Sean Lau Ching-Wan

Born: 1964-02-16

Sean 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. 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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Warriors of Future

as Johnson Cheng
Released: 2022-08-05

When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to...

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Viva Erotica

as Derek Yee
Released: 1996-11-28

Sing's last two films were flops, but he is given the helm on a Category III sex film and has to...

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The Secret of the Magic Gourd

as Magic Gourd (voice)
Released: 2007-06-29

When schoolboy Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the...

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Police Story 2

as CID in Restaurant
Released: 1988-08-13

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the...

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Black Mask

as Inspector 'Rock' Shek Wai-Ho
Released: 1996-11-07

Tsui escapes from a super soldier project and plans to lead a peaceful life. However, when his...

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The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell

as Suchat
Released: 2023-07-06

Hong Kong police agent Cheung (by Aaron Kwok) works undercover in Kang’s (by Sean Lau) drug...

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Detective vs. Sleuths

as Lee Chun
Released: 2022-07-08

When Hong Kong is rocked by multiple gruesome murders, the police forms a task force to...

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Running Out of Time

as Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang
Released: 1999-09-23

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head...

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Overheard 2

as Manson Law
Released: 2011-08-18

Manson Law, a celebrated stockbroker in Hong Kong, is injured in a car accident. The police, led...

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Out of Inferno

as Mak Tai-kwan
Released: 2013-03-10

On the hottest day in 50 years, a serious fire incident happened to a busy commercial tower, a...

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The White Storm

as Ma Ho-Tin
Released: 2013-11-29

An operation in Thailand against a notorious drug lord changes the destiny of a Hong Kong Police...

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Crazy Hong Kong

as John
Released: 1993-07-10

In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the...

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Overheard

as Johnny Leung
Released: 2009-07-23

The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an...

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The Longest Nite

as Tony
Released: 1998-01-01

Caught in the middle of a fierce gang war in Macau, a corrupt cop named Sam handles negotiations...

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Shock Wave 2

as Tung Cheuk Man
Released: 2020-12-24

After suffering life changing injuries in the line of duty, bomb disposal officer Fung turns his...

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Papa

as Yuen Wing-nin
Released: 2024-12-05

From director Philip Yung comes another gripping true-crime drama, this time inspired by the...

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Lifeline

as Chief Yau Sui
Released: 1997-01-03

A heroic but cocky firefighter pays no regard to the dangers of the job but lacks the courage to...

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Running Out of Time 2

as Insp. Ho Sheung-Sang
Released: 2001-12-27

Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a...

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Mad Detective

as Inspector Chan Kwai Bun
Released: 2007-11-29

Bun, a schizophrenic, former police inspector comes out of retirement to help a rookie detective...

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The Bullet Vanishes

as Inspector Song Donglu
Released: 2012-08-14

One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a...

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The Great Magician

as General Bully Lei
Released: 2011-12-22

In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy...

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My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

as Ken Wong / Sam Wong
Released: 2002-07-13

A car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of...

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Big Bullet

as Sergeant Bill Chu
Released: 1996-06-25

Hotheaded cop Bill Chu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with...

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Call of Heroes

as Yang Kenan
Released: 2016-08-12

During the warlords era in China, a village located in rural area called Pucheng fell into...

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Heroic Trio 2: Executioners

as Tak
Released: 1993-09-30

The city has been devastated by a nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's...

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Overheard 3

as Luk Kam-Keung
Released: 2014-05-30

Law was a chauffeur for the rural tycoon Luk, and he was jailed for killing a major land owner...

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Crisis Negotiators

as Cheuk Man Wai
Released: 2024-05-24

Negotiator expert Cheuk Man Wai (played by Sean Lau) unexpectedly becomes the prime suspect in a...

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C'est La Vie Mon Cheri

as Kit
Released: 1993-11-11

Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling...

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Life Without Principle

as Panther
Released: 2011-10-20

A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark...

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A Tale of Three Cities

as Fang Daolong
Released: 2015-08-28

A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is...

