Cast

Ching-Wan Lau

1964

Active years (films on this site)

1999–2011

Genres

CrimeDramaActionMysteryThriller

Schools and movements

Contemporary Asian Cinema

Directors worked with

Johnnie To3 films

Biography

Sean Lau Ching-wan is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for starring in the films C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993), My Name Is Fame (2006), Mad Detective (2007), Overheard film series (2009–2014), and Life Without Principle (2011), for which he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor. For his performance in Detective vs Sleuths (2022), 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, an Asian Film Award and an Asia Pacific Screen Award for his performance in Papa (2024).

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Awards and honours

International

• Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor 2000
• Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor 2007
• Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor 2012

National / local

• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor 2007
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor 2015
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor 2023

3 films on this site

1. Running Out of Time 1999 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
2. Mad Detective 2007 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
3. Life Without Principle 2011 · Johnnie To · IMDb 6.9 · Cast