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劉丹  ♂
Lau Dan
Danny Lau,  William Liu Tan,  Lau Tan,  Liu Tan,  Lu Tan,  Lau Hing-Kei,  Liu Kuang-Chi
Born: December 18th, 1945 (Shandong, China)





 
Filmography (1969-2015)
 
  Actor (101 films)
    Mad, Mad, Mad Swords (1969) ... Wang
    The Challenge (1969)    
    The Great Plot (1970)    
    The Extra Duty of a Governess (1970)    
    My Suitors (1970)    
    An Apple a Day (1970)    
    The King's Sword (1970) ... General Li
    The Rivals (1970)    
    Unconquered (1970)    
    The Unknown Swordsman (1970)    
    Captive (1971) ... Lei Chin Tien
    Monkey Comes Again (1971)    
    The Deadly Duo (1971) ... Hero Ting Siu
    The Water Margin (1972) ... Winged Tiger, Lei Heng
    The Devil's Mirror (1972) ... Wen Jianfeng
    The Warlord (1972) ... Chi Pei Cheng
    Legends of Lust (1972) ... Fan Er-Hu
    Tales of Larceny (1973) ... 1) Platoon leader at festival 2) Con art
    Facets of Love (1973) ... Zhang Yan-Lin
    The Bastard (1973) ... Gu's nephew #1
    Payment in Blood (1973) ... Inspector Chang
    Illicit Desire (1973) ... 2) Lai Wang 1) Wang Xi-Zhi
    The House of 72 Tenants (1973) ... Police Chief's assistant
    Only the Brave Stands (1973)    
    Queen Hustler (1973) ... Cai Wei
    All Men Are Brothers (1973) ... Lei Heng
    The Bloody Escape (1973) ... Horse rider
    Hong Kong 73 (1974) ... Car salesman
    A Mad World of Fools (1974)    
    Kidnap (1974) ... Wang Fu Chiu
    Lucky, Lucky (1974)    
    Forbidden Tales of Two Cities (1975) ... Wei Hao
    The Wandering Life (1975)    
    Mutiny on the High Sea (1975)    
    No End of Surprises (1975) ... Feng
    Oriental Playgirls (1976) ... Liu Chia-Lien
    The Scoundrel (1977)    
    The Gambler (1977)    
    The Four Shaolin Challengers (1977) ... Boss Shiao Pei Li
    Ironside 426 (1977) ... Big Brother Sing
    The Discharged (1977) ... Prison Governer
    Gang of Four (1978) ... Sheng Tan
    Dynamo (1978) ... Liang Ying-Sheng
    My Kung Fu Master (1978) ... Master
    The Chase (1978)    
    The Gory Murder (1978)    
    For Whom to Be Murdered (1978)    
    Ten Tigers of Shaolin (1978) ... Lord Yuen San Pao
    One Way Only (1979)    
    Killing Does Not Pay (1979)    
    Illusions Come True (1979)    
    Spring in the Palace (1979)    
    Payoff (1979) ... Ng Sek-Lau
    Super Power (1980) ... Mr. Wan
    Struggle to Survive (1980)    
    Looking for Money (1981)    
    A Grand Statement (1981) ... Policeman
    The Mad, Mad, Mad Sailors (1981)    
    The Security (1981)    
    Revenge in Hong Kong (1981)    
    The Mad Cold-Blooded Murder (1981)    
    Mahjong Heroes (1981) ... Chan Tai Min
    The First Exposure (1982)    
    The Sweet and Sour Cops Part II (1982)    
    Hex After Hex (1982) ... Johnny Tien
    Expensive Tastes (1982) ... Barrister Lau Kai
    The Super Gang (1982) ... Inspector Tang
    The Bund (1983) ... Boss Fung
    The Bund Part II (1983)    
    Rape and Die (1983)    
    Mission to Kill (1983)    
    Take Care, Your Majesty! (1983) ... Royal teacher (from FACETS OF LOVE)
    Devil Fetus (1983) ... Cheng Chi Chong
    The Lost Generation (1983) ... Immigration officer
    Wu Song (1984)    
    Challenge on Chasing Girls (1984)    
    Before Dawn (1984) ... Kian
    Host for a Ghost (1984)    
    Dead Curse (1985)    
    Police Story (1985) ... Drug dealer
    Champion Operation (1986)    
    Tong - A Chinatown Story (1986) ... Boos Uncle Ni
    The Last Vampire (1988)    
    Fatal Termination (1990) ... Officer Lau
    Hong Kong Criminal Archives - The Robbery (1991) ... Robber
    Something Incredible - Secret of Death (1992)    
    Temptation of the Spiritual World (1992)    
    The Lucky Family (1992)    
    True Love (1992) ... Property developer
    Hitman Blues (1993) ... Ting Kwok-Bo
    The Wrong Bedfellow (1993)    
    Fussy Ghost (1993)    
    The Supreme Winner (1993) ... Mad gambling master
    Double Gunned Man with a False Face (1993) ... Jin Zi-Biao
    A Twist of Fate (1994)    
    My Friend Roy (1994)    
    The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1994) ... Hung Tsat-Kung
    Faithfully Yours (1995)    
    Sau Sing San Yan Lui Chi - Yim Sing Kip (2003)    
    My Name Is Fame (2006) ... Dan
    Lost in Wrestling (2015) ... Egg tart master
  Dialogue (1 film)
    One Way Only (1979)    
  Dubbing (1 film)
    Revenge in Hong Kong (1981)    
  Mandarin Dubbing (1 film)
    Faithfully Yours (1995)    
  Mandarin Dialogue (1 film)
    A Chinese Torture Chamber Story (1994)    
 
 
Biography
 
  Liu Tan was born in Shanghai in 1945 and moved with his family to Hong Kong five years later. In 1968, Liu entered the actor training class run by Cathay Film Organisation and was signed up by the studio after graduated. Liu started his career in supporting roles until he got his big break in "An Apple A Day" in 1970. Liu moved to Shaw Brothers in 1971 and among the movies he appeared in "The Devil's Mirror" and "The Warlord". Liu left Shaw Brothers in 1972 to concentrate predominantly on voice dubbing while he still making sporadic appearance in films. In 1977, Liu joined TVB as a contract actor. His acclaimed role was as the villain in the classic series "The Bund". For the past two decades, Liu has made regular appearance in TVB and he was one of the popular artists in Hong Kong.

From the Celestial DVD release of "The Devil's Mirror".
Son is Harwick Lau.