Andy Lau also loves calligraphy and bowling, and he was a hairstylist before he debuted
In 1982, Andy Lau entered the Wireless Artist Training Class and served as TVB actor. He starred in the TV series "Goodbye" and won the Special Award for TV Drama at the American Television Festival. He became an instant hit as the leading actor for the first time in the TV series "Falcon". In 1983, he was highly praised by TVB and formed the "Wireless Five" with Huang Rihua, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Miu Qiao-wai and Tang Zhenye; and began to participate in movies in 1982, his first work It is "Caiyun Song" directed by Wu Xiaoyun. Andy Lau has won several film awards since his career, including the "Best Actor Award" at the "Taiwan Performing Arts Golden Dragon Award" for the first time in 1988 for "Carmen", and the "Best Actor Award" at the "Hong Kong Film Awards" for "Dark War" in 1999. "Best Actor". In 2000, he won the "Best Actor" at the "Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award" and the "Best Actor" at the "Hong Kong Film Critics Society" for his 100th film "Ahu" since he started acting. He won the "Best Actor" again at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. This was the second time he won this award. He also won the 41st Taiwan Golden Horse Award for "Infernal Affairs: The Third". ""Best Actor". In 2008, he won the "Best Supporting Actor" at the "Hong Kong Film Awards" for the movie "The Disciple".
Since the 1990s, Andy Lau has developed in both movies and singing. In terms of movies, Andy Lau has participated in 127 films. "Carmen" directed by Wong Kar-wai in 1988 can be said to be the first important mark of Andy Lau's film career. In the early 1990s, Andy Lau acted in a number of underworld gangster films, playing characters who were in the underworld but still had a sense of love and heroism. His image deeply influenced the young people of the time. Afterwards, Andy Lau began to change his image. The types of roles changed, his performances became more in-depth, and his acting career reached a higher level. Representative films include "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "God of Gamblers", "Love", "Chariots of Fire", "A Tiger", "A Man and a Widow", "Slimming Man and Woman", and "Infernal Affairs" , "Infernal Affairs Three Ultimates", "Big Brother", "A World Without Thieves", "Mo Gong", "Tou Ming Zhuan", "Disciple", "Dragon Playing with Phoenix", etc.
There are many actresses who have worked with Andy Lau, including Brigitte Lin, Chloe Chung, Maggie Cheung, Cheng Yuling, Shu Qi, Carina Lau, Joey Wong, Rosamund Kwan, Michelle Reis, Gigi Leung, Sammi Cheng, Karen Wu, Sandra Ng, Rene Liu, Zhang Min, Desire Ip, Chen Yulian, Joey Yung, Qiu Shuzhen, Maggie Q and the 2007 Miss Hong Kong Miss Ho Ao-yee, as well as the late music superstar Anita Mui.
Andy Lau entered the music scene in 1985. His first album was "I Only Know I Love You Right Now", which did not receive a great response. During the idol craze in 1991, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, and Aaron Kwok were dubbed the "Four Heavenly Kings" by the media. In 1991, the album "Endless Love" was released. On the first day of sales, it sold 160,000 audio cassettes and 72,000 CDs. In January 1993, he held his first solo concert at the Hung Hom Coliseum in Hong Kong. He has won more than 100 pop song awards. He has won the "Most Popular Male Singer" in the "Top Ten Golden Song Awards" six times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2004), and the "Most Popular Hong Kong Male Singer in the Asia-Pacific Region" nine times. Singer" (1995-1996, 2000-2006); among them, Andy Lau won the "Most Popular Male Singer" and "The Most Popular Hong Kong Male Singer in the Asia-Pacific Region" at the same time in 2004, becoming the first male to win these two awards at the same time. singer. By 2007, Andy Lau was unable to take time to attend TVB's awards ceremony due to concerts. As a result, Andy Lau's name could not appear on the lists of "Most Popular Male Singer" and "Most Popular Hong Kong Male Singer in the Asia-Pacific Region". Andy Lau won the "Four Channels Joint Music Awards - Media Awards" in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002, becoming the winner of the four major electronic media music awards ceremonies for four times. In the 1990s, he also defeated the popular Taiwanese Four Little Kings in the Top Ten Idols poll at the annual event in Taiwan's entertainment industry in the 1990s, winning the championship for six consecutive years. His Mandarin albums such as "Forgetting Love" and "God's Will" have even achieved great success in Taiwan. With sales of 1 million, it was one of the best-selling albums of the year.
To this day, Andy Lau is still a first-class superstar in the music industry. He is tireless in his work and can still become a popular idol in the entertainment industry at the age of 48. It can be said that he has endless charm.