Hawick Lau

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lau.

Hawick Lau
Lau in 2017
Born	(1974-10-13) 13 October 1974 (age 50) British Hong Kong
Alma mater	Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)
Occupations	Actor singer producer
Years active	1993–present
Agent(s)	Hawick Lau Studio (2019−present) Jay Walk Studio (2015 - 2019)
Spouse	Yang Mi ​ ​ (m. 2014; div. 2018)​
Children	1
Parents	Lau Dan (father) Lee Fuk-ying (mother)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	劉愷威
Simplified Chinese	刘恺威
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Kǎiwēi
Jyutping	Lau^4 Hoi^2 Wai^1

Hawick Lau Hoi-wai (Chinese: 劉愷威; born 13 October 1974) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was named as one of the "Five Fresh Tigers of TVB" and is best known for his performances in the series A Kindred Spirit (1995), Virtues of Harmony (2001) and My Family (2005).^[1]

He then expanded his career into mainland China, acting in several notable series. His notable appearances include Sealed with a Kiss (2011), A Clear Midsummer Night (2013), The Wife's Secret (2014), Lady & Liar (2015) and Chronicle of Life (2016).

Early life

Lau grew up in Hong Kong. He is the son of the Hong Kong actor Lau Dan and his wife Lee Fuk-ying (李馥瑩). Lau studied architecture at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Career

Lau debuted in the 1995 drama A Kindred Spirit. He starred alongside his father Lau Dan, coincidentally portraying father and son. The same year, he signed on with Hong Kong's Sony Music as a singer.^[2]

In 1997, he released his first Chinese album LALA I Love You. In 1998, he released his first Cantonese album A Boy's Story.^[2]

Lau continued acting in Hong Kong dramas and started to gain fame locally. In 2000, he starred in the youth romance drama Aiming High with Nicholas Tse. He also had a supporting role in the financial thriller At the Threshold of an Era. From 2001 to 2002, he starred in the historical sitcom Virtues of Harmony with his father and later its sequel Virtues of Harmony II in 2003.^[3] In January 2005, he starred in modern comedy drama My Family, in his first leading role.^[2][4]

TVB named him as one of the 5 Fresh Tigers – a group of promising young actors that the network pushed to become stars.

In 2005, after having a significant amount of success at TVB, he left the company and traveled to mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore, where he participated in some productions. He filmed his first Mainland production The Hui Merchants of Qing (which aired in 2007). He also starred in the Mediacorp production Destiny; following which he participated in the Taiwanese drama Letter 1949.^[5]

In April 2006, Lau signed with ATV, the other main television station and production studio in Hong Kong for one year. In November 2006, Lau's first series with ATV, No Turning Back began airing.

In order to fully immerse himself into the Chinese market, Lau insisted on speaking Mandarin Chinese instead of Cantonese for his media appearances. He started to gain attention from the Chinese audiences for his appearance in the 2008 drama Royal Embroidery Workshop, which also starred Li Xiaoran.^[6]

In 2009, he starred in the republican drama Niang Qi, which won him the Best Actor Award at the Jiangsu TV Drama Awards.^[7]

In 2011, Lau gained mainstream popularity after starring in the romance melodrama Sealed With a Kiss, gaining recognition from his portrayal of Mo Shaoqian, who was likened to the Asian version of Christian Grey.^[8] Lau also starred alongside Wallace Chung in drama Under The Bodhi Tree.

