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sanshui , guangdong , china '' without principle '' ` best actor '' ' 2012 '' life '' a good man goes '' 2007 '' my name is ` fame '' best actor '' ' 2000 '' where hong kong sean lau
 '' name is fame '' 2015 '' overheard 3 '' ` best actor '' ' 2007 '' my lau4 cing1-wan4 劉青雲 刘青云 16 february 1964 amy kwok -lrb- m. 1998 -rrb- '' alert '' 2001 '' la brassiere '' 2011 '' life ` without principle '' 2014 '' overheard 3 '' best actor '' ' 1997 '' full sean lau líu qīngyún
sean lau

sean lau ching-wan -lrb- born 16 february 1964 -rrb- is a hong kong actor who has acted in both films and television series .
he won best actor in the 2007 and 2015 hong kong film awards and in the 2000 and 2007 golden bauhinia awards .
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 to be cast as a leading man until he received the lead role in the immensely popular stock market drama `` the greed of man '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , where he 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 2000 .
lau is one of a handful of hong kong actors who has made the successful transition from television to film ; since 2000 he is now exclusively a film actor .
