Michael Tao Tai-Yu
Also Known As: Michael Tiu Dai-Yue, Michael Tiu, 陶大宇, Michael Tao Dai-Yu, Tai Yu Dao , Dayu Tao, Tai-Yu Tao, Dai-Yu To
Biography: Michael Tao Dai Yu is a Hong Kong television actor. Tao entered the acting industry in the 1980s, affiliating with TVB. It was during this period that Tao earned the name "Housewife Killer" due to his overwhelming popularity amongst housewives (who arguably constitute a majority of television viewing audiences in Hong Kong), solidifying his position as a first tier television actor in TVB. Tao later moved over to rival ATV in 1997 after problems over his contract with TVB. His ATV series Flaming Brothers defeated the TVB rival show at the time, a landmark for ATV. Apart from filming ATV series, Tao has also filmed in China and Singapore. He returned to TVB in 2004 and has starred in a number of television series since. Once again, problems with his contract resulted in Tao leaving TVB in 2009 and worked mostly in mainland China and occasionally in Hong Kong. In 2021, Tao gained popularity after numerous videos of him singing Andy Lau's 1996 song "Reverse The Earth" in a unique voice and style resurfaced. Tao was known to have performed at various Chinese malls singing various Cantonese/Mandarin pop songs for commercial events since 2020, and was imitated across the internet by various netizens, including Douyin, YouTube and Poki Ng from the Hong Kong boyband ERROR. This has also led to creation of fan groups on Facebook humorously advocating for Tao to become a full-fledged singer. Tao has responded positively, saying he enjoys entertaining people and jokingly hopes being able to catch up after Louis Koo's spot as favourite male singer in Hong Kong's Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hong Kong - China
Birthday: August 26, 1963
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Gender: Male
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Kidnap the Wrong Person
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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A Woman & A Man '93
Overview: Hu Xueren and Shao Dongdong were childhood sweethearts. Unexpectedly, before their marriage, Dongdong’s cousin returned to Hong Kong from Canada to visit relatives. Seeing Dongdong’s graceful appearance and admiration for him, he enthusiastically pursued and seduced Dongdong with wealth and good opportunities for immigration, and eventually grabbed Dongdong from Hu. Go, Hu was hit by a broken-up relationship and transferred to a financial company that specializes in collecting debts as a debt collector, so as to satisfy the revenge psychology of his broken-up lover…
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-10-29
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Handcuff Me, Brother
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Untold Story - The Lost World
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Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-12-12
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The Untold Story - Sudden Vanished
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Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Haunted Karaoke
Overview: Two police officers follow a suspect into a karaoke bar. Only it is far from a typical bar. Turns out the venue burnt down years earlier, and the teenage partygoers are really spirits who want the cops to help in tracking down the arsonists responsible.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-06-05
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Triad 3
Overview: One of the gang’s most respected elders, Fa Kam is expected to be the gang’s next leader. However, when his three trusted underlings - Wah, Fei and Kwok - are robbed while transporting the gang’s money, his future is put in jeopardy. When Wah discovers the stolen money’s whereabouts, he must choose between his boss and his two best friends.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2024-08-29
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False Lady
Overview: Ah Man is killed in a hit-and-run, but is ordered to return to earth. Unfortunately, he's just been cremated, so he returns in the body of a beautiful woman
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-03-04
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Love Path
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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L-O-V-E...... Love
Overview: A super rich tycoon (Michael To) decides to become an ordinary person and joins a sushi bar. He and the other three people in the bar (Jerry Lamb, Natalis Chan, Eric Kot) go on a girl-hunting spree and meet up with girls participating in a beauty contest (Shu Qi, Angie Cheung, Vivian Hsu, Teresa Mak)
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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The Thief
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Final Confinement
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Love That is Wrong
Overview: Amy and Ann are a lesbian couple but their relationship gets disrupted when Amy falls in love with her male office colleague named Wang. As Amy spends more and more time with Wang Ann feels that she has lost Amy to Wang and develops a hatred towards men.....a hatred that will lead her to kill.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-01-21
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Ungrateful Tink
Overview: Brothers growing up together in the Sau Mau Ping ghetto finsd themselves involved in a web of revenge, misunderstandings, and betrayal when one of them becomes the witness to a drug deal.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1999-09-09
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Prison on Fire: Preacher
Overview: In this latest chapter of the PRISON ON FIRE saga, Fung, a gang leader sentenced to life imprisonment, gradually turns to religion. With the help of the prison's priest, Fung begins to preach to his fellow cellmates. But the toughest skeptic turns out to be his own son, who is now in the same prison.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-11-14
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Basic Impulse
Overview: Kitty flopped in participation of the Hong Kong beauty contest and became a laughing stock among her colleagues. They used to make fun of her throughout the days. However, her luck changes. She came to know a prince of her dream....
