Sean Lau Ching-wan
Born February 16, 1964 (Age: 62)
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Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Biography
Lau Ching-wan (Chinese: 劉青雲; 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, sometimes credited as "Sean Lau" despite never adopting it as his own name. 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.
Lau Ching-wan (Chinese: 劉青雲; 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, sometimes credited as "Sean Lau" despite never adopting it as his own name. 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.
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Filmography
Sons of the Neon Night
2025
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as Wong Chi-tat
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Age: 61
Papa
2024
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as Yuen Wing Nin
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Age: 60
Crisis Negotiators
2024
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as Cheuk Man Wai
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Age: 60
Warriors of Future
2022
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as Johnson Cheng
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Age: 58
Detective vs. Sleuths
2022
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as Lee Chun
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Age: 58
Shock Wave 2
2020
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as Tung Cheuk Man
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Age: 56
The Bullet Vanishes
2012
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as Inspector Song Donglu
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Age: 48
Overheard 2
2011
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as Manson Law
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Age: 47
Overheard
2009
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as Johnny Leung
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Age: 45
Running Out of Time 2
2001
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as Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang
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Age: 37
Running Out of Time
1999
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as Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang
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Age: 35
Black Mask
1996
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as Inspector 'Rock' Shek Wai-Ho
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Age: 32
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993
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as Tak
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Age: 29
All Men Are Brothers - Blood of the Leopard
1993
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as Tso Wu
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Age: 29
The Roar of the Vietnamese
1991
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as Fan Wan Tin
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Age: 27
Police Story 2
1988
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as CID in Restaurant
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Age: 24