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Billy Lau

Hong Kong actor
Person Human Q9299789

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
April 3, 1954
Place of birth
Hong Kong
Country of citizenship
People's Republic of China[6]
Occupation
film director, actor, screenwriter
Family name
Lóu[8]
Given name
Billy[9]
Start of work period
1982[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Billy Lau en Billy Lau Nam Kwong en Lou Nan-Guang ar بيلي لاو id Billy Lau Nam Kwong ja ビリー・ロウ ko 누남광 ru Билли Лау th บิลลี หลิว zh 樓南光
🔖 Identifiers · 20
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
D100主持樓南光.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p143846
AlloCiné person ID
183679
CINEFOX person ID
47366
Douban movie celebrity ID
1289501
Douban personage ID
27517780
Europeana entity
agent/base/142432
Film.ru person ID
billi-lau
Freebase ID
/m/0gbznq_
HAND ID
D5A7-EA9D-F55C-BC58-D9D4
HKMDB person ID
5663
IMDb ID
nm0490497
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Ivi person ID
billi-lau
Kinobox person ID
288239
Kinopoisk person ID
125958
Mtime people ID
1012682
MusicBrainz artist ID
aacb57c2-e51f-4637-a337-cb41c434f377
TMDB person ID
239010
Weibo user ID
1862808584
ČSFD person ID
173136

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← Cast member 7
Police Story 2, Miracles, Hong Kong 1941, Rigor Mortis, Yes, Madam, Naughty Boys, The Banquet
Occupation 3
actor, film director, screenwriter
Country of citizenship 1
People's Republic of China
Given name 1
Billy
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Hong Kong
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Billy Lau was born on April 3, 1954[1], in Hong Kong[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], actor[4], and screenwriter[5].

FAQs

Where was Billy Lau born?

Billy Lau's place of birth was Hong Kong[2].

What did Billy Lau do for work?

Billy Lau worked as a film director[3], actor[4], and screenwriter[5].

Related Entities

Hong Kong People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → D5A7-EA9D-F55C-BC58-D9D4
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46470: HAND ID (9)"
  2. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CINEFOX person ID → 47366
    Start of work period → 1982
    Family name → Lóu
    Country of citizenship → People's Republic of China
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #43567"
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