In 2012, Lau starred in the romantic comedy film Holding Love alongside Yang Mi. The movie was released on the day of Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day, and topped the box office charts.^[9] He again worked with Yang in the period epic drama Ru Yi, which gained attention prior to its premiere due to his and Yang's public relationship at that time.^[10]

Lau then established his personal studio, and took on the role of a producer for the first time in the contemporary romance drama A Clear Midsummer Night. The drama aired in 2013 and quickly became popular with the audience, becoming the first drama in 2013 to surpass 100 million views.^{[citation needed]} In April, he starred in the television adaptation of the 2012 hit movie Painted Skin: The Resurrection.^[11] His performance in the series won him the Best Actor in the Ancient Drama genre at the 13th Huading Awards. He then returned to TVB, filming the Hong Kong-China joint production Master of Destiny, which aired in 2015.^[12]

In 2014, he starred opposite Zhao Liying in the romance drama The Wife's Secret.^[13]

In 2015, Lau paired up with Tiffany Tang in the period romance drama Lady & Liar, which broke records to become the most viewed republic era period drama online.^[14] His character Bai Zhengqing was popular with the audience, and gained him a large number of fans.^[15] Following Lady & Liar, Lau then starred in another period drama The Cage of Love, written by famed writer Tong Hua.^[16] Lau also Co-starred with Wang Likun in Twice Bloom the Flower that year.

In 2016, Lau starred in period romance drama Chronicle of Life, portraying Kangxi Emperor. The series gained popularity upon its premiere, placing #1 in ratings nationally and topping online views.^[17] In April, the second production by Lau's studio, entitled Road to the North premiered on CNTV.^[18] He then starred in the television adaptation of Gu Long's novel The Legend of Flying Daggers.^[19]

In 2017, Lau starred in the family drama, Full Love^[20] and the legal drama Heirs.^[21]

In 2018, Lau took the lead role in the fantasy wuxia drama The Legend of Jade Sword.^[22]

In October 2019, it was confirmed that Lau's contract with Jaywalk Studio had expired and he did not renew.^[23]

In 2020, Lau starred with Chen Duling in The Invisible Life a modern drama about women struggle in work place.

Personal life

Lau announced his relationship with Chinese actress Yang Mi on January 8, 2012 through Weibo. The two had previously co-starred in Ru Yi, Holding Love and A Clear Midsummer Night.

On January 8, 2014, Lau and Yang got married in Bali, Indonesia.^[24] On June 1, 2014, Yang gave birth to their daughter nicknamed Little Sticky Rice (小糯米) in Hong Kong.^[25]

On December 22, 2018, Hawick Lau and Yang Mi issued a joint-statement announcing their divorce through their agency.^[26]

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2000		龙凤斗智蟠龙坊	Jin Kezhong
2003	Bless the Child	某年某月某日	Wong Yong
	The Spy Dad	神勇铁金刚	Hotel employee
	Honesty	绝种好男人	Ah Chong
2009	Irreversi	回路	Liu Zhiming	[27]
2012	Holding Love	HOLD住爱	Tao Xiaolei
2013	Love in Summer
TBA		梦瑜伽		Special appearance[28]

