Sean Lau

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu (劉).

Sean Lau
Chinese name	劉青雲 (Traditional)
Chinese name	刘青云 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Liú Qīngyún (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Lau4 Cing1wan4 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Sanshui, Guangdong
Born	February 16, 1964 (1964-02-16) (age 47) Hong Kong
Spouse(s)	Amy Kwok (郭藹明)
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor 2007 My Name is Fame Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Actor 2000 Where a Good Man Goes 2007 My Name is Fame Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor 1997 Full Alert 2001 La Brassiere

Sean Lau Ching-Wan (simplified Chinese: 刘青云; traditional Chinese: 劉青雲; pinyin: Liú Qīngyún; 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.

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.

Career

He made his film debut in 1986 and since then has been cast in an increasing number of roles. Amongst his more memorable roles include acting opposite Anita Yuen as a down-and-out musician in C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993) and in a number of cop thrillers, such as Big Bullet (1996), Full Alert (1997), The Longest Nite (1998), Running out of Time (1999), Running Out of Time 2 (2001) and Mad Detective (2007). He has proven himself to be one of Hong Kong's most versatile actors, handling comedy roles with aplomb, as in La Brassiere (2001) and Three of a Kind (2003).

Awards

He has won Best Actor Awards at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards in 1997 and 2001) and the Golden Bauhinia Awards in 1999. He also won his first Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2007. He won this award acting in the movie My Name is Fame.

Hong Kong Film Awards

• Best Actor Nomination for Thou Shalt Not Swear
• Best Actor Nomination for C'est la vie, mon chéri
• Best Actor Nomination for Big Bullet
• Best Actor Nomination for Full Alert
• Best Actor Nomination for The Longest Nite
• Best Actor Nomination for The Victim
• Best Actor Nomination for Lost in Time
• Best Actor for My Name is Fame
• Best Actor Nomination for Mad Detective
• Best Actor Nomination for Overheard

Golden Horse Awards

• Best Actor Nomination for The Victim

Golden Bauhinia Awards

• Best Actor Nomination for The Victim
• Best Actor for Where a Good Man Goes
• Best Actor for My Name is Fame

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

• Best Actor for Full Alert
• Best Actor for La Brassiere

Filmography

TV series

• Police Cadet '84 (1984)
• The Duke of Mount Deer (1984)
• The Battle Among the Clans (1985)
• Ngan sik lui to (1985)
• Genghis Khan (1987)
• Twilight of a Nation (1988)
• The Greed of Man (1992)
• The Challenge of Life (1990)
• The Seasons II (1990)
• The Dragon Sword
• The Grand Canal (1987)
• Divine Retribution (2000)

Films

• The Happy Massage Girls - (????)
• Silent Love (1986) - Kelly Mak
• Police Story 2 (1988) - CID Man 1
• Live Hard (1989) - Fai/Chief
• My Dear Son (1989)
• Angel Hunter (1991) - Jack Chow Man-Kit
• The Roar of the Vietnamese (1991) - Fan Wan-Tin
• Water Margin: True Colors of Heroes (1992) - Tso Wu
• The Shootout (1992) - Liu
• The Gods Must Be Crazy IV (1993) - John
• Thou Shalt Not Swear (1993) - Chow's Partner
• Pink Bomb (1993) - Daniel
• Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993) - Tak
• Beginner's Luck (1994) - Mark
• C'est la vie, mon chéri (1994) - Kit
• Bloody Hand Goddess (1994)
• I've Got You, Babe (1994) - Charcoal
• Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb (1994) - Peter Chan
• It's a Wonderful Life (1994) - Cousin
• Shanghai Fever (1994)
• Over the Rainbow Under the Skirt (1994) - Narrator
• The Most Wanted (1994) - Ho Chi-Yung/Cat
• Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just a Violinist (1994) - Mozart
• Oh! My Three Guys (1994) - Hoi
• I Wanna Be Your Man (1994) - Lu Che-Mo
• Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994) - Big Lobster
• Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai (1994) - Dee
• The Third Full Moon (1994) - Chow's Partner
• Tears and Triumph (1994) - Xie Shi-Wen
• Loving You (1995) - Lau
• Once in a Lifetime (1995) - Kei-on
• Mother of a Different Kind (1995) - Supt Cheung Hung
• Only Fools Fall in Love (1995) - Chiu Ford
• Wealthy Human Realm (1995) (uncredited) - Cameo
• Sea Root (1995) - Sea Root
• Happy Hour (1995) - Chong Tsang
• Doctor Mack (1995) - Chiu
• The Golden Girls (1995) - Chun Wei
• New Tenant (1995) - Joe
• Tricky Business (1995) - Ko Hing
• Romantic Dream (1995) - Hung Chi-Lung
• Black Mask (1996) - Inspector 'Rock' Shek
• Beyond Hypothermia (1996) - Long Shek
• Big Bullet (1996) - Bill Zhu
• Tristar (1996) - Fa
• Muto Bontie (1996) - Lam Chak-Chi/Chi
• Viva Erotica (1996) - Yee Tung-Sing
• Final Justice (1996) - Father Lee (Ho)
• My Dad Is a Jerk (1997) - Li Lap-Cheong
• Full Alert (1997) - Inspector Pao
• Fireline (1997) - Yau Sui
• The Longest Nite (1997) - Tony
• Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) - Kau
• Expect the Unexpected (1998) - Sam
• Step Into the Dark (1998) - Dr. Care Quan
• The Victim (1999) - Manson Ma
• Running Out of Time (1999) - Inspector Ho Sheung-Sang
• Where a Good Man Goes (1999) - Michael
• The H.K. Triad (1999) - Ho
• A Hero Never Dies (1998) - Martin
• Running Out of Time 2 (2001) - Inspector Ho Sheung-Sang
• La Brassiere (2001) - Johnny
• Lunch with Charles (2001) (as Sean Lau) - Tong
• Mighty Baby (2002) - Johnny Hung
• My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) - Ken Wong
• Fat Choi Spirit (2002) - Ching Wan
• Lost in Time (2003) - Dai Fai
• Good Times, Bed Times (2003) - Raymond
• Colour of the Truth (2003) - Seven Up
• The Attractive One (2004) - Hugo
• Three of a Kind (2004) - Frankie
• Driving Miss Wealthy (2004) - Mario/Kit
• Itchy Heart (2004) - Poon Chi-Man
• Fantasia (2004) - Michael
• Himalaya Singh (2005) - Uncle Panic
• My Name is Fame (2006) - Poon Kar-Fai
• Shopaholics (2006) - Choosey Lee
• Mad Detective (2007) - Chan Kwai-Bun
• Poker King (2009) - Uno
• Written By (2009) - Tony
• Overheard (2009)
• Overheard 2 (2011)
• Life Without Principle (2011) - Wen

External links

• Lau Ching-Wan at the Internet Movie Database
• HK cinemagic entry

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Francis Ng for Once Upon a Time in Triad Society	Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actor 1997 for Full Alert	Succeeded by Anthony Wong Chau Sang for Beast Cops
Preceded by Anthony Wong Chau Sang for Beast Cops	Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actor 2000 for Where a Good Man Goes	Succeeded by Andy Lau for A Fighter's Blues
Preceded by Francis Ng for 2000 AD	Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actor 2001 for La Brassiere	Succeeded by Anthony Wong Chau Sang for Internal Affairs
Preceded by Tony Leung Ka-Fai for Election	Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor 2007 for My Name is Fame	Succeeded by Jet Li for The Warlords
Preceded by Simon Yam for Election	Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actor 2007 for My Name is Fame	Succeeded by Vacant