Acting

Ankie Lau

Born

1958-04-02 (68)

Place of birth

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Known for

Acting

Credits

25 titles

IMDb profile

Known for

6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

5.9

SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.

SOKO München

1978

6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

3.7

Wolffs Revier is a German television series.

Wolffs Revier

1992

5.8

Praxis Bülowbogen is a German television series.

Praxis Bülowbogen

1987

Film credits

2020s · 1 titles

Thomas Gottschalk appears in front of the camera for the first time with his son Roman, who goes in search of clues about the "Supernasen" cult movies of his father and his friend Mike Krüger. Coming from America, he visits a "Supernasen" revival festival at Lake Wörthersee, which is being held to mark the 40th anniversary of the cult movies and is also the exact year of his birth! He wants to investigate the question: "How could my father be in such films? Isn't that rather embarrassing or really iconic today?"

Mein Papa, die Supernase!

2022

2000s · 1 titles

6.3

In a city of love and prosperity, a city of lost hope and premature death, veteran detective Hei feels it all: the hurt, the helplessness, the horror. When his father-in-law, the billionaire benefactor Kim, is gruesomely murdered in his palatial mansion, he enlists the assistance of his former partner turned private detective.

Confession of Pain

2006

1990s · 1 titles

9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Last Chance Love

1997

1980s · 6 titles

5.7

Movie fan Mike has invented a machine with which he is able to take part in every movie which is currently running on his video tape recorder. But he and his friend Tommy are watched while trying out this new device and soon two electronic companies are on their trail to discover the secret of this invention.

The Beginner

1985

No artwork available

9.0

German TV comedy.

Grenzenloses Himmelblau

1985

4.0

Bernhard "Big Mäc" Maurer, an ex-motorcycle freak and bored piano teacher, is voted the "perfect motorcyclist" by the trade magazine Motorrad after quitting his job as a music teacher at a Munich high school. He is promised a bonus of $50,000 if he manages to beat a Japanese team in an adventure rally from the Zugspitze to Kilimanjaro. Maurer agrees and chooses as his second man, the technician, his young neighbor Max. Max, for whom an apprenticeship is at stake, injures himself shortly before the start of the rally and has to sit out. Without Maurer's knowledge, Max's almost identical-looking sister Maxi takes over the role of the boy.

Big Mäc

1985

4.8

Train driver Leo Mangold has been living alone in his two-room apartment for years. His colleague Adrian Hauser is married and having an affair with Thai go-go dancer Apia. To ensure that she does not lose her residence permit, Adrian asks his friend Leo to marry Apia, and Leo agrees. To deceive the immigration authorities, Apia has to move in with Leo, much to his displeasure. They begin to fall in love with each other. Adrian is not happy about this. Nightclub owner Willi also puts pressure on the couple because he wants to place Apia in a massage parlor.

Leo Sonnyboy

1989

10.0

The shy Michael Seebisch wants to work even more in the new year. His great love is for computers. Only the enamel of great opera voices can transport him from everyday life to another, imaginative world.

Hab' ich nur deine Liebe

1989

No artwork available

10.0

In 1995, a young computer specialist is working on the development of "reality-based simulation programs," which he uses to "extrapolate" the face of a criminal who kidnapped him and his sister 20 years ago and killed his sister. When he meets a young makeup artist who is searching for her missing father, it becomes clear that they are both looking for the same man.

Der Atem

1989

1970s · 1 titles

6.6

Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.

Enter the Fat Dragon

1978

Series credits

6.2

Scene of the Crime

1970

5.9

SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.

SOKO München

1978

6.0

Derrick

1974

5.7

A Case For Two

1981

5.7

A Case For Two

1981

3.7

Wolffs Revier is a German television series.

Wolffs Revier

1992

5.8

Praxis Bülowbogen is a German television series.

Praxis Bülowbogen

1987

9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Weißblaue Geschichten

1984

6.4

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

1990

Rob Kai (played by Shi Jian), the mastermind of Roche's shipping enterprise, and his brother Bo Hong, devoted their lives to the maritime industry. Rob Kai's eldest son-in-law keeps using Rogers' ships to smuggle drugs in order to get money, which puts the group in crisis. Meanwhile, Bo Hong, who had been struggling to find his wife and daughter, who had been lost for more than a decade, died of a heart attack. In addition to the departure of Bo Kai, who hurt his younger brother, he also invited Wei Man-han (played by Shek Hin), an outstanding executive in the industry, to join his company, hoping to redeem the disadvantage. At this time, Bo Hong's daughter Ke Su Xin (played by Ou Yang Pei Shan), who has been searching for many years, suddenly appears and works more into Roche, becoming Wen Han's secretary.

情謎

1981

7.7

When the long-established family business is threatened with bankruptcy, the former head of the department store chain leaves his retirement home and attempts to get the business back on track. Together with three friends who are also retired, all of whom are experts in their fields, he declares war on the banks, speculators, and a supermarket chain.