Television series

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1995–1999	A Kindred Spirit	真情	Lee Tian An
1997	Mystery Files	迷離檔案	Cheung Wai	Episodes 7–9
1999	Untraceable Evidence II	鑑證實錄II	Yeung Chi-lun
1999–2000	At the Threshold of an Era	創世紀	Yip Wing-chak
2000	Aiming High	撻出愛火花	Cheung Wing-leung
2001	Law Enforcers	勇探實錄	Lee Lap-ming
2001–2002	Virtues of Harmony	皆大歡喜	Yuen Sau
2004-2005	Virtues of Harmony II	皆大歡喜	Lau Ka-sing
2004	Hard Fate	翡翠戀曲	Mok Hei-man
	Shades of Truth	水滸無間道	Ben Fai
	ICAC Investigators 2004	廉政行動2004	Cheung Lap-san
2005	My Family	甜孫爺爺	Freeman Man
	Destiny	梦在手里	Fan Yijie
2006		灯火阑珊	Luo Jiahui
2006–2007	Relentless Justice	义无反顾	Aaron Yip
2007		换子成龙	Chen Tianhong
	The Hui Merchants of Qing	大清徽商	Chen Yuanliang
	Shun Niang	顺娘	Chen Wuqiu
2008	East Hegemon	江湖往事	Xiao Tang
	Royal Embroidery Workshop	凤穿牡丹	Huo Dongqing
	One Thousand Teardrops	一千滴眼泪	Jiang Haotian
2009	The Single Mother	单亲妈妈	Tai Songping	[29]
	Letter 1949	我在1949，等你	Lin Xiang
	Niang Qi	娘妻	Gao Yaozhong
2010	Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law	欢喜婆婆俏媳妇	Tie Changsheng	[30]
	Who Knows the Female of the Women	谁知女人心	Zhao Anhua	[31]
		重生门	Lian Chengwen	[32]
	Spell of the Fragrance	国色天香	Xiang Haoyu	[33]
2011	Under the Bodhi Tree (Linden)	菩提树下	Long Wusheng	^[citation needed]
		大唐女将樊梨花	Xue Dingshan	[34]
	Sealed With a Kiss	千山暮雪	Mo Shaoqian
	Love in the War Time	烽火儿女情	Fang Junjie	[35]
2012	Ru Yi	如意	Tan Mingkai
	Sealed With a Kiss Sequel	千山暮雪续集	Mo Shaoqian	Mini series[36]
		战火西北狼	Lieutenant Long Douyun	[37]
	In Love with Power	山河恋·美人无泪	Hong Taiji	[38]
2013	A Clear Midsummer Night	盛夏晚晴天	Qiao Jinfan	also producer
	Painted Skin 2	画皮之真爱无悔	General Wang Ying
	Bloodbath Island	喋血孤岛	Agent Mike	[39]
2014	The Four Scholars of Jiangnan	江南四大才子	Tang Bohu	[40]
	The Wife’s Secret	妻子的秘密	Li Minglang
2015	Lady & Liar	千金女賊	Bai Zhengqing
	The Cage of Love	抓住彩虹的男人	Jiang Yu
	Master of Destiny	縱橫天地	Cho Chi-yuen
	The Double Life of Veronique	两生花	Qin Mo (Chen Bin)	[41]
		你的传奇之危机四伏	Mr Mo	Guest appearance
	You Are My Sisters	你是我的姐妹	Shi Tianming	[42]
	Hummingbird Attack	蜂鸟	Luo Shaoqing	[43]
2016	Chronicle of Life	寂寞空庭春欲晚	Kangxi
	Road to the North	一念向北	Lu Xiangbei	also producer
	First Love	柠檬初上	Zuo Zaijun	[44]
	The Legend of Flying Daggers	飞刀又见飞刀	Li Huai
2017	Full Love	周末父母	Yu Zhiyuan
	Heirs	继承人	Zheng Hao
2018	The Legend of Jade Sword	莽荒紀	Ji Ning
	Our Glamorous Time	你和我的倾城时光	Li Zhiqian	Special appearance[45]
2019	Diplomatic Situation	外交风云	Qian Xuesen	Special appearance[46]
2020	That's life/Invisible life	這就是生活	Guan Yīhe	[47]
TBA	Deep Sea	深海	Tang Baihao

Variety and reality show

Year	English title	Chinese title	Notes
2022	Call Me by Fire	披荊斬棘	Season 2

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	3rd Asia Rainbow TV Awards	Outstanding Leading Actor	A Clear Midsummer Night	Won	[48]
	13th Huading Awards	Best Actor (Ancient Drama)	Painted Skin 2	Won	[49]
2017	AATFF Festival Golden Oak Award	Best Actor	Heirs	Won	[50]

