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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-26 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong - China

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

Michael Tao Tai-Yu

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.

Known For

Acting

Haunted Karaoke

1997

Haunted Karaoke

as

Sgt. Jor Lun

Triad 3

2024

Triad 3

as

Love Path

2003

Love Path

as

False Lady

1992

False Lady

as

John

L-O-V-E...... Love

1997

L-O-V-E...... Love

as

Super Ma

The Thief

1998

The Thief

as

The Love That is Wrong

1993

The Love That is Wrong

as

Wang Yin-Yu

Ungrateful Tink

1999

Ungrateful Tink

as

White Hair

Prison on Fire: Preacher

2002

Prison on Fire: Preacher

as

Cheng Shing Fung

Basic Impulse

1992

Basic Impulse

as

Ming

Street Angels

1996

Street Angels

as

Playboy Yip Sen Man

Ninth of September: The Cursed Day

1996

Ninth of September: The Cursed Day

as

Lee Git / Chiu Yun-Lin

Lamb Killer

1993

Lamb Killer

as

Johnny

S.D.U. - Mission in Mission

1994

S.D.U. - Mission in Mission

as

Officer Yuk Fai

The Twin Bracelets

1991

The Twin Bracelets

as

Hui-hua's Brother

Devil Touch

2002

Devil Touch

as

Cheuk

On The First Beat

On The First Beat

as

张景峰 Cheung King-Fung

风云岁月

风云岁月

as

Ou Zhongwen

Sisters of Pearl

Sisters of Pearl

as

Hung Yiu-Sang

The Greed of Man

The Greed of Man

as

丁益蟹

Goodbye My Love

Goodbye My Love

as

钟文基

On the Edge

On the Edge

as

Yang Zhibiao

The File Of Justice

The File Of Justice

as

Kong Shing Yu / "Michael"

Detective Investigation Files

Detective Investigation Files

as

张大勇 Cheung Dai Yong

The Duke of Mount Deer

The Duke of Mount Deer

as

天地會弟子

The Academy

The Academy

as

张景峰 Cheung King-Fung

Production

Crew

Directing