Andy Lau filmography

This is the filmography of Hong Kong singer, actor and film producer Andy Lau.

Andy Lau filmography
Lau being interviewed at the 29th Hong Kong International Film Festival (2005)
Filmography
Feature films	185
Television series	28

Career summary

Lau made his film acting debut in a supporting role the 1981 film, Once Upon a Rainbow and his television acting debut in an episode of the 1981 RTHK series, Til We Meet Again, in the leading role of "Dragon". The following year, Lau played a major role in director Ann Hui's Boat People, which earned him a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer nomination, as well as starring in the TVB series, The Emissary, which shot him to stardom. In 1983, Lau starred as "Yeung Kuo" in The Return of the Condor Heroes, which was the top rated TV series of the year in Hong Kong, further boosting his popularity throughout Asia, and landed him the opportunity to star in his first leading film role in the action drama film, On the Wrong Track in the same year. Lau left TVB in 1985 to fully concentrate in his film career and starring in multiple box office hits before earning his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor nomination for his role in the 1988 film, As Tears Go By, directed by Wong Kar-wai. In 1989 alone, Lau appeared in 16 films, including the top-grossing blockbuster of the year, God of Gamblers, as "Michael "Dagger" Chan", a role he would reprise in the sequel the following year.

In 1991, Lau established his own production company, Teamwork Motion Pictures, with its first production being the martial arts film, Saviour of the Soul, which Lau starred as a mercenary in the same year, being a critical and commercial success. Throughout the 1990s, Lau starred in over 50 films which include his signature role as "Wah Dee" in 1990's A Moment of Romance, the Lee Rock film series (1991) as real life corrupt officer Lui Lok, the 1992 wuxia film, Moon Warriors, the 1995 biker film, Full Throttle and the 1999 Johnnie To-directed action thriller film, Running Out of Time, which won him his first Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. In 1997, Lau also produced the Fruit Chan-directed drama film, Made in Hong Kong, which won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film.

In 2000, Lau starred as a Muay thai fighter in his 100th film, A Fighter's Blues, in which he also produced, and netted him the Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actor. In 2002, he starred as triad mole Lau Kin-ming in the highly acclaimed crime thriller, Infernal Affairs, a film considered to have "single-handedly revived the moribund Hong Kong film industry." Infernal Affairs grossed HK$55,057,176 at the Hong Kong box office, making it Lau's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong to date, and also earned Lau a Best Actor nomination both at the Hong Kong Film Awards and at the Golden Horse Awards. The following year, Lau starred in the sequel, Infernal Affairs III, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor, and in the Buddhism-themed action thriller, Running on Karma, winning him his second Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. The same year, Lau directed and starred in his only directorial feature to date, the musical short Love Under the Sun to raise awareness about AIDS and dispel common misconceptions regarding its contagiousness. In 2004, Lau renamed his company, Teamwork Motion Pictures, to Focus Group Holdings Limited, with its first film production being the crime film, Jiang Hu, which he also produced and starred as a triad leader who is a target of an assassination hit. The same year, Lau also made his first venture in the Mainland Chinese film market, starring in the wuxia film, House of Flying Daggers, which premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and the action drama A World without Thieves, with the two films being the second and third-highest-grossing films of the year at the Chinese box office respectively. In 2007, he played a drug lord in the crime drama film, Protégé, which won him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2010, Lau played Di Renjie in Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. The following year, he starred in Ann Hui 's A Simple Life, which won four awards at the 68th Venice Film Festival, as well as earning his third Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor and second Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor. In 2013, Lau produced and starred as morally-conflicted cop in the high-octane action film, Firestorm, which was also the first 3D film production he worked on. In 2016, Lau starred in his first Hollywood film, The Great Wall. In 2017, Lau produced and starred as a righteous bomb disposal officer in Shock Wave, which earned him another Best Actor nomination for at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. He returned in 2020 in the thematic sequel, Shock Wave 2, playing a different character greatly contrasting his role from its predecessor, and the film has grossed US$226.4 million worldwide, making it Lau's highest-grossing film at the global box office to date.

