Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Andy Lau

Andy has since appeared in more than 100 films, and has a huge fan base throughout Asia with the success of both his onscreen performance and his musical career.
Andy is best known for his roles in the King of Gamblers.
Andy was from TVB.
The first lead role that made his initial popularity was the TVB series Hunting in 1982.
In the same year, Andy acted in his first movie Boat People.
Later in 1983, his role as Yang Guo in the popular wuxia TV serial The Return of the Condor Heroes landed him his first leading role in a Shaw Brothers' film called On the Wrong Track.

Though a respectable actor, Lau has in the early days been known more for his good looks, though he has answered his detractors since the turn of the century with a series of critically acclaimed movies, especially those directed by Johnnie To.
His first major acting prizes came with A Fighter's Blue and Running Out of Time in 2000.
In 2004, he won the prestigious Golden Horse Award for his performance in Infernal Affairs 3, the sequel to the popular Infernal Affairs.
Western audiences may also be familiar with his performance in the House of Flying Daggers.
Andy 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.
It is compared to the first runner-up Stephen Chow (HKD 1,317,452,311) and second runner-up Jackie Chan (HKD 894,090,962).
"I've never imagined that would be as much as 1.7 billion!" he told the reporters.

Andy, one of the best pop singer in Hong Kong.

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