- Acting films
- 43
- Acting avg
- 6.57
- Peak run
- 1993’94
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Lau by the numbers
Average
6.57
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.62
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.59
rating spread
Career
38y
1986 to 2023
Total votes
3.96K
across every film
Best
7.2
Tai-Chi Master
Worst
6.6
The Grandmaster
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 |  Where the Wind Blows | · | · | 20 |
| 2017 |  Dealer/Healer | Elderly Lam | · | 17 |
| 2015 | The Vanished Murderer | · | · | 14 |
| 2014 |  As the Light Goes Out | Government Official | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2013 |  The Grandmaster | Master Rui | 6.6 | 1,020 |
| 2001 |  Zu Warriors | Master Transcendental | 5.7 | 80 |
| 1998 | The Blacksheep Affair | Commander Chan at Airport | · | 20 |
| 1996 |  Shanghai Grand | Uncle Leung | · | 21 |
| 1996 |  Tai Chi Boxer | Officer Tsao | · | 15 |
| 1995 |  Peace Hotel | Blind Musician | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1995 |  Summer Snow | Mr. Lo | · | 24 |
| 1995 |  Love in the Time of Twilight | Yan-Yan's Father | · | 16 |
| 1995 | Lover of the Last Empress | General Cai Won | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1995 |  The Chinese Feast | Mr. Kawaski | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1994 |  Once Upon a Time in China V | Wong Kei-Ying | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1994 |  The Lovers | Cheung-Kwai | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1994 | The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I | Fan Zeng | · | 7 |
| 1994 | Hail the Judge | Eunuch Lee Lin Ying | 7.5 | 156 |
| 1993 |  Tai-Chi Master | Bao's Sifu | 7.2 | 284 |
| 1993 |  Green Snake | Old Monk | 7.3 | 133 |
Better together?
Lau Shun's regulars
- Tsui HarkDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.49
- Tony Ching Siu-TungDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.26
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Tsui Hark and Lau Shun movies · Tony Ching Siu-Tung and Lau Shun movies
Takes