Wayne Lai

Lai entered TVB in 1983 as a clerk in the business department. In 1985, he gave up the job and trained in the TVB Acting School. He starred in a few series in 1989. He started out in some minor roles, and took on some more significant roles later on. He has left TVB and entered the movie industry. Although those films are low-cost, these years provided a variety of roles and experiences to him. He also acted in two ATV series. He has achieved much praise for his roles, especially in the TVB drama Rosy Business creating a big trend in Hong Kong in 2009.

With much praise from the public, he won Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor in 2008 and 2009 TVB Anniversary Awards respectively. Meanwhile, he won My Favourite Male Character and TVB.com Popular Artist in awarding ceremony and has become the first Best Actor winning 3 awards at the same time. In 2010, he retained the Best Actor award in TVB Anniversary Awards for his role in No Regrets and became the second actor to win consecutive Best Actor award after Gallen Lo in 1997-98.

Lai played different kinds of roles and is liked by a lot of Hong Kong viewers. He is best known for his role in Journey to the West, The Gentle Crackdown (co-star with Halina Tam), Off Pedder and Some Day (co-star with Teresa Mo), Rosy Business and No Regrets(co-star with Sheren Tang). Owing to his brilliant performances, he is regarded as a talented TV actor with high popularity.

He is married and has a son.

(Source: wikipedia)

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Name Wayne Lai

Nationality Hong Konger

Gender Male

Born May 4, 1964

Age 58

Type Hong Konger

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One UFO sighting after another proves false. He has to beg for money to keep his space-exploration magazine afloat. There are no messages in the TV static. Nevertheless, Tang Zhijun continues to believe in alien life forms and heads to the mountainous southwest of China, to investigate after watchin...

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard. (Letterboxd)

The story is set in early 20th century. Country girl Cassia is sold as a maid to a Shanghai brothel, where Madam Shin considers her a no- count big foot with big breasts. But Cassia soon becomes the favorite of the triad Lord of Hong Men, Chang Lixiong - the Lord of Shanghai. Leaving a meeting with...

The film follows the Tang Monk and his three disciples on their westbound pilgrimage, beating monsters and villains along the way. (Letterboxd)

An upcoming 3D Chinese-American action fantasy film based on the classic novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. The film will be directed by Zhang Jinlai and produced by Mark Johnson. ~~ A co-production with U.S.A.

The story of a young man through three periods of life: The first was his afterlife with the opportunity to return to his childhood hometown. The second part talks about the young man's best memory. That was the moment he met the girl who would become his future wife. And the last part reflects the...

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An incisive portrait of a businesswoman torn between duty and desire. Hong Po Kei's engagement with Wuxi's rice baron, Tseung Kiu, was broken many years ago when a natural disaster struck the country. Later, while the country was running out of food supplies, her entire family was killed and she be...

Set in the fictional Eastern Liang dynasty, circus performer Ye Ningzhi’s troupe enters the palace and stages a performance to celebrate the empress dowager’s birthday. The ambitious grand princess (emperor’s sister) decides to cause mischief by framing her for treason, though the heroine is saved b...

Adapted from the famous Chinese classic novel of the same title by Wu Cheng'en, a writer of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), "Voyage en Occident" in its television version is directed by director Yang Jie. In 1986, the series took the lead in television hearings. Based on the real pilgrimage of the mon...

Journey to the West is a television series from Hong Kong produced by TVB in 1996, based on the classic Chinese novel of the same name. The series was very popular during its original broadcast on TVB Jade, mainly due to Dicky Cheung's performance in the role of King Monkey Sun Wukong. In 1998, the...

Chung Siu Hor and her husband Kam Tai Jo have been working hard for many years to establish a good reputation for their bakery. However, Hor discovers that Jo committed adultery with her best friend, Yan Hong, and she divorces with him miserably. Hor brings along her children Kam Wing Ho, Kam Wing H...

Guangzhou is in a state of political turmoil in the 1930s. Gangsters are on a rampage and opium trading becomes rampant. As they watch the illicit profits from opium trading escalate, the government forms the Anti-Smoking Bureau under the guise of suppressing opium, but the bureau is under the influ...

Adapted from Jin Yong's novel, it is a continuation of Legend of Condor Heroes and a kind of prequel to Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre. The story concerns the adventures of Yeung Guo, an orphan boy in a mid-13th-century China. Since its modest origins, Yeung Guo, the wise man of the street, has mov...

The shootings at a wedding banquet lift the curtain on two mysterious cases. Elites from the forensic and police departments work together once again to fight crime and uphold the law. Jack "Pro Sir" Po is a senior chemist who has earned the title of human encyclopedia due to his extensive knowledge...

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The history of the conqueror tells how Liu Bang moved from the status of commoner to that of the first emperor, Emperor Gao, of the Han dynasty.

An online drama about the misfortunes and wonders of love, whether unwanted, forbidden or otherwise.

Life’s peaks and valleys is like fighting in the ring. Balancing between fame, wealth and love, and deciding between offense and defense happens within a moment. Faced with adversity, we fight hard to overcome obstacles and persevere. In the end, strength is not about being unbreakable, but about ha...

