Background and career
Louis Koo Tin-lok (Chinese: 古天樂; born 21 October 1970) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. He gained popularity with his roles in television series The Condor Heroes 95 (1995), Detective Investigation Files IV (1999), and A Step into the Past (2001).
After 2001, Koo shifted his focus to films, frequently collaborating with director Johnnie To in films such as Throw Down (2004), Election 2 (2006), Romancing in Thin Air (2012), and Drug War (2012). His other notable films include Protégé (2007), Run Papa Run (2008), Connected (2008), Overheard (2009), The White Storm (2013), Paradox (2017), A Witness Out of the Blue (2019), and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024). For his performance in Paradox, Koo won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor and Asian Film Award for Best Actor.
