Interview with Actor, Lawrence Chau

Lawrence is a multi-faceted, multi-award-winning entertainer with an illustrious portfolio spanning acting, hosting, writing, producing and music. He has worked in Canada, Asia and now America. Currently based in Los Angeles, Lawrence travels to various cities around the world for work, particularly New York and Toronto.

After graduating with a degree in journalism, Lawrence first rocked the airwaves not in his hometown of Toronto, but rather half way around the world in Asia.

First TV gig: as co-host and writer of Citylife Hong Kong, the territory’s top rated prime time English entertainment and lifestyle program in the mid-90s. During this time, Lawrence also acted in theater and appeared in numerous commercials and print ads.

The floodgates to show business, however, really burst open when Lawrence was talent scouted by the television execs in Singapore. Originally slated to become an afternoon veejay, Lawrence was drafted practically by accident as a temporary roving reporter on Showbuzz, the nation’s No. 1 English prime time entertainment news program.

The new 1997 season of Showbuzz featured an aggressive media campaign plugging the new anchor with no mention of Lawrence; however, like its own E! True Hollywood Story, the public and press took — not to the new anchor — but to Lawrence (subsequently dubbed The Accidental Host) with a never-before-seen-like frenzy.

Phones rang off the hook at the television station whilst media headlines screamed: We Want Lawrence Chau; Who Is That New Guy?; The Host with The Most; and He Does More Than Just Sit There, the latter referencing Lawrence’s dual skills as a host and producer.