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Return to a Better Tomorrow

as Lobster Tsui
Released: 1994-07-14

An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three...

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Tri-Star

as Lau Ching-fat
Released: 1996-02-15

A priest hears a prostitute's confession, a tale which has a 200,000 HK$ debt as its...

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Doctor Mack

as Chiu
Released: 1995-02-17

Since dropping out from the medical school, Lau Mack has been living a humble but contented...

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Lost in Time

as Hale
Released: 2003-11-20

Sui Wai lost her fiance Ah Man in a car accident. With the obligations of life sitting heavy on...

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Beyond Hypothermia

as Long Shek
Released: 1996-09-20

A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime...

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La Brassiere

as Johnny
Released: 2001-09-27

A Hong Kong bra company breaks tradition by hiring two men, Johnny and Wayne, to design an...

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My Name Is Fame

as Fai
Released: 2006-09-01

Fai, a talented actor who has won the Best New Artist of the Hong Kong Film Awards and always...

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Fat Choi Spirit

as Mahjong Master
Released: 2002-02-08

Follows the adventures of a compulsive Mahjong player named Andy and his aging mother, estranged...

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Colour of the Truth

as 7 Up
Released: 2003-06-20

A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his...

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Full Alert

as Inspector Pao
Released: 1997-07-18

A police inspector becomes obsessed with apprehending a criminal planning a major heist at the...

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1:99 Shorts

as 1)
Released: 2003-08-04

Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China...

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Expect the Unexpected

as Sam
Released: 1998-05-28

In this "cops and robbers" film, a raid on a jewelry store staged by a band of amateur hold-up...

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Beginner's Luck

as uncredited
Released: 1994-09-29

Lau and Chow are roommates and they both dream to strike it rich at the races. They invent a...

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Fantasia

as Director Man
Released: 2004-01-15

In Hong Kong 1969, private investigation agency boss Man is investigating an extra marital case....

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Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

as A Gau
Released: 1997-03-14

A small-time triad must make a fateful decision to discover who he is. With that decision, his...

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Poker King

as Uno Cheuk
Released: 2009-11-22

Although Randy's family is involved in the casino business, he has never shared an interest in...

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Insanity

as Fan Kwok Sang
Released: 2014-11-19

Fan Kwok Sang's schizophrenic breakdown led to the accidental death of his wife Wai Ling, and he...

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The Vanished Murderer

as Song Donglu
Released: 2015-11-27

In 1932, a prisoner escapes from a women's prison in northern China. Inspector Song Donglu is...

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The World of Treasure

as Lion Dancer
Released: 1995-01-21

South Africa’s diamond king, Jue Gung, neglected his loved ones and decided to return to Hong...

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Heartfall Arises

as Calvin Che
Released: 2016-10-20

Two chess masters are entangled in several murder cases related to organ transplants. A cop and...

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Integrity

as Chan King Chi
Released: 2019-02-05

The chief investigator of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is...

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Written By

as Tony Tong
Released: 2009-06-19

A lawyer who is killed in a car accident finds himself resurrected as a character in his...

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Love Under the Sun

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

On a splendid night, as elegant individuals lose themselves in dance in a ballroom, a rumor is...

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Dealer/Healer

as Chen Hua
Released: 2017-05-18

The movie is based on a true story about a repented gangster preaching the word of God and...

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The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai

as Dee
Released: 1994-08-19

Beaten down by the gangster for the last time, Parking attendant Chan Yiu-Hing opens a security...

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Loving You

as Insp. Lau Chun-Hoi
Released: 1995-06-01

A man re-evaluates his life after being given a second chance. When seedy cop Liu Chen-hai is...

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The Shootout

as Inspector Liu
Released: 1992-06-27

The Shootout is an early-nineties action comedy that brings together many stars of past and...

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Victim

as Manson Ma
Released: 1999-10-16

A computer engineer is kidnapped and tortured. Since then, his girlfriend senses he's no longer...