Lau has received the "No.1 Box office Actor 1985–2005" award of Hong Kong in 2005, yielding a box office total of HK$1.7 billion for shooting 108 films in that period and was also awarded the "Nielsen Box Office Star of Asia" award by the Nielsen Company (ACNielsen) in 2007. Lau has been honored at different international film festivals for his achievements and contributions to the film industry, such as winning the "Asian Filmmaker of the Year" award at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival and receiving a Special Tribute award at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Film

Year	Title	Credited as		Role	Notes	Ref.
		Actor	Producer
1982	Once Upon a Rainbow	Yes	No	Trainee	Cameo
	Boat People	Yes	No	To Minh
1983	On the Wrong Track	Yes	No	Paul Chan
	The Home at Hong Kong	Yes	No	Alan Wong
1984	Everlasting Love	Yes	No	Eric
	Shanghai 13	Yes	No	Guan Wei	Cameo
1985	The Unwritten Law	Yes	No	Raymond Lau
	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars	Yes	No	Associate of Muscles
1986	The Magic Crystal	Yes	No	Andy Lo
	Lucky Stars Go Places	Yes	No	Lambo
1987	Rich and Famous	Yes	No	Lam Ting-kwok
	Sworn Brothers	Yes	No	Lam Ting-yat
	Tragic Hero	Yes	No	Lam Ting-kwok
1988	As Tears Go By	Yes	No	Wah
	The Crazy Companies	Yes	No	Tsui Ting-kwai
	The Crazy Companies II	Yes	No	Tsui Ting-kwai
	The Dragon Family	Yes	No	Lung Ka-wah
	In the Blood	Yes	No	Wah
	Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch	Yes	No	Han Ming	Cameo
	The Romancing Star II	Yes	No	Lau Pei
	Three Against the World	Yes	No	Charlie Chan
	The Truth	Yes	No	Raymond Lau
	Walk on Fire	Yes	No	Lam Kwok-wah
1989	Bloody Brotherhood	Yes	No	Cheung Ka-wah
	Casino Raiders	Yes	No	Crab Chan
	China White	Yes	No	Roast Chicken
	City Kids 1989	Yes	No	Sas
	Crocodile Hunter	Yes	No	Happy Chiu
	The First Time Is the Last Time	Yes	No	Yung
	God of Gamblers	Yes	No	Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife
	Little Cop	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
	Long Arm of the Law Part 3	Yes	No	Lee Cheung-kong
	News Attack	Yes	No	Turbo
	Perfect Match	Yes	No	Lok Ka-sing
	Proud and Confident	Yes	No	Lee Kin-wah
	The Romancing Star III	Yes	No	Lau Pei
	Runaway Blues	Yes	No	Lam Kong
	Stars and Roses	Yes	No	Lau Kai-cho
	The Truth - Final Episode	Yes	No	Raymond Lau
1990	Days of Being Wild	Yes	No	Tide
	Dragon in Jail	Yes	No	Henry Lau
	The Fortune Code	Yes	No	Wah Ying-hung
	Gangland Odyssey	Yes	No	Kit
	God of Gamblers II	Yes	No	Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife
	A Home Too Far	Yes	No	Little Tu / Hua Chung-hsing
	Island of Fire	Yes	No	Iron Ball
	Kawashima Yoshiko	Yes	No	Fook / Cloud
	Kung Fu VS Acrobatic	Yes	No	Mo Tak-fai
	A Moment of Romance	Yes	No	Wah Dee
	No Risk, No Gain	Yes	No	Big Dee
	Return Engagement	Yes	No	Wah
1991	The Banquet	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
	Casino Raiders II	Yes	No	Chicken Feet
	Dances with Dragon	Yes	No	Lung Ka-chun
	Don't Fool Me	Yes	No	Hero Wah
	Hong Kong Godfather	Yes	No	York Koo
	The Last Blood	Yes	No	Big B
	Lee Rock	Yes	No	Lee Rock
	Lee Rock II	Yes	No	Lee Rock
	Saviour of the Soul	Yes	Executive	Ching
	The Tigers	Yes	No	Lau Chi-ming
	Tricky Brains	Yes	No	Che Man-kit
	Zodiac Killers	Yes	No	Ben Lee
1992	Casino Tycoon	Yes	No	Benny Ho
	Casino Tycoon 2	Yes	No	Benny Ho
	Gameboy Kids	Yes	Executive	Yip Sin-man / Wong Kau-tai
	Gun n' Rose	Yes	No	Andy
	Handsome Siblings	Yes	No	Fishy
	Moon Warriors	Yes	Executive	Fei
	The Prince of Temple Street	Yes	No	Prince Twelve / Lee Rock
	Saviour of the Soul II	Yes	Executive	Ching Yan
	The Sting	Yes	No	Simon Tam
	What a Hero!	Yes	No	Yuen Tak-wah
1993	Days of Tomorrow	Yes	Executive	Fong Tak-sing
	Future Cops	Yes	No	Ti Man
	Come Fly the Dragon	Yes	No	Chow Chun-kit
	Perfect Exchange	Yes	No	Mandy Chin
1994	Drunken Master II	Yes	No	Chang Hsueh-liang	Cameo
	Drunken Master III	Yes	No	Yeung Kwan
	A Taste of Killing and Romance	Yes	No	Ko Sau
	The Three Swordsmen	Yes	No	Siu Sam-siu
	Tian Di	Yes	Yes	Cheung Yat-pang
1995	The Adventurers	Yes	No	Wai Lok-yan
	Full Throttle	Yes	No	Joe
	Pocahontas	Yes	No	John Smith (voice)
