Tony Liu Tian-jue was born on 7 February 1952 and is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist.
18 Facts About Tony Liu
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Tony Liu is often credited by his Cantonese stage name Lau Wing.
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Tony Liu has acted in some television series where he is better remembered for his roles as Qing Shi Huang and Genghis Khan.
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Tony Liu was born in 1952 in British Hong Kong to Hong Kong actress Lai Man, and a sailor, Tony Liu Tao.
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Tony Liu was one of seven children born to the couple; he has five sisters and one brother.
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Tony Liu grew up in Kowloon City and was playmates with members of the Seven Little Fortunes.
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Tony Liu was additionally a Hapkido, jujutsu, and Goju-ryu practitioner, attaining the rank of 3rd dan in the latter.
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Tony Liu later attended Tang King Po School although he fared poorly in his studies, preferring to play various sports including basketball and soccer.
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Tony Liu took up jujutsu and karate during this time.
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In 1970, Tony Liu joined the Hong Kong film production company Golden Harvest.
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Tony Liu made his movie debut in a villainous role in the 1971 film The Big Boss opposite Bruce Lee, whom he was reunited with by sheer coincidence having both been cast in the same movie despite having not seen each other since Lee's departure for the States in 1959.
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In 1973, Tony Liu left Golden Harvest and two years later, joined the Shaw Brothers Studio and made his breakthrough as the Chien Lung Emperor in Emperor Chien Lung and its sequels.
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Tony Liu continued acting in movies and various television series produced by ATV before relocating to Mainland China in the 2000s.
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Tony Liu currently remains active in the movie and television industry.
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Tony Liu was married to former Taiwanese actress Tai Liang Chun from 1983 to 1984.
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Tony Liu received a two-and-a-half-year sentence for the assault and was ordered to pay Tai 6 million TWD, but avoided serving any prison time by returning to Hong Kong.
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In 2007, Tony Liu married Huang Li Yan, a woman from mainland China 30 years his junior.
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Tony Liu was attacked in 1985 after leaving a nightclub and hospitalized for a month due to a broken sternum, ten cracked ribs, and a burst bone brow sustained from the incident.