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Started career as a TV actor
Once a side kick of Yun-Fat Chow. They made 4 movies together: Ying hung ho hon, Gong woo ching, Du shen and Dou hap. They also made two Tv-series together: Yang ka cheung and Sou hat yi
Named as "Four Kings" of Hong Kong pop-music industry with Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok in the early 90s.
He was one of the "5 Tigers" in TVB with Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wong Yat-Wah, Miu Kiu-Wai and Ton Chun-Yip in the 80s.
Has the most awards won by a male Cantonese pop artist, as of April 2000 he had 292 awards.
Since 1992 he has appeared in concert 179 times [As of 2003]
He and Tony Leung Chiu Wai made 6 movie together: Days of Being Wild, Fan dou ma liu, Party of a Wealthy Family, Wu hu jiang zhi jue lie, _Wu jian dao 3 (2003)_ and Zhong huan ying xiong. They also starred together in two short-lived tv-series: Yang ka cheung and Luk ding gei
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.
Awarded honorary fellow member by the Hongkong Academy of Performing Arts (HKAPA). Past recipients of the honor include Chow Yun Fat, John Woo and Anthony Wong.
Is skilled in the Chinese calligraphy.
Lau was awarded the 'Asian Filmmaker of the Year' in the 2006 Pusan International Film Festival in Busan (formerly Pusan), Korea. He received the award after initiating a project 'Focus First Cuts' to finance films from fledging Asian directors. One of the 6 films, the black comedy 'Crazy Stone', has gone on to become to date the second top-grossing film in China this year.
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