Hong Kong has produced some extremely famous actors, but in the past 20 years Andy Lau has been its most commerically successful. In China, he's as well known for singing as acting, as a major Cantopop star.

Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Lu ding ji (1983) or Jue dai shuang jiao (1979). However, he didn't limit himself to television and began showing his versatility in films like Sha shou hu die meng (1989) and Bei qing cheng shi (1989).

Credits include: Memoirs of a Geisha, The Killer, The Replacement Killers, Supercop and A Better Tomorrow II

Credits include: Exiled, Breaking News, Running Out of Time, Running Out of Time 2 and Needing You...

Credits include: Hard Boiled, Enter the Fat Dragon, All's Well, Ends Well, Men Suddenly in Black and Magnificent Scoundrels

Credits include: Police Story 2, Black Mask, Mad Detective, Running Out of Time and Life Without Principle

Credits include: Infernal Affairs II, Exiled, The Mission, Kill Zone 2 and The Bride with White Hair

Credits include: Running on Karma, In the Nick of Love, The Emperor and His Brother, Goodbye Mammie and The Scandalous Warlord

Credits include: The Prodigal Son, Yin zhong, Who Is the Craftiest, The Unwritten Law and The Duke of Mount Deer

Credits include: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, The Miracle Box, The Duke of Mount Deer and The Beloved Son of God

Credits include: Gorgeous, Monster Hunt, Perhaps Love, All for the Winner and In the Line of Duty 3

Credits include: Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship, The Duke of Mount Deer, Red Lamp Shaded in Blood, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Crime of Passion in the Hotel