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Andy Lau

Andy Lau

54 movies on Netflix

Biography

Andy Lau Tak-wah, (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. In the 1990s, Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. Lau was entered into the Guinness World Records for the "Most Awards Won by a Cantopop Male Artist". By April 2000, he had already won a total unprecedented 292 awards. In 2005, Lau was 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. In 2007, Lau was also awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" by the Nielsen Company.

Movie Career

Films
54
Career span
41 years1984 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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Andy Lau movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Infernal Affairs2002 Crime, Mystery, Thrilleras Inspector Lau Kin Ming

    IMDb rating 8.0139K votes

  2. House of Flying Daggers2004 Action, Adventure, Dramaas Leo

    IMDb rating 7.5120K votes

  3. The Great Wall2016as Strategist Wang

    IMDb rating 5.9161K votes

  4. The Warlords2007as Zhao Erhu

    IMDb rating 7.029K votes

  5. Shaolin2011as Hou Chieh / Chinochueh

    IMDb rating 6.821K votes

  6. Days of Being Wild1990as Tide

    IMDb rating 7.429K votes

  7. As Tears Go By1988as Wah

    IMDb rating 7.014K votes

  8. The Wandering Earth II2023as Tu Hengyu

    IMDb rating 6.717K votes

Most often with

Jing Wong directed eight of these films, Johnnie To six and Ka-Fai Wai four. Eight actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Sammo Kam-Bo HungSimon Yam, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Simon YamLam Suet, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Lam SuetSuet Lam, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Suet LamEric Tsang, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Eric TsangGordon Lam Ka-Tung, 5 films togetherSee the 5 films with Gordon Lam Ka-TungJing WongDirector, 8 filmsSee the 8 films by Jing WongJohnnie ToDirector, 6 filmsSee the 6 films by Johnnie ToKa-Fai WaiDirector, 4 filmsSee the 4 films by Ka-Fai Wai

Films together

Box office

What Andy Lau's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.8 billion

26 of the 54 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 54 films: 26 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 22 figure not found.

  • 26Worldwide figure
  • 6US gross only
  • 22Figure not found

Top grosser

The Wandering Earth II2023as Tu Hengyu$665 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 85% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Wandering Earth II2023as Tu Hengyu
    $665M36.1% of the total
  2. 2
    The Great Wall2016as Strategist Wang
    $332M18.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Shock Wave 22020as Poon Shing Fung
    $226M12.3% of the total
  4. 4
    House of Flying Daggers2004as Leo
    $93M5.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Chasing the Dragon2017as Lee Rock
    $88M4.8% of the total
  6. 6
    The Founding of a Republic2009as Yu Jishi
    $63M3.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Firestorm2013as Police Inspector Lui
    $56M3.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame2010as Detective Dee
    $52M2.8% of the total
A Gilded Game (2025), $37.3 millionBlind Detective (2013), $36.4 millionCesium Fallout (2024), $35.5 millionThe Legend of Drunken Master (1994), $34.3 millionShaolin (2011), $33.7 millionLucky Stars Go Places (1986), $23.1 millionBattle of the Warriors (2006), $17.8 millionCold War (2012), $8.8 millionInfernal Affairs (2002), $8.8 millionThe Goldfinger (2023), $6.1 millionGod of Gamblers II (1990), $5.2 millionGod of Gamblers (1989), $4.8 millionInfernal Affairs III (2003), $4.5 millionMy Lucky Stars 2: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985), $3.7 millionDays of Being Wild (1990), $3.3 millionA Simple Life (2011), $2.8 million

$268 millionfrom the other 18 films with a worldwide figure, 15% of the total

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Official profiles and reference pages.

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