# Bobby Au-yeung (欧阳震华)
**Bobby Au-yeung** (欧阳震华; born 1960 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actor best known for three decades of leading roles in [TVB](https://www.edgepedia.org/tvb) television dramas, where his reliable popularity earned him the nickname "ratings lucky star" (收视福将). His birth name was Au-yeung Yiu-chuen (欧阳耀泉) before he adopted his stage name[1](https://tvbentertainmentnews.blogspot.com/2011/09/mingpao-interview-with-bobby-auyeung-30.html). In 2024, after more than 40 years in the industry, he signed with the film company Emperor Entertainment Group to restart his career in cinema[2](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960, Hong Kong[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041253/) |
| Breakthrough | *File of Justice* (壹号皇庭, 1991), which made him a first-line TVB actor[4](https://www.jaynestars.com/news/bobby-au-yeung-the-finest-concoction-of-30-years/) |
| TVB honors | Won My Favourite Male Actor and My Favourite Television Character at the 2000 TVB anniversary awards for *洗冤录*[5](https://appimg.modaily.cn/app/szb/pc/content/202406/21/content_346261.html) |
| International recognition | First Hong Kong male artist nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, for *赌场风云* at the 35th International Emmy Awards[6](https://www.am730.com.hk/article/617426) |
| Mainland move | 2010, switched to a per-drama contract with TVB and starred in mainland productions such as *天师钟馗*[7](https://baike.sogou.com/v76191.htm) |
| Film career | Signed with Emperor Entertainment Group in 2024; first film role as a villain, shot in Malaysia[2](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3) • [8](https://hkcd.com/hkcdweb/content/2024/08/16/content_8652355.html) |
## Early career at TVB
Au-yeung joined TVB's acting class and spent his first years in small, largely unremembered roles; by his own account he had appeared in about 30 series in the five years after graduating, mostly as background players, while his classmates rose one by one to leading status[1](https://tvbentertainmentnews.blogspot.com/2011/09/mingpao-interview-with-bobby-auyeung-30.html). The turning point came with the 1991 legal drama *File of Justice* (壹号皇庭), in which he played the barrister Yu Chai-chun (余在春), a lawyer who argued in court by day and joked with colleagues in bars by night; the role secured his place as a first-line TVB actor[4](https://www.jaynestars.com/news/bobby-au-yeung-the-finest-concoction-of-30-years/) • [9](https://epaper.tkww.hk/a/202602/08/AP69879fdbe4b04773b06984b1.html). He later credited the series with rescuing his career, saying that while second-tier actors like himself had little chance while stars such as Ng Kai-wah, Felix Wong, and Ng Chor-yu held the spotlight, *File of Justice* let him "pick up money on the road"[2](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3).
From 1990 onward he filmed drama after drama almost without pause, and he described himself as one of TVB's most prolific leading actors from the 1990s through the late 2000s[6](https://www.am730.com.hk/article/617426). His roles favored ordinary, warm-hearted professionals: a prosecutor in *File of Justice*, a coroner in *洗冤录*, a police inspector in *陀枪师姐*[10](https://www.sohu.com/a/1012094783_121948378). Commentators have noted that this consistency of type narrowed his range even as it built his audience: he rarely played cold villains, and in early supporting roles such as [Li Jiancheng](https://www.edgepedia.org/li-jiancheng) in *决战玄武门* he had to suppress his natural screen persona to play functional antagonists opposite newer idol actors[10](https://www.sohu.com/a/1012094783_121948378).
## Awards and recognition
At the 2000 TVB anniversary awards he swept both My Favourite Male Actor and My Favourite Television Character for *洗冤录*, and he later won a Singapore Asian Television Award for *一屋老友记*[5](https://appimg.modaily.cn/app/szb/pc/content/202406/21/content_346261.html). His most unusual distinction came in 2007, when his role in *赌场风云* earned a nomination for Best Actor at the 35th International Emmy Awards, making him the first Hong Kong male artist nominated for that international prize; [Chow Yun-fat](https://www.edgepedia.org/chow-yun-fat) called him "the light of Hong Kong" at the time[6](https://www.am730.com.hk/article/617426). He did not win, but he has called attending the ceremony his most memorable industry experience[6](https://www.am730.com.hk/article/617426).
## Mainland years and return
In 2010 Au-yeung ended his full management contract with TVB, moved to a per-drama arrangement, and developed his career in mainland China, starring in series including *天师钟馗*[7](https://baike.sogou.com/v76191.htm). He continued to appear in TVB productions, headlining *伙记办大事* in 2021[11](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552085?language=zh-CN), and in 2026 reunited on screen with [Louis Koo](https://www.edgepedia.org/louis-koo) in a new drama nearly three decades after their previous collaboration[12](https://www.singtaousa.com/2026/09/19/entertainment/bobby-au-yeung-louis-koo-reunion/).
## Move to film with Emperor
During the pandemic Au-yeung rested for two years, then decided to restart. Through a friend of his wife he reached Mani Fok (霍汶希), a senior executive at Emperor Entertainment Group, and signed with the company in 2024 at an age of over 60[2](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3). He framed the move as starting over as a newcomer, saying he had no confidence yet in carrying a film as the lead and wanted to shed his "television flavor"[2](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3). A central motive was role type: after decades of upright characters, he said no one at TVB had dared cast him as a villain, and with the new company he finally played a villain in a film shot in Malaysia[8](https://hkcd.com/hkcdweb/content/2024/08/16/content_8652355.html) • [13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6hVhWrJTI). The Malaysian shoot nearly caused a heat stroke, his first drama work in the country in more than three decades[14](https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2024/08/29/hk-actor-bobby-au-yeung-says-he-almost-had-a-heat-stroke-while-filming-in-malaysia).
