Lau Siu Ming (, born 13 October 1931) is a Hong Kong dancer and actor. He started his acting career in

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. He starred in the movie "The Butterfly Murders" for the first time in 1979. Though he is best known for his roles in

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, the 1990 martial arts movie

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A Chinese Ghost Story II ''A Chinese Ghost Story II'' ( zh, t=倩女幽魂 II：人間道) is a 1990 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. It is the sequel to ''A Chinese Ghost Story'' and is followed by ''A Chinese G ...

, and

A Chinese Ghost Story III ''A Chinese Ghost Story III'' ( zh, t=倩女幽魂 III：道道道, j=Sinneoi Jauwan III: Dou Dou Dou) is a 1991 Hong Kong romantic comedy-horror film directed by Ching Siu-tung and produced by Tsui Hark. It is the sequel to ''A Chinese Ghost St ...

. In 2006, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 11th Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards for playing Uncle Ghost in the movie

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Early life

Lau Siu-ming was born in 1931, and his ancestral home is

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, Heshan City,

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. When he was young, he traveled across the ocean alone and worked as a warehouse worker on a

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. Later, he was awarded a scholarship to dance at the

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Research Center in

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Career

Lau Siu-ming has profound attainments in dance. He is one of the pioneers of the

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dance industry and the first Hong Kong dancer to emerge internationally. Later, he opened a dance school to train young actors, so he was called "Ming sir". His first acting role was in the movie "The Butterfly Murders" in 1979. In 1987, starred in the costume film "

" directed by

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and Cheng Xiaodong, starring

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and

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. In the film, he successfully portrayed the yin and yang of the dryad grandma; It achieved good box office results and made costume ghost films become the trend of Hong Kong films again. In 1994, starred in the love drama "Goodbye, My Wife" directed by Li Guoli, and played Dong Liguang in the series; in the same year, starred in the action film "Drunken Master II" directed by Liu Jialiang, starring

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and

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, and played Chiu in the series; With a box office of 40.97 million

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s, the film won the annual runner-up of the Hong Kong

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, and was selected as "one of the top ten films in the world in 1994" by the American "

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". In 2001, Lau Siu-ming accepted the invitation to perform Hong Kong Ballet's "White Snake" and Hong Kong Dance Company's "Blessings of Love". With his years of performing arts experience, he led the two stage plays and was awarded the 2002 Hong Kong Dance Award. On June 27, 2007, at the age of 76, Lau Siu-ming was awarded the title of

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by the

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in recognition of his achievements. In 2009, starred in the commercial war drama "Fuguimen" directed by Zhuang Weijian, starring Lu Liangwei and Yuan Anita, and played Dong Tianzhu in the series. In 2010, together with

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and Lu Weiluan (Xiao Si), he won the Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award of the "2009 Hong Kong Arts Development Award". On December 16, 2013, Lau Siu-ming won the 46th TVB Thousands of Stars Performing Artist Award.

Personal life

Lau Siu-ming's wife of 50 years, Cheung Wai Ling, died of cancer. On October 31, 2012, a funeral ceremony was held at the Holy Cross Church in Sai Wan Ho. Friends in the circle, Liu Songyan, Huang Qiusheng, Guo Aiming and Chen Jinhong, etc. attended the ceremony.

Filmography

Television series

Films

References

External links

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