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-12-10
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Street Angels
Overview: After her gangster boyfriend Walkie Pie skips town to evade a murder rap, beautiful Tung Yen hooks up with a wealthy nightclub owner, Brother Man, only to have her ex return with guns blazing.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-06-07
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挑戰巔峰
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Ninth of September: The Cursed Day
Overview: The story of reincarnated lovers
Genres: Romance Horror Mystery
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-10-26
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Thanks for Your Love
Overview: Wah (Andy Lau) has an uninhibited romantic nature and is very optimistic. He also loves motorcycles, but he gets into a traffic accident which damages a business of the company he works for and Wah is fired as a result. Lam-lam (Rosamund Kwan) is old-fashioned and conservative. She wants to get married with his boyfriend Michael (Michael Tao), but she overreacts and gets violent when she gets intimate with a man. Because of this, Michael broke up with her. One day, Wah met Lam-lam at a reception of her company. Having lost her love, Lam-lam was determined to make a breakthrough. Using alcohol to boost her courage, Lam-lam uses her tipsiness to seduce Wah. Wah sees his love fortune coming and the two of them hook up creating a seemingly imaginary and real bewildered night.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-09-26
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Lamb Killer
Overview: Lamb Killer is a Hong Kong Horror movie starring Anthony Wong
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-02-18
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S.D.U. - Mission in Mission
Overview: The story follows Hunter and Yat, two new hot shot recruits, who under the watchful eye of their commanding officer, Yuk Pai, rise quickly through the ranks, enduring much mental and physical hardship along the way. Their new found skills are put to the test when renegade SDU member returns from seclusion in Thailand to wreak havoc on Hong Kong and the SDU's most secret missions.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-12-08
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The Twin Bracelets
Overview: Two teenage girls make a pledge to each other to be as "man and wife" in a small Chinese fishing town. The notions of women's rights or sexual freedom are absent in their oppressive patriarchal culture, and when one becomes happily married to a stranger, the other is cruelly betrothed to the abusive son of a wealthy family. Seeking to free herself from a lifetime of abuse, Hui-hua desperately looks for a way out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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Blood Of The Shaman
Overview: After killing a gang member, Willy and Jetso flee to Thailand. Willy learns dark magic from a sorcerer and uses it to survive further attacks. However, his greed for power leads him to murder his mentor, disfigure his lover, and steal a forbidden spellbook. Now, Jetso must stop Willy before he learns from the book and becomes an unstoppable evil monster.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Devil Touch
Overview: Office worker Amy goes berserk and tries to stab her boss, Cheuk, accusing him of sexual harassment and rape. The higher-ups accept Amy's description of the event and Cheuk is suspended, in spite of the fact that in-house lawyer Joe believes the man is innocent. He's right: Amy and scheming department head Jacquline are lovers and conspired to bring about Cheuk's downfall, giving Jacquline a better shot at becoming the new CEO. However, Joe and Jacquline used to be lovers and he knows her scheming and duplicitous nature all too well.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2002-01-31
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Love in the Middle of the Night
Overview: Chen Mo, who was humiliated by his admirer Ling Fei’s father with money, decides to make money to take revenge of those who had looked down on him. However, I did not know that he was taken into a financial scam by Qin Chuan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-02-18
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Thou Shalt Not Swear
Overview: A pair of undercover cops—the straight-laced Chow and the psychic Lau—hunt down a serial killer targeting a group of old childhood friends.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-09-03
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The Challenging Game
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-05-04
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