Andy Lau

Biography

Andy Lau Tak-wah, is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was named one of the Five Tiger Generals of TVB in the 1980s as well as one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the 1990s. Lau won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor three times, the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor twice, and was entered into the Guinness World Records for the "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist" in 2000, with a total of 444 music awards by 2006. In 2018, Lau became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2024, Lau was elected vice chairman of the 11th China Film Association. Over a career of four decades, Lau has been one of the most commercially and critically successful artists in the Chinese-speaking world.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Bronze Bauhinia Star · 2016
• ★Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 2013
• ★Golden Horse Award — Best Leading Actor · 2011
• ★Golden Horse Award — Best Leading Actor · 2004
• ★Medal of Honour