Sean Lau Ching-wan

Actor

Born: February 16, 1964 (62 years old)

Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Biography

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.

Filmography (73)

• The Greed of Man (1992, ★ 7.9)
• Overheard (2009, ★ 6.9)
• Black Mask (1996, ★ 6.2)
• Victim (1999, ★ 6.9)
• The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell (2023, ★ 6.1)
• The Longest Nite (1998, ★ 6.9)
• Mad Detective (2007, ★ 7.1)
• Poker King (2009, ★ 6.1)
• Fat Choi Spirit (2002, ★ 6.3)
• Full Alert (1997, ★ 6.8)
• Lost in Time (2003, ★ 7.2)
• Papa (2024, ★ 8.1)
• Shanghai Fever (1994, ★ 7.6)
• Running Out of Time 2 (2001, ★ 6.1)
• My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002, ★ 6.3)
• Fantasia (2004, ★ 6.3)
• The Shopaholics (2006, ★ 6.1)
• Doctor Mack (1995, ★ 6.4)
• My Name Is Fame (2006, ★ 6.8)
• Life Without Principle (2011, ★ 6.6)
• Expect the Unexpected (1998, ★ 6.4)
• Overheard 2 (2011, ★ 6.6)
• Where a Good Man Goes (1999, ★ 6.6)
• A Hero Never Dies (1998, ★ 6.8)
• Big Bullet (1996, ★ 6.6)
• C'est La Vie Mon Cheri (1993, ★ 7.1)
• Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997, ★ 6.6)
• The Bullet Vanishes (2012, ★ 6.3)
• The H.K. Triad (1999, ★ 6.8)
• Lifeline (1997, ★ 7.1)