A sudden storm caused the awakening of Chung Ting Kwok, a guerrilla during the Second Sino-Japanese War, after having been frozen for more than seventy years. He discovers that he is now in 2018. He's looking for his family, to see that his descendants behave badly. His son Ho Woh Ping is fraudulent...

Completely different to each other in time and space, a man and a woman meet in a strange place. Their fates change. - NAVER

This series will be as its name suggest centring around some unexplained phenomena and each episode will have a different story. Shirley Yeung plays a spirit that can see into the future.

Ching Long is a rebellious young man who moved from Hong Kong to Taiwan against his father's wishes, while his best friend Ko Tin Chun is a successful young architect. Ching Long returns to Hong Kong working manual labour jobs and also as a stunt double. The story revolves around Long and the misund...

Ko Fung is the son of a very wealthy makeup company. His girlfriend Lok Pui Pui was the spokesperson for this makeup company. One day, as they were promoting new makeup, instead of dressing in the wedding gown she was supposed to wear, Pui Pui wore a red keipo and said she wanted to drink lemon tea....

A group of vigilantes hidden behind animal masks prosecutes and punishes those guilty of wrong actions.

Seurng Kin Hong is training to be in the CID (Criminal Investigation Department). On his last patrol, Kin Hong sees a man with a gun and his partner gets the license plate. Chau Loi Dai and Ko Hei are also on the case of this guy. The guy goes into the motel where Loi Dai and Ko Hei are stationed. K...

This drama consists of ten different thrilling urban stories. (Source: So-Dramaddict at MyDramaList)

The second installment of the Detective Investigation series.

The story is set in the 1960s Hong Kong. The sincere Ko Tai Hei smuggles to Hong Kong, where his father's good friend Kam Lo Yik recommended him to join the police force. One time, he had an accident and got shot in the head. Pieces of the bullet went into his brain cells and oddly increased his IQ...

A fairy tale of God and the Devil, Empress Lu is at the head of the Han dynasty. She joins the evil spirits to let her son become emperor. A loyal subject, Zhang Liang, then joins other loyal groups in seeking help. They have the help of two deities, the elder Huang Shi and the fairy He Hua, to sear...

Chor Lau Heung brings his three girlfriends with him to attend Tso Hing Hau's birthday party. On the way, they meet Song Siu Ching, a spoilt and arrogant girl. After arriving at Tso's house, strange things start happening. Tso's daughter, Ming Lai, is in love with Sit Ban, a youth from a rival famil...

The story's initial development revolves around a coveted martial arts manual known as the Bixie Swordplay Manual. The manual has been passed down as an heirloom in the Lin family, who runs the Fuwei Escort Agency based in Fuzhou. Yu Cang Hai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, leads his followers to...

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The Imperial Qing Empire falls, officially ending the era of Emperors. Three palace eunuchs Lee Siu Kung, Dan Tin, and Chan Siu Fung are expelled and demoted to the peasantry. As they struggle to make a living for themselves beyond the palace borders, they come across the con artist Chui Tsun Sing,...

Chu Liuxiang is the famous "Chief of Bandits" in the jianghu. His qinggong is unmatched and he leaves behind a trail of fragrance everywhere he goes. Once, Chu enters the palace to steal a treasure called the "Amber Guanyin", which contains a wooden figurine carved by "Little Li Flying Dagger" Li Xu...

Legend of the Condor Heroes is set in the late Song Dynasty (12th century), where the failing Song government is slowly falling prey to the northern tribes.

This lakorn tells a story of the past and the present: Toomtam plays both Luang Thep (the past) and Thripope (the present) and his character will be haunted by a female ghost (Pinky) who seeks revenge. Will she destroy him and destroy his future with another woman (Mo)? (Source: Viki.net)

The drama is told in three distinct folk stories about love, lust, vanity, greed and selfishness. {Changing Pins} - False male and female twins fall in love with different men with the same appearance. The oldest male twin has a homosexual affair with a prince of the kingdom of Liao, while the femal...

Song dynasty's first prince Zhao Yun (Pierre Ngo) and second prince Zhao Rui (Chris Lai) greedily competes for the throne. YU JING (Wayne Lai) and TUNG CHIU (Kent Cheng) are responsible in advising each prince. JING and CHIU are old family friends, having a mentor-friend relationship. JING's father...

LEE LIN YIN (Wayne Lai) and ON TAK HOI (Raymond Cho) came from poor families and were sold to become palace eunuchs at a young age. The two later become apprentices of senior eunuch LAU DOR SAN (King Sir) and developed a deep brotherly relationship. Both became important high ranked officials for Em...

The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th shogun Tokugawa, is only four years old. The power vacuum it creates makes the castle of Edo bubble in political intrigues and personal positionings of all kinds. One of the first acts of Ietsugu is to employ a Noh actor,...

Multi-talented scholar Tong Bak Fu is traveling around the country with his good friend Wat Gei. Tong Bak Fu is trying to find the last beauty to complete his 'Nine Beauties Painting'. During his journey he falls in love with Chau Heung, a maid from the Wah family, and decides to paint her to comple...