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I've Got You, Babe!!!

as Charcoal
Released: 1994-03-03

Marriage is a tomb of love? This film depicts the struggle of modern man to choose between...

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A Hero Never Dies

as Martin
Released: 1998-09-30

Jack and Martin are gunmen who work for two rival kingpins. Jack and Martin have been fighting...

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Only Fools Fall in Love

as Chiu Ford
Released: 1995-09-28

Poor girl meets rich boy as they quarrel over a food seller's once a year delicacy. His brother...

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Shanghai Fever

as 阿伦
Released: 1994-05-12

Pan Hung is Lily, a humble bus conductor hired by Hong Kong commodities trader Sean Lau to be...

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Thou Shalt Not Swear

as Inspector Lau
Released: 1993-09-03

A pair of undercover cops—the straight-laced Chow and the psychic Lau—hunt down a serial killer...

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Lunch with Charles

as Tong
Released: 2001-02-23

A free-spirited woman helps a potential immigrant to Canada choose his path in life.

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Once in a Life-Time

as uncredited
Released: 1995-05-11

Sean Lau has been secretly in love with comely Vivian Chan since childhood, so when she needs a...

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Fairy Tale Killer

as Inspector Wong Wai-han
Released: 2012-05-10

When a bloodied and incoherent Jun (Wang Baoqiang) confesses to five murders that have not...

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Itchy Heart

as Poon Chi-Man
Released: 2004-11-02

Truly reflecting Hong Kong people's attitudes of love and marriage, "Itchy Heart" tells a story...

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All Men Are Brothers - Blood of the Leopard

as Tso Wu
Released: 1993-04-02

Based on parts of the classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (aka Outlaws of the Marsh).

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Silent Love

as Kelly Mak
Released: 1986-03-06

A ring of deaf pickpockets led by Heung gather at a fast food restaurant to celebrate the prison...

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Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb

as Peter Chan
Released: 1994-09-03

A bomb maniac is on the loose and it's up to the Bomb Disposal Unit to crack the case....

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The Shopaholics

as Dr. Choosey Lee
Released: 2006-01-20

Fong is a super shopaholic who has landed herself into some serious debt. She seeks the help of...

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It's a Wonderful Life

as Hou Chung
Released: 1994-02-06

This 1994 Chinese New Year offering takes place over a period of time between one Christmas and...

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Boundless

as Self
Released: 2013-11-02

As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this...

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Step Into the Dark

as Dr. Care Kwan
Released: 1998-03-20

A doctor falls in love with a mysterious young woman, unknowing that he has stepped in a...

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Good Times, Bed Times

as Magistrate Raymond
Released: 2003-07-25

This is the story of Carrie (Sammi Cheng), who plays a tabloid reporter who is doing a story on...

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Hello! Who Is It?

as Officer Ma Fai
Released: 1994-04-28

May Chan (Anita Lee) becomes a hooker in order to save money for her son's liver operation in...

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My Dad Is a Jerk

as Li Lap Cheong
Released: 1997-08-30

Lee Lap Cheung is a immature slacker who is going nowhere. His ex-wife Yip Ting has become a...

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Where a Good Man Goes

as Michael Cheung
Released: 1999-05-06

Fresh from a prison term, a former Triad boss resides in a hotel in Macau, where he befriends...

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Oh! My Three Guys....

as Ching Yu Hoi
Released: 1994-12-01

Young gay men in Hong Kong. Hoi, Fa, and Kau have been friends since Third Form. They're now...

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The H.K. Triad

as Ho
Released: 1999-03-18

Two childhood friends become mortal enemies after their lives take drastically different paths...

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Driving Miss Wealthy

as Jack Chen / Mario
Released: 2004-05-03

Leung plays Jennifer, the spoiled-rotten daughter of a millionaire. When Jennifer's father...

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The Golden Girls

as Chun-wai
Released: 1995-11-16

A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong...

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Himalaya Singh

as Panic
Released: 2005-02-03

Ronald has lived in the Himalayas since he was young and has grown up to become a clean-living...

