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Sean Lau Ching-wan

Born 1964-02-16

Lau Ching-wan (Chinese: 劉青雲; born February 16, 1964) is a Hong Kong Film Award winning and Golden Bauhinia Award winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong, sometimes credited as "Sean Lau" despite never adopting it as his own name. Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the Rainbow. Dark-skinned with no matinee-idol look, he struggled to be cast until in the immensely popular stock market drama The Greed of Man (1992), when he acted opposite Adam Cheng. His wife, former (1991) Miss Hong Kong Amy Kwok, is a well-known former television actress. Lau is one of a handful of HK actors who has made the successful transition from TV to film; he is now exclusively a film actor.

Known for

Black Mask 1996 · 6.0 Warriors of Future 2022 · 5.5 Mad Detective 2007 · 7.1 Running Out of Time 1999 · 7.3 Overheard 2009 · 7.1 Shock Wave 2 2020 · 6.5 The White Storm 2013 · 6.6 Life Without Principle 2011 · 6.9 Call of Heroes 2016 · 6.4 The Longest Nite 1998 · 7.2 The Bullet Vanishes 2012 · 6.5 The Great Magician 2011 · 5.9 Overheard 2 2011 · 6.7 Detective vs. Sleuths 2022 · 6.2 Heroic Trio 2: Executioners 1993 · 5.8 A Hero Never Dies 1998 · 7.0 Full Alert 1997 · 6.8 My Left Eye Sees Ghosts 2002 · 6.7 Fat Choi Spirit 2002 · 6.7 Overheard 3 2014 · 6.0 Expect the Unexpected 1998 · 7.0 Viva Erotica 1996 · 6.6 Out of Inferno 2013 · 5.7 The Secret of the Magic Gourd 2007 · 5.1 Lifeline 1997 · 6.6 The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell 2023 · 5.9 Integrity 2019 · 5.5 Insanity 2015 · 5.7 Return to a Better Tomorrow 1994 · 5.9 The Vanished Murderer 2015 · 5.3 Dealer/Healer 2017 · 5.5 Heartfall Arises 2016 · 4.3 Tricky Business 1995 · 5.3 The Shootout 1992 · 5.4 The Most Wanted 1994 · 6.3 Final Justice 1997 · 6.1