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Lam Suet
Actor

Lam Suet

8 Jul 1964Born
62Age
316Credits
Tianjin, ChinaBirthplace

Biography

Lam Suet (Chinese: 林雪, born on 8 July 1964) was born in Tianjin and came to Hong Kong as a youth in 1979 to receive inheritance money left by his grandfather. Soon after, all the money had been squandered and Lam had to work various odd jobs to make a living.

In the mid‑eighties he got found work on movie sets through the help of friends. He performed many different roles, from lighting and props to stage manager and set and script supervisor.

Lam gradually developed an interest in acting and, by his own account, pestered various directors until they relented and gave him tiny roles. There are two pivotal people in Lam's acting career.

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The first is Stephen Chow, who befriended him in his early days as a crew member and cast him in films such as The God of Cookery (1996) and Kung Fu Hustle.

The second person is director Johnnie To. Lam has appeared in over 80 films since 1996 and at least 20 of those have been directed or produced by To.

Known for his weight and size, his roles are often those of a bumbling secondary character who provides comic relief amid the intense nature of To's films. He is perhaps best known for his various supporting roles in To's films, notably as the bumbling taxi driver Yip in the award‑winning film Breaking News (2004).

The most notable To–Lam collaborations include The Mission, which earned Lam Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, and PTU. Lam was nominated for a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in PTU. He has also had memorable roles in movies like Wu Yen (2001), as the effeminate prime minister, and in Diva — Ah Hey (2003), in which he played Charlene Choi's loving and supportive father. Lam has been married for almost a decade; his wife is 10 years his junior and is from the same hometown.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 316 credits.

  1. TBAThe Second FaceFilm
  2. TBAIn Love With A MonsterFilm
  3. TBAThat Mr. ZhouFilm
  4. 2026VFilm: Uncle Shali
  5. 2026A Man and A WomanFilm: Cop
  6. 2026Legendary Divine Kung FuFilm
  7. 2025Golden BoyFilm: Lam Fung Chun
  8. 2025One Wacky SummerFilm: Yang Baoquan
  9. 2025The Lychee RoadFilm: He Qiguang
  10. 2025Unusual DealFilm
  11. 2024Break WarFilm: Zhou Shiwen
  12. 2024Rob N RollFilm: Fatty
  13. 2023I Did It My WayFilm: Yuen Muk Yu
  14. 2023Imprisoned II: There is No Escape from FateFilm: White Head
  15. 2023Echoes of the ThunderFilm
  16. 2023Lamb GameFilm: Feibo
  17. 202372 Hours - Operation GoldFilm
  18. 2023The White Storm 3: Heaven or HellFilm: Brother Big
  19. 2022Mr. ZhengFilm
  20. 2022Septet: The Story of Hong KongFilm: Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
  21. 2022A Murder ErasedFilm: WAI
  22. 2021Monkey King: WushuangFilm
  23. 2021TimeFilm: Chung
  24. 2021Infernal StormFilm: He Tianze
  25. 2021Dynasty WarriorsFilm: Dong Zhuo
  26. 2021My Fair DadFilm: Du Changyong
  27. 2021The DragnetSeries: Chen Fu Sheng (38 episodes)
  28. 2020Where is the MoneyFilm: Liu Hongtu
  29. 2020Billion CowardFilm: Police Chief
  30. 2020Happy HunterSeries (44 episodes)
  31. 2020Chosen 2Film
  32. 2020Chosen 2Film
  33. 2020Chosen 2Film
  34. 2019A Windfall TrapFilm
  35. 2019Chasing NewsFilm
  36. 2019The RookiesFilm: Chief Chao
  37. 2019Undercover Punch and GunFilm: Bob
  38. 2019The Invincible DragonFilm: Uncle
  39. 2019Police Tactical UnitSeries (30 episodes)
  40. 2019Hong Kong West Side StoriesSeries (12 episodes)
  41. 2019My Dear ElephantFilm
  42. 2019MissbehaviorFilm: Waiter
  43. 2019A Lifetime TreasureFilm: Rainy Cloud
  44. 2019A Home with a ViewFilm: Butcher
  45. 2018Fake PartnerFilm
  46. 2018Iceman: The Time TravelerFilm: Deng Yungen
  47. 2018The CursedFilm: Brother Awesome
  48. 2018The Secret of the PresidentFilm
  49. 2018Tou Míng Qing RenFilm
  50. 2018House No. 7Film
  51. 2018The TroughFilm: Bo The Nine Fingers
  52. 2018Fatal HeartbeatFilm
  53. 2018Pathological HunterFilm
  54. 2018Summer of FireFilm
  55. 2018Agent Mr. ChanFilm: Mr. Ma
  56. 2018Mo Zhan 4Film
  57. 2018Mo Zhan 3Film
  58. 2018Mo Zhan 2Film
  59. 2018Sha Shou Gong SiFilm
  60. 2018A Better TomorrowFilm: Ha Ge
  61. 2018Mo ZhanFilm
  62. 2018The Big RescueFilm: 风水师
  63. 2017Shining MomentFilm: Yu Huihuan
  64. 2017Indiana Five StarsFilm: Xue Ye
  65. 2017Always Be with YouFilm: Jamie's Uncle
  66. 2017Graduation JourneyFilm
  67. 2017Happy PartnersFilm: Brother Sue
  68. 2017Colour of the GameFilm: Slaughter
  69. 2017If You Cherishes MeFilm
  70. 2017The House That Never Dies IIFilm: 军阀
  71. 2017La Historia Du Un AmorFilm: Li Qingzhao
  72. 2017Gods Must Be Juicy 2Film
  73. 2017To Love or Not to LoveFilm
  74. 2017Tian Jiang Heng CaiFilm
  75. 2017Love ContractuallyFilm: Ye's father
  76. 2017Gods Must Be JuicyFilm
  77. 2016King of Gambler 2016Film
  78. 2016Special Biological Research Sector 2Film
  79. 2016Special Biological Research SectorFilm
  80. 2016Happy MitanSeries: Long Ding Hai (44 episodes)

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