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My Dear Elephant

as uncredited
Released: 2019-04-12

Poetic fairytale about circus owner Liu Qingyun who has elephant show in southwestern border of...

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Edge of Justice

as uncredited
Released: 1993-04-01

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Mighty Baby

as Johnny Hung
Released: 2002-08-08

After successfully designing the perfect bra, Lena, Johnny and Wayne are ordered to come up with...

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Romantic Dream

as 孔志龙
Released: 1995-06-24

A spiritualist can put you into a dreamworld where you can have your greatest desire

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Three of a Kind

as Frankie
Released: 2004-07-26

Famous novelist Ngan (Michael Hui) is leading a comfortable life living on the royalties of his...

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Happy Hour

as Chong Tsang
Released: 1995-04-08

Three friends get drunk and hook up with a girl they meet in a bar. After a night of debauchery,...

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Final Justice

as Father Li Chi Ho
Released: 1997-03-08

Father Lee (Sean Lau) is young and unconventional. He fell into temptation and was sued by Donna...

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Mother of a Different Kind

as uncredited
Released: 1995-03-03

Referred to as Hong Kong's answer to "Misery", innocent-looking Bo-Bo Fung is an overprotective...

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A Century of Light and Shadow

as Self
Released: 2005-01-01

Revisit 100 years of Chinese cinema through the RTHK TV program A Century of Light and Shadow....

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Story of Nam

as Nam
Released: 1989-12-31

Nam was originally a Vietnamese soldier, yet because he hated the cruelty of war, he fled to...

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Tricky Business

as uncredited
Released: 1995-03-29

Happy specializes in playing tricks. But he refuses to work for Shi, a rich man, as the job is...

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My Dear Son

as Maddy
Released: 1989-05-25

Peter Ho (Jacky Cheung) is a low-level employee at a prestigious firm in Central, but he hides a...

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The Most Wanted

as Black Cat / Ho Chi Yung
Released: 1994-05-12

Award-winning actor Sean Lau Ching Wan goes undercover in the triads in the gritty cop thriller...

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Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt

as Narrator
Released: 1994-08-31

In this sequel to Yesterday You, Yesterday Me, Bobby looks back on his youthful dreams -- the...

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Tears and Triumph

as uncredited
Released: 1994-09-17

Sai Ming Jun (Anita Yuen) is a single mother who works as an office administrator. But when the...

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Live Hard

as Patriarch Fai
Released: 1989-07-14

In Hong Kong, terrorists from Libya blow up a bus which kills the son of the American consul....

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I Wanna Be Your Man

as Liu Che-Mo
Released: 1994-06-08

Lau Ching Wan was in the force for almost ten years. He was very careless and was termed...

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Angel Hunter

as Jack Chow Man Kit
Released: 1992-12-10

A detective investigating a student's suicide discovers it is connected to a secret Satanic cult.

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The Shanghai Mafia

as 唐虎
Released: 1989-01-01

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The Third Full Moon

as Inspector Lau
Released: 1994-05-12

The sequel to Thou Shalt Not Swear. Chow reteams with Lau to investigate a murder and his wife...

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Pink Bomb

as uncredited
Released: 1993-03-27

A bunch of Hong Kong residents go on a bus tour to Thailand and get mixed up with counterfeiters...

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The Kick

as uncredited
Released: 2012-10-04

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Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just a Violinist

as Mozart
Released: 1994-03-23

While in visiting Hong Kong to perform in a concert, a violinist from Mainland China got himself...

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The Roar of the Vietnamese

as Fan Wan Tin
Released: 1991-10-15

A violent action drama about illegal immigrants manipulated by criminal gangs, forced to commit...

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Vivian Chow Deep V 25th Anniversary Concert 2011

as 嘉宾
Released: 2011-03-07

Vivian Chow held two Deep V concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in March 2011 to celebrate the...

