Hawick Lau's personal information,Hawick Lau's personal information

Character experience

Early life experience

Hawick Lau was born in Hong Kong on October 13, 1974. His ancestral home is Weihai. His father was a actor who played in the 83 version of "The Condor Heroes". Hong Kong actor Liu Dan who plays "Hong Qigong" in "The Legend of Hong Kong". [10] In addition, Hawick Lau also has a younger sister, Liu Cuiling.

When he was a teenager, Hawick Lau moved to Canada with his family. Because of filming, Liu Dan often travels between Hong Kong and Canada. As a result, the only people at home who are often together are his mother, sister and Liu Kaiwei. Therefore, he has understood what a man's responsibility is since he was a child. He is adaptable and quickly learned English. Although his family's financial situation was very good when he was a child, he always found something to do by himself. During the summer vacation, he used the tools at home to clean the neighbor's swimming pool and earned a few dollars. Later, he also found some jobs one after another to train himself. [11]

When Kaiwei Liu was in college, he chose the Department of Architecture at Ryerson University in Canada, and his father Liu Dan had also studied civil engineering before. In 1993, Hawick Lau participated in the All-Canadian Chinese Singer Selection Competition and won the championship. Because the singing competition was held in connection with TVB, he entered the TVB artist training class. In 1994, Hawick Lau entered Hong Kong TVB and officially entered the entertainment industry. [12-13]

Acting experience

Film and television

In 1995, Hawick Lau participated in the TV series "True Love". This drama was Liu Kaiwei's first film after entering the industry. This is a work, and this is also the first collaboration between him and his father Liu Dan. [14]

In 1998, he participated in the TV series "Forensic Record 2", starring as forensic doctor Yang Zhilun, and played a couple with Xiao Tangcai. [14]

In 1999, he participated in the TV series "Genesis". In this drama, Liu Kaiwei played Luo Jialiang's younger brother Rongze. He was an unpleasant character because the script's character setting was very limited. It didn't leave a deep impression on the audience. [14]

In 2000, he starred with Nicholas Tse in "The Spark of Love", playing the second male lead Zhang Yongliang, portraying a big boy who loves comics and judo. [14]

From 2001 to 2003, Hawick Lau starred in the costume version and the modern version of "As You Like It" respectively. From this stage, Hawick Lau began his transformation. [14]

In 2005, Hawick Lau left TVB and traveled to Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong ATV to participate in some drama performances. Hawick Lau and Ren Quan collaborated on the first mainland TV series "Hui Merchants of the Qing Dynasty". Later, Hawick Lau collaborated with Pan Hong, Hu Jing, and Ren Chengwei to film "Behind the Will in Dim Lights."

In 2007, he officially shifted his focus to the mainland for development. In order to better integrate into the mainland environment, although Liu Kaiwei grew up in Hong Kong and abroad, he insisted on speaking Mandarin. [12]

In 2008, he began to rise to prominence in the mainland with his role as "Huo Dongqing" in "The Phoenix Wears Peony". [15]

In 2009, Hawick Lau took over the filming of TV series such as "The Wife", "Who Knows the Heart of Women", and "The Beauty of the Country". [16]

In 2010, he won the "Best Actor Award" at the Jiangsu TV Drama Awards Ceremony for "The Wife". [17]

In 2011, he gained higher popularity for his role as "Mo Shaoqian" in "Snow on a Thousand Mountains" and became one of the first-line stars in China. [4][18]

The 2012 romantic comedy film "HOLD" was released on Chinese Valentine's Day. This was also Hawick Lau's first film in the mainland. The film earned more than 20 million at the box office on the day it was released. It became the box office champion among films released during Chinese Valentine's Day in 2012[19]. In the same year, TV series such as "Wolves of the Northwest" and "Beauty Without Tears" starring him were also broadcast one after another, and the filming of "Painted Skin: True Love Without Regrets" and "The Four Talents of Jiangnan" were also completed. In addition, Hawick Lau also produced and starred for the first time in the urban business war suspense drama "A Sunny Evening in Midsummer" produced by Hawick Lau Studio. "A Sunny Day in the Midsummer" is jointly produced by Huanrui Century Film and Television Co., Ltd. and Meiya Great Wall Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Hawick Lau joins hands with Yang Mi, Fan Shaohuang, Wu Jianfei, Liang Youlin and other actors to perform, and is directed by director Mak Guanzhi and Hong Kong screenwriter Co-created by Chen Baohua. In the same year, Hawick Lau served as the producer, and the new work produced by Hawick Lau Studio has also entered the preparation period.

