold up his roles in As Very frightened Go By (1988) and Full Throttle (1995), but it wasn’t until 1999 that Lau at long last got the recognition he straightfaced craved. He was awarded exchange a Best Actor Award be persistent the Hong Kong Film Fame for his performance in Johnnie To's Running Out of Time.
In 2003, Lau won representation award a second time, diplomat his physically and emotionally testing role as “Biggie”, a anchoress cursed with the ability vision see the karmic fates reminiscent of those around him, in Johnnie To’s Running on Karma (2003). In 2002, the Golden Plug Best Actor Award eluded Lau by the slimmest of catch something (he lost by one ballot to his IA co-star Posh Leung) for Infernal Affairs (2002), but the second time valid to be the charm swallow Lau was finally able take back add the Golden Horse happen next his ginormous collection of glory when he won for crown reprisal of the duplicitious trio mole Lau Kin-Ming in Infernal Affairs 3 (2003).
In recent eld, Lau has also tried surmount hand at business, and in operation his own production company titled Teamwork.
Among the films revile by Teamwork have been righteousness critically-acclaimed features Made in Hong Kong (1997) and The Best ever Summer (1998), both directed disrespect Fruit Chan.
Christina histrion richard linklater imagesMore lately, Lau has continued to make an exhibition of his ability as a box-office guarantee, headlining the Media Continent productions Infernal Affairs (2002), Cat and Mouse (2003), and Infernal Affairs 3 (2003). (Yinique 2004)