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The Happy Massage Girls

as uncredited
Released: 1992-01-01

The Happy Massage Girls is a Hong Kong made-for-TV movie starring Lau Ching Wan

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Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

as Yeung Shing Bo at 32 (Narrator)
Released: 1997-07-16

Bo finally reaches college, but he apparently still has some growing up to do as his struggles...

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Set Me Free!

as uncredited
Released: 1988-12-08

Alex Man leads a cast of Mainland Chinese characters having survived political turmoil but still...

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Muto Bontie

as Lam Chak Chi / Kidnapper
Released: 1996-07-26

A remake of the American film Ruthless People. Sean Lau plays a rich, fast-food chain owner...

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New Tenant

as Joe [cameo]
Released: 1995-05-11

Alan Tam is a writer who has spent the last decade in a mental hospital. Upon leaving, he rents...

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Tulips in August

as uncredited
Released: 1992-01-01

Tulips in August is a Hong Kong made-for-TV movie starring Lau Ching Wan

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The Attractive One

as uncredited
Released: 2004-09-28

The Attractive One is a well-paced, delightful, romantic comedy. It is light, deliberately...

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Golden Horse Awards

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-31

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ...

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Police Cadet

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-29

Police Cadet '84 was a TV series which included such stars in TVB as Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung,...

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Police Cadet

as Fit Lo
First aired: 1984-10-29

Police Cadet '84 was a TV series which included such stars in TVB as Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung,...

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The Greed of Man

as 方展博
First aired: 1992-10-05

Told in reverse chronological order, the story starts in the present (June 7, 1994), when the...

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The Greed of Man

as 方新侠
First aired: 1992-10-05

Told in reverse chronological order, the story starts in the present (June 7, 1994), when the...

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The Duke of Mount Deer

as 御前侍衛
First aired: 1984-07-09

The Duke of Mount Deer is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer...

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Twilight of a Nation

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-28

Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping...

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The Sect of Blood & Iron

as 云铮
First aired: 1989-05-03

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My Son-In-Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-11-23

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The Grand Canal

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-02-12

The drama is a story that details the fall of the Sui Dynasty, and what it took to lead to the...

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Qiu Jin: A Woman To Remember

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-07-16

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Divine Retribution

as Fong San-hap
First aired: 2000-09-11

Divine Retribution is a TV drama series broadcast by ATV in Hong Kong on 11, September 2000. The...

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Rainbow Round My Shoulder

as Luo Jia Qin
First aired: 1984-07-02

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The Foundation

as 刺客
First aired: 1984-02-06

The Foundation is a TVB television series, premiered in 1984. Theme song "In Dream Several...

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The Battle Among the Clans

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-07-18

The story begins with the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong coming to an end in 1945 and the...

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The Challenge of Life

as 刘志光
First aired: 1990-12-10

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The Fallen Family

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-03-04

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The Movie Maze

as 翟明
First aired: 1985-01-01

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And Yet We Live

as 陈国浩
First aired: 1988-09-26

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When Silken Hands Get Rough

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-06-06

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The Fearless Duo

as 跑龍套 (路人、店小二、看客)
First aired: 1984-03-05

Master Cheung gets injured after fighting with the cult leader Suen Ci. He runs away and meets...

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Genghis Khan

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-14

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Sandwiches

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-01-03

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The Superlative Affections

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-08-25

The background of the story is Hong Kong and Macau in the 1930s and 1940s. The characters in the...

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Take Care Your Highness

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-30

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A Time of Taste

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-09-10

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It's A Long Way To Home

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-07-02

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A World Apart

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-09-10

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The Shanghai Conspiracy

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-02-13

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Destined to Rebel

as 薛刚
First aired: 1986-05-01

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It Runs in the Family

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-08-08

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新扎师兄1988

as 倪峰
First aired: 1987-11-23

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The Rise & Fall Of A Stand-In

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-06-01

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Heartbreak Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-06-06

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Born to Be a King

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-06-29

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The Dragon Sword

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-07

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一代皇后大玉兒

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-14

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