Sean Lau

Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He is best known for starring in the films C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993), My Name Is Fame (2006), Mad Detective (2007), Overheardfilm series (2009–2014), and Life Without Principle (2011). Most recently, Lau is known for his role in Detective vs Sleuths (2022), for which he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor. In 2025, he won a Hong Kong Film Award, a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and an Asian Film Award with his performance in Papa (2024).^[1][2][3]

Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on television in the following year in the drama Draw Out the Rainbow. Dark-skinned with no matinee-idol look, he struggled with minor roles until the immensely popular stock market drama The Greed of Man (1992), where he first achieved his leading man status, and acted opposite Adam Cheng. His wife, Amy Kwok, who won the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 1991, is also a well-known former television actress and co-starred with him on The Greed of Man. Lau starred in two series with ATV in 1991 and again in 2000.

Lau made his film debut in 1986 and since then has been cast in numerous roles. His critically acclaimed 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).

Lau is known for his versatility as an actor, having acted in a variety of genres.^[4]

Lau joined Milkyway Image production house in the mid-1990s.^[5]

Lau is married to Miss Hong Kong 1991, Amy Kwok Oi Ming.^[6]

Lau ha ganado el premio al Mejor Actor en los Premios de la Sociedad de Críticos de Cine de Hong Kong en 1997, 2001, 2011 y 2014, y los Premios Golden Bauhinia en 1999 y 2007. También ganó su primer premio al Mejor Actor en los Premios de Cine de Hong Kong en 2007 por su actuación en la película My Name Is Fame . Ganó su primer Premio Golden Horse en 2012 por su actuación en Life Without Principle .

• Lau Ching-Wan en IMDb
• Entrada cinematográfica de Hong Kong archivada el 21/10/2008 en Wayback Machine .