Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) 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. Career 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. Lau joined Milkyway Image production house in the mid-1990s. Personal life Lau is married to Miss Hong Kong 1991, Amy Kwok Oi Ming. Filmography Television series Film {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! English title ! Original title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1986 | Silent Love |聽不到的說話 | Kelly Mak | |- | rowspan="2" |1988 | Set Me Free! |我要逃亡 | | |- | Police Story 2 |警察故事續集 | CID in restaurant | |- | rowspan="2" |1989 | Live Hard |鐵膽雄風 | Fai / Chief | |- | My Dear Son |我要富貴 | Maddy | |- |1991 | The Roar of the Vietnamese |越青 | Fan Wan-tin | |- | rowspan="4" |1992 | Angel Hunter |女校風雲之邪教入侵 | Jack Chow Man-kit | |- | The Happy Massage Girls |快樂按摩女郎 | | |- | Tulips in August |八月鬱金香 | | |- | The Shootout |危險情人 | Liu | |- | rowspan="6" |1993 | Thou Shalt Not Swear