The series begin with a cooking match for the title of Best Cook. Sam Yut San goes against his master Chun Man Sek for the title. During the match, Yut San accidentally sneezes some pepper onto his master's dish, which causes Man Sek to lose. It was the first time Man Sek lost, and due to the shock,...

Rage and Passion is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes. The story is an unofficial prequel to Louis Cha's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. It tells the story behind the birth of Wong Chung-yeung and...

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A monkey born from a stone nourished by the Five Elements, who learns the art of the Tao, 72 polymorphic transformations, combat, and secrets of immortality, and through guile and force makes a name for himself as the Qítiān Dàshèng or “Great Sage Equal to Heaven”. His powers grow to match the force...

~~ Adapted from the classical novel "Journey to the West" (西游记) by 吴承恩 (Wu Cheng En). ~~ Three versions available: 45 episodes (HK version) || 60 episodes (Satellite TV) || 66 episodes (Terrestrial TV)

There are two groups of people, the good and the bad. Everyone sees the Holy Sword Sect, led by Pak Tong-Ngo, as good, and the Bloody Shadow Sect, led by an unknown couple Sze Ma Shing-Wan and Mo Yung Koo-Yuet, as evil. The Holy Sword Sect tried to get rid of the Blood Shadow Sect and the latter sep...

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Wong Tin (Adam Cheng) is an all-powerful tycoon in town. While he is the one who stirs things up, he is also the only one who can settle them. Bao Man Lung (Ekin Cheng) sees Tin as his mentor as well as his friend. He is truthful with and loyal to Tin, yet he is bruised all over in the end! Poon Lo...

Chiang Yuen is determined to establish his own business and surpasses his father Chiang Shing Tin so as to take revenge against his father for having kept him in tight control all these years. Despite several setbacks, Chiang Yuen, with assistance from Chung Hiu Yeung, Ding Man Chi, Yuen Siu Tin and...

The story revolves around the Wui Yau Safeguard Agency, which is the most prominent safeguard and escort agency in Hangzhou. However, the agency was discovered to be close to bankruptcy, due to financial mismanagement. Together with his four sons, the patriarch of the family, Sheung Ching-Tong (Samu...

This series revolves around Dai Siu Leung (Bobby Au Yeung) and the people of Apliu Street, famous in Hong Kong for possessing Hidden Treasures, that is, secondhand goods of great value. Dai Siu Leung sells electronic goods and is the head of a town. His position is taken when another man persuades...

Kam Yuk (Amy Kwok), who is rescued by the kindly owner of a soya sauce factory (Felix Lok) from being sold into a brothel as a child. She becomes the child bride of Tau (Bosco Wong), who's the son of the factory owner. She's little more than a maid to the child, as she literally raises him. Tau is a...

An assassin story that happens in an unrealistic world: Wayne Lai, who has the former nickname "Yama", has been reduced to a low-level assassin after a mishap caused his family to be ruined. His downfall led to the rise of the legendary assassin "Zero". However, their destinies are rewritten due to...

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The series revolves around a group of lawyers and legal personnel with stories interwoven between their personal lives and the court cases (usually one that involves murder) in which they’re engaged. (Source: Wikipedia)

Wu Lik Wung is a high flying successful financial wiz who is sentenced to 240 hours of social work after being arrested for substance abuse where he began a life changing process as he met and helped children from difficult families. There he met Lam Siu Mun, a very positive and loving social worker...

The two well known laywers YU YING WAI and LEE MING YEUNG are against each other in court. Because YING WAI wanted to win a case, it almost cost him his life and after that incident, he had a new view on life. Experienced lawyer LO SAM BO viewed the changed WAI differently, and recruited him to join...

Suen Man Yee (Liza Wang) is highly regarded in the "legal world," so she is temporarily appointed to be a judge. However, because of her husband's heart condition (played by Ha Yu) and her two daughters (Patricia Liu and Myolie Wu), she decides to give up her position as a respected lawyer to take c...

Chao Magazine is part of the Gambo Corporation, and has its offices on Pedder Street in Hong Kong (thus giving rise to the name of the series). The show centres on the politics of the Chao and Gambo office, and the lives of the characters who work in this office. Central to the plot are Yan Seung (T...

This story is about comedic and complex dynamics of office and family politics between rivals, friendship, and romance within the office and household. Wong Ka-Lam (Esther Kwan) disappeared to the United States, leaving behind her son and husband in Hong Kong. When her husband dies in an airplane a...

TVI's (Television International) Senior ManagerLam Siu Siu, head of the Accounting Department, meets Koo Hiu San, director of the production department of TVI, when he calls her to a meeting to explain why none of the work equipment he requested was approved in the budget.Siu Siu calmly explains tha...

After taking charge of her deceased husband's jewelry shop, MING SUM-ON (Lee Sze Kei) makes it a big success with the help of both jewelry designers, MA HO-MAN (Cheng Tse Sing) and his wife CHENG KIU (Teresa Mo). However, KIU falls out with SUM after her divorce with MAN for SUM didn't tell her that...

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