1996	What a Wonderful World	Yes	No	San Chung-wah
	A Moment of Romance III	Yes	No	Lau Tin-wai
	Shanghai Grand	Yes	No	Ting Lik
	Thanks for Your Love	Yes	Yes	Wah
1997	Armageddon	Yes	No	Dr. Tak Ken
	Cause We Are So Young	Yes	No	Man at outdoor cafe	Cameo
	Made in Hong Kong	No	Yes	—
	Island of Greed	Yes	No	Fong Kwok-fai
1998	A True Mob Story	Yes	No	Wai Kat-cheung / Cheung Dee
	The Conman	Yes	No	King
	The Longest Summer	No	Yes	—
1999	Fascination Amour	Yes	No	Albert Lai
	Prince Charming	Yes	No	Wah Dee
	The Conmen in Vegas	Yes	No	King
	Century of the Dragon	Yes	No	Lung Yat-fei / Fei-lung
	Running Out of Time	Yes	No	Cheung Wah
2000	The Duel	Yes	No	Yeh Cool Son
	Needing You...	Yes	No	Andy Cheung
	A Fighter's Blues	Yes	Yes	Mang Fu
2001	Love on a Diet	Yes	No	Fatso
	Fulltime Killer	Yes	Yes	Lok Tok-wah
	Dance of a Dream	Yes	Yes	Namson Lau
2002	Fat Choi Spirit	Yes	No	Andy
	The Wesley's Mysterious File	Yes	No	Wesley
	Infernal Affairs	Yes	No	Lau Kin-ming
	Golden Chicken	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
	Black Mask 2: City of Masks	Yes	No	Prophet (voice)
2003	Love Under the Sun	Yes	No	Bellhop captain	Short film; also director
	Cat and Mouse	Yes	No	Zhan Zhao
	Give Them a Chance	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
	Running on Karma	Yes	No	Big
	Infernal Affairs III	Yes	No	Lau Kin-ming
	Golden Chicken 2	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
2004	Magic Kitchen	Yes	No	Chuen Yao
	Jiang Hu	Yes	Yes	Hung Yan-chau
	McDull, Prince de la Bun	Yes	No	McBing (voice)
	House of Flying Daggers	Yes	No	Captain Leo
	Yesterday Once More	Yes	No	Mr. Thief
	A World Without Thieves	Yes	No	Wang Bo
2005	Wait 'Til You're Older	Yes	No	Chan Chi-kwong
	The Shoe Fairy	Yes	Yes	Narrator (voice)
	All About Love	Yes	Executive	Dr. Ko / Derek Hui
2006	I'll Call You	Yes	Yes	Muscle Guy / Warden 333	Cameo
	My Mother is a Belly Dancer	Yes	Yes	Adili	Cameo
	A Battle of Wits	Yes	No	Ge Li
	Rain Dogs	No	Executive	—
	Crazy Stone	No	Executive	—
2007	Protégé	Yes	No	Lam Kwan
	Brothers	Yes	Yes	Chief Inspector Lau
	The Warlords	Yes	No	Zhao Erhu
2008	Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon	Yes	No	Zhao Zilong
2009	Look for a Star	Yes	No	Sam Ching
	The Founding of a Republic	Yes	No	Yu Jishi	Cameo
2010	Future X-Cops	Yes	No	Kidd Zhou
	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	Yes	No	Di Renjie
	Gallants	No	Executive	—
2011	Shaolin	Yes	No	Hou Jie
	What Women Want	Yes	Executive	Sun Zigang
	The Founding of a Party	Yes	No	Cai E	Cameo
	A Simple Life	Yes	Executive	Roger Leung
2012	Cold War	Yes	No	Philip Luk	Cameo
2013	Switch	Yes	No	Xiao Jinhan
	Blind Detective	Yes	No	Johnston Chong
	Singing When We're Young	No	Yes	—
	Firestorm	Yes	Yes	Lui Ming-chit
2014	Golden Chicken 3	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
2015	From Vegas to Macau II	Yes	No	Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife	Mid-credits cameo
	Lost and Love	Yes	No	Lei Zekuan
	Saving Mr. Wu	Yes	No	Mr. Wu
	Our Times	Yes	No	Himself	Cameo
2016	The Bodyguard	Yes	Yes	Li Zheng-jiu
	From Vegas to Macau III	Yes	No	Michael "Dagger" Chan / Little Knife
	Mission Milano	Yes	Yes	Sampan Hung
	The Great Wall	Yes	No	Strategist Wang
	Railroad Tigers	Yes	No	Little boy's father	Cameo
2017	Shock Wave	Yes	Yes	Cheung Choi-san
	The Adventurers	Yes	Yes	Dan Cheung
	Chasing the Dragon	Yes	Yes	Lee Rock
2019	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	Yes	Yes	Yu Shun-tin
	Fagara	Yes	No	Kwok Tin-yan	Cameo
2020	Find Your Voice	Yes	Yes	Joseph Yim
	Shock Wave 2	Yes	Yes	Poon Sing-fung
2021	Detective Chinatown 3	Yes	No	Q	Cameo
	Endgame	Yes	Yes	Zhou Quan
2023	The Wandering Earth 2	Yes	No	Tu Hengyu
	Red Line	Yes	No	Hell's Cat owner	Cameo
	Moscow Mission	Yes	Yes	Vasily
	I Did It My Way	Yes	Yes	George Lam
	The Goldfinger	Yes	No	Lau Kai-yuen
2024	The Movie Emperor	Yes	Executive	Dany Lau
TBA	Hong Kong Land	Yes	Yes	Liu Kin
	Angels of the Pandemic	Yes	Yes	Doctor
	High Forces	Yes	Yes	Gao Haojun
	The Trading Floor	Yes	Yes	Todd Cheung
	Raging Havoc	Yes	Yes	Fong Wing-chau
	Sacred Seven	Yes	Yes	Sun Wukong
	Shock Wave 3	Yes	Yes

