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Louis Koo is one of the richest Movie Actor from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Louis Koo's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a model before he signed a TVB contract.
He was the highest-paid actor in Hong Kong, earning more than thirty million dollars per year for his acting work.
Louis Koo Tin-lok (古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He began his professional career as an actor in local television series, winning TVB’s Best Actor award in 1999 and 2001. After 2001, he fully focused on film career and became one of the stalwarts of the Hong Kong film industry. In 2018, Koo was awarded the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Asian Film Award for Best Actor and the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 2017 film, Paradox. Koo founded “One Cool Group Limited” in 2013. As of 2018, One Cool Group has produced 20 films. He was the ambassador of Hong Kong International Film Festival from 2014 to 2018.
When Louis was a teenager, he made mistakes with his friends in a robbery case. Convicted by the court and sentenced to 22 months in the Correctional Services Lai King Training Centre. Louis didn’t mention this matter after joining the entertainment industry. After being exposed by the media in 1994, he acknowledged the matter to the public.
Koo started gaining wide recognition in 1995 with his leading role in a costume drama The Condor Heroes 95, a popular series based on a classic wuxia novel. In 1997, Koo began sporting an extreme tan (for which he is well known for), which apparently enabled him to take on more contemporary roles. In 1999, Koo received TVB’s Most Popular Actor Award for Detective Investigation Files IV. In 2000, Koo received TVB’s Most Favorite Character Award for At the Threshold of an Era ll. Koo took a different approach to his role in A Step Into the Past. This deviation from his usual cool aloof on-screen persona to a funnier, carefree and down-to-earth one resonated with the audience and widened his acting range. In 2001, Koo was given TVB’s Most Popular Actor Award and Favorite Character Award Award once again for A Step into the Past. He then went on an indefinite hiatus from television and has since focused on his film career.
