Ching-Wan Lau
Cast

Ching-Wan Lau

1964
Active years (films on this site)
1993–2011
Genres
CrimeDramaActionThrillerRomance
Schools and movements
Contemporary Asian Cinema

Directors worked with

Johnnie To9 filmsDerek Yee Tung-Sing2 filmsRingo Lam1 filmFelix Chong Man-Keung1 film

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

National / local

13 films on this site

  1. C'est la vie, mon chéri 1993 · Derek Yee Tung-Sing · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
  2. Full Alert 1997 · Ringo Lam · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
  3. The Longest Nite 1997 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
  4. A Hero Never Dies 1998 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
  5. Expect the Unexpected 1998 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
  6. Running Out of Time 1999 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
  7. Running Out of Time 2 2001 · Johnnie To · IMDb 5.8 · Cast
  8. Fat Choi Spirit 2002 · Johnnie To · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
  9. My Left Eye Sees Ghosts 2002 · Johnnie To · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
  10. Lost in Time 2003 · Derek Yee Tung-Sing · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
  11. Mad Detective 2007 · Johnnie To · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
  12. Overheard 2009 · Felix Chong Man-Keung · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
  13. Life Without Principle 2011 · Johnnie To · IMDb 6.9 · Cast