Television series

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1981	Till' We Meet Again	江湖再見	Lung
	Hong Kong'81	香港八一	Ngai Kim-sing
	The Lonely Hunter	過客	Student
	Double Fantasies	無雙譜
	Two People Three Feet	二人三足	Waiter
	The Young Heroes of Shaolin	英雄出少年	Shaolin disciple
	The Shell Game	千王群英會	Lung's bodyguard
1982	Kid Troupe	戲班小子	Wan Hoi
	The Restless Trio	花艇小英雄	Chin Yat-tim
	The Legend of Master So	蘇乞兒	Man Tit-ho
	The Emissary	獵鷹	Kong Tai-wai
1983	My Way	奔向太陽	Lee Chi-ho
	The Old Miao Myth	老洞	Tse Seung-cho
	Crossroads: A Decision	臨歧：決	Ma Yat-ning
	The Return of The Condor Heroes	神鵰俠侶	Yeung Kuo
1984	The Duke of Mount Deer	鹿鼎記	Emperor Hong-hei
	The Other Side of the Horizon	魔域桃源	Fu Ching-wan
	The Return of Wong Fei Hung	寶芝林	Lam Sai-wing
1985	Hong Kong '85	香港八五	Ngai Kim-sing
	The Last Performance	鼓舞	Yip Chin-lung
	Take Care, Your Highness!	皇上保重	Emperor Kin-lung
	The Yang's Saga	楊家將	Yeung Yin-chiu
1986	The Heavenly Swordsman and the Spoiled	聖劍天驕	Kei Chun
	Heir to the Throne Is...	真命天子	Koon Chung-yuen
1988	Sky Wolf's Calmity	天狼劫	Pak Lung
1992	Modern Love Story	現代愛情戀曲	Wai / Cheung (2 roles)
	The Thief of Time	羣星會	Yeung Kuo	Cameo appearance
2018	The Trading Floor	東方華爾街		Producer only