References

1. "刘恺威：从股票交易员到制片人 "财道"猜不到". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 4 January 2013.
2. "回顾刘恺威演艺道路：少年成名 曾进军歌坛(图)". People's Daily (in Chinese). 12 January 2012.
3. "刘恺威官二代背景曝光 老爸是TVB老牌演员刘丹（全文）". Netease (in Chinese). 13 January 2012.
4. "一剧催红龙套哥刘恺威". Netease (in Chinese). 16 November 2011.
5. "《我在1949等你》开播 刘恺威为情所动". Sohu (in Chinese). 16 May 2011.
6. "格雅表新代言人刘恺威 现场爆拼搏经历(组图)". Netease (in Chinese). 26 April 2012.
7. "刘恺威获最佳男演员 意外获封"江苏第一姑爷"". Netease (in Chinese). 23 February 2011.
8. "《千山暮雪》催红刘恺威 龙套哥终于尝到红滋味". Tencent (in Chinese). 16 November 2011.
9. "《Hold住爱》票房夺冠 周秀娜开比基尼派对". Sina (in Chinese). 27 August 2012.
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11. "《画皮之真爱无悔》开播 刘恺威遭颖儿白冰哄抢". Sohu (in Chinese). 5 July 2013.
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13. "《妻子的秘密》湖南将播 刘恺威讲述"守护爱情"". Netease (in Chinese). 25 February 2014.
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15. "刘恺威演《千金女贼》被赞"言情三巨头"之一". ifeng (in Chinese). 30 January 2015.
16. "《抓住彩虹的男人》刘恺威郑爽华丽定妆". Sina (in Chinese). 20 May 2014.
17. "《春欲晚》网播量30亿破新高 超高收视完美收官". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 14 February 2016.
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19. "新《飞刀》曝全阵容 刘恺威杨蓉相爱相杀". Sina (in Chinese). 19 August 2015.
20. "刘恺威露加班族心声 《周末父母》演活双拼奶爸". Tencent (in Chinese). 13 February 2017.
21. "《继承人》首曝海报 刘恺威蒋欣演绎悬疑爱恋". Tencent (in Chinese). 1 March 2017.
22. "刘恺威《莽荒纪》新疆开机 奇怪自己很喜欢吊威亚". Netease (in Chinese). 19 October 2016.
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30. "《欢喜婆婆俏媳妇》将播 刘恺威演绎"双面胶"". Sina (in Chinese). 21 January 2011.
31. "刘恺威《谁知女人心》演绎帅气传奇大师傅(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 14 August 2009.
32. "《重生门》刘恺威内地拍戏 声音充满磁性". Sohu (in Chinese). 3 December 2009.
33. "《国色天香》登陆上海 叶璇刘恺威默契传情". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). 23 December 2010.
34. "电影团队打造电视剧《大唐女将樊梨花》". Qianjiang Evening News (in Chinese). 5 November 2011.
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37. "《战火西北狼》将播 重现西北野战军历史". Netease (in Chinese). 4 September 2012.
38. "刘恺威《美人无泪》虐恋初见端倪 腹黑却痴心". Sohu (in Chinese). 9 December 2012.
39. "《喋血孤岛》开播 刘恺威婚后荧屏首秀". Sina (in Chinese). 16 January 2014.
40. "《江南四大才子》开机 刘恺威迟帅领衔". Sina (in Chinese). 10 October 2012.
41. "刘恺威化身"大白"猛追王丽坤 自曝小糯米喊不好妈妈". People's Daily (in Chinese). 2 June 2015.
42. "《你是我的姐妹》刘恺威奶爸变型男". Sina (in Chinese). 26 August 2014.
43. "刘恺威"蜂鸟出击"演爱国医生 挑战双重身份". Netease (in Chinese). 19 March 2015.
44. "刘恺威《柠檬初上》温柔小港普格外苏". Sina (in Chinese). 11 May 2016.
45. "《你和我的倾城时光》首曝片花 赵丽颖化身精英". Tencent (in Chinese). 15 November 2017.
46. "刘恺威来烟台了！在烟台山取景拍《外交风云》！". Weibo (in Chinese). 25 October 2018.
47. "电视剧这就是生活". Weibo (in Chinese). 23 April 2019.
48. "刘恺威获亚洲彩虹奖优秀男主角". Sina (in Chinese). 27 June 2014.
49. "第13届华鼎奖中国百强电视剧颁奖盛典完美收官". Netease (in Chinese). 28 August 2014.
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External links

• Hawick Lau Weibo
• Hawick Lau at IMDb