In the "2013 Forbes China Celebrity List" launched on April 23, 2013, Hawick Lau ranked 49th overall. [20] In the same year, "A Sunny Day in the Midsummer" was broadcast. Not only did it have good ratings, but the number of online video views exceeded 100 million in 4 days and 1 billion in 21 days, setting a new record for the fastest online broadcast of a film and television drama to exceed 100 million in 2013. [6 -7][21];Hawick Lau's first film production was a great success. At the same time, Liu Kaiwei participated in the anti-war drama "The Island of Blood", playing the cold-faced instructor Mike, who has firm revolutionary beliefs and surging patriotic enthusiasm, and the role is full and deep.

On May 3, 2013, Hawick Lau's second production and starring work "One Thought to the North" officially started filming. [8] The whole drama was completed on July 27; Hawick Lau played the role of "scheming, extreme, unique and mysterious" in the drama. The male protagonist who is almost deaf in both ears - Lu Xiangbei. The large-scale urban wealthy romance drama "Wind and Cloud", which was launched on August 1, 2013, is the work of Hawick Lau's old club after he left TVB to go north to develop eight years ago. In the drama, Hawick Lau plays the male protagonist - Cao Zhiyuan, the second son of the Cao family. Yu Yu has undergone a huge transformation from a noble son to a "vengeful man", and he is a somewhat morbid character. [9] Immediately afterwards, Hawick Lau participated in the filming of "The Wife's Secret", in which Hawick Lau played the male protagonist - Liming Lang. Although he is a wealthy young master, he is an out-and-out sunshine boy: affectionate, pure, clean, and kind. Exude positive energy at all times. [1] On December 15, Hawick Lau officially joined the cast of the big-era romantic action idol drama "The Thief of Gold", playing the role of Bai Zhengqing (White Wolf), the powerful and dominant gang boss - "Everyone in Shanghai knows that Bai Zhengqing is a wolf." "But no one knows that this wolf is lonely and longs for love." [1]

Music

In 1993, Hawick Lau participated in the Canadian Chinese Singing Competition and won the championship. [22]

In 1995, he became a new signee of Sony Music in Hong Kong. [22]

Entered Sony Music Taiwan in 1996. [22]

In 1997, the first Mandarin album "LALALA I Love You" was released. [22]

In 1998, the first Cantonese EP "A BOY'S STORY" was released in Hong Kong. [22]

Amateur racing driver

Hawick Lau likes racing, and his longing for speed brought him into contact with racing very early. Hawick Lau is usually a homebody. He likes to enjoy the feeling of moving forward in a car. His idol is Formula One driver Schumacher. When he went to Zhuhai to play racing earlier, he specially invited a French coach who was a former Formula One racing driver to give him guidance. Under the coach's guidance, Liu Kaiwei learned a lot of racing theories and realized that racing is not easy at all. How to drive? They were all about math and theory, and the course was originally two days, but he understood it in half a day, and the coach said he had talent. Many people think racing is dangerous, but Liu Kaiwei said that driving on the track is safer than driving on the road. He admitted that he used to like to drive fast, but later he felt it was pointless. In addition, it was not as fast as on the racing track, so now he focuses on safety when driving. His family had no objection to his racing, but instead told him to work hard and learn better. [23-24]

Hawick Lau, born in Hong Kong on October 13, 1974, is a Chinese film and television actor, singer, and TV series producer. In 1993, he won the Canadian Chinese Singer Selection Championship. In 1994, he entered TVB and officially entered the entertainment industry. [1] In 2005, after starring in "Sweet Grandpa" and receiving good ratings, Hawick Lau left TVB and went north to develop. [2] In 2007, it officially shifted its business focus to the mainland. In 2008, he rose to prominence in the Mainland with his role as Huo Dongqing in "The Phoenix Wears Peony" and won the "Most Favorite Actor Award" at the Fujian TV Station's "I Love My Drama" awards ceremony[3]. In 2011, he gained higher popularity for his role as Mo Shaoqian in "Snow on a Thousand Mountains" and became a popular actor. [4-5] In 2012, Hawick Lau produced and starred in the urban business war suspense drama "A Sunny Evening in the Midsummer" produced by Hawick Lau Studio. It performed well in both ratings and online broadcasts, and was a success in his first production. [6-7] In 2013, he served as the producer of the TV series "One Thought to the North" starring him, and developed in both front and behind the scenes. [8] In 2014, TV series such as "The Island of Blood", "Four Talents in the South of the Yangtze River", "One Thought to the North", "Wind and Cloud", "My Wife's Secret", and "The Thief" will be released to the audience. . [9] Other major works include "The Beauty of the Country", "Beauty Without Tears", etc.