Lam Suet profile
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Lam Suet

8th July 1964 Tianjin, China Acting

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. 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.

308 Movies 11 TV Shows 319 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Time poster
Time 15th July 2021 as Chung
Three poster
Three 24th June 2016 as Fatty
Robbery poster
Robbery 14th April 2016 as