His first post-signing release was the 2025 [Lunar New Year](https://www.edgepedia.org/lunar-new-year) comedy *半斤百两*, promoted in Malaysia alongside co-star Edmond So; press coverage noted his visibly slimmer figure, which drew widespread comment from netizens[15](https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20250120/bkn-20250120152400760-0120_00862_001.html). A commentary in the *Macau Daily* was skeptical of the film pivot, arguing that his acting style was long fixed and that shedding a "TVB flavor" took younger actors like [Raymond Lam](https://www.edgepedia.org/raymond-lam) a decade[5](https://appimg.modaily.cn/app/szb/pc/content/202406/21/content_346261.html).
## Public persona
Au-yeung married Fu Kit-sun (傅洁娴), a granddaughter of the former Macau casino magnate Fu Lo-yung; the couple had been married 28 years as of a 2024 interview, in which he recalled that gossip about the match had once made him consider giving up the relationship[2](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3). In 2022 he publicly announced that he wanted to drop his English name Bobby, saying that at his age he no longer wanted a child's name, and that being called "Wah Shuk" (Uncle Wah) suited him better[16](https://www.hk01.com/article/786349). In 2026 a distorted frame of his face from *赌场风云* became the basis of a wave of AI-edited memes that spread widely on social media; he responded good-naturedly by posting an "original, authentic" photo of himself eating fish balls[17](https://www.tvb.com/hottopic-c/-%E8%AB%87%E5%88%A4%E5%B0%88%E5%AE%B6-%E9%87%8D%E6%92%AD-%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E8%A2%AB%E7%98%8B%E7%8B%82AI%E6%94%B9%E5%9C%96-%E6%9C%AC%E5%B0%8A%E5%A4%A7%E6%96%B9%E6%99%92%E9%A3%9F%E9%AD%9A%E8%9B%8B%E7%9B%B8-%E5%8E%9F%E8%A3%9D%E6%AD%A3%E7%89%88-1013234).
## References
1. [Mingpao Interview with Bobby AuYeung: 30 Years of Excellence, TVB Entertainment News](https://tvbentertainmentnews.blogspot.com/2011/09/mingpao-interview-with-bobby-auyeung-30.html)
2. [獨家訪問：重新洗牌做新人 歐陽震華進軍影壇 冇信心擔正, 東方日報 (2024)](https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/odn-20240619-0619_00282_041/%E7%8D%A8%E5%AE%B6%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E6%B4%97%E7%89%8C%E5%81%9A%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%BA--%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E9%80%B2%E8%BB%8D%E5%BD%B1%E5%A3%87--%E5%86%87%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%93%94%E6%AD%A3)
3. [Bobbie Au-Yeung, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041253/)
4. [Bobby Au-Yeung: The Finest Concoction Of 30 Years, JayneStars](https://www.jaynestars.com/news/bobby-au-yeung-the-finest-concoction-of-30-years/)
5. [歐陽震華轉戰影圈, 澳門日報 (2024)](https://appimg.modaily.cn/app/szb/pc/content/202406/21/content_346261.html)
6. [歐陽震華入行43年最難忘出席艾美獎, am730](https://www.am730.com.hk/article/617426)
7. [欧阳震华, 搜狗百科](https://baike.sogou.com/v76191.htm)
8. [有片 | 歐陽震華：「Booby」是乖巧的代名詞, 香港商報 (2024)](https://hkcd.com/hkcdweb/content/2024/08/16/content_8652355.html)
9. [香港律政劇：從法庭精英到透視人心的30年, 大公報 (2026)](https://epaper.tkww.hk/a/202602/08/AP69879fdbe4b04773b06984b1.html)
10. [有几年，他是绝对的港剧一哥, 搜狐 (2026)](https://www.sohu.com/a/1012094783_121948378)
11. [歐陽震華, The Movie Database](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552085?language=zh-CN)
12. [相隔近三十年 歐陽震華與古天樂新劇重逢, 星島日報 (2026)](https://www.singtaousa.com/2026/09/19/entertainment/bobby-au-yeung-louis-koo-reunion/)
13. [歐陽震華加盟新公司首演反派, YouTube (2024)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6hVhWrJTI)
14. [HK actor Bobby Au-yeung says he almost had a heat stroke while filming in Malaysia, The Star (2024)](https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2024/08/29/hk-actor-bobby-au-yeung-says-he-almost-had-a-heat-stroke-while-filming-in-malaysia)
15. [姜皓文賀歲片分飾兩角 與歐陽震華馬國打對台, on.cc東網 (2025)](https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20250120/bkn-20250120152400760-0120_00862_001.html)
16. [聲生不息｜歐陽震華憶回歸勁感動 拒再叫BOBBY, 香港01 (2022)](https://www.hk01.com/article/786349)
17. [《談判專家》重播！歐陽震華被瘋狂AI改圖, TVB (2026)](https://www.tvb.com/hottopic-c/-%E8%AB%87%E5%88%A4%E5%B0%88%E5%AE%B6-%E9%87%8D%E6%92%AD-%E6%AD%90%E9%99%BD%E9%9C%87%E8%8F%AF%E8%A2%AB%E7%98%8B%E7%8B%82AI%E6%94%B9%E5%9C%96-%E6%9C%AC%E5%B0%8A%E5%A4%A7%E6%96%B9%E6%99%92%E9%A3%9F%E9%AD%9A%E8%9B%8B%E7%9B%B8-%E5%8E%9F%E8%A3%9D%E6%AD%A3%E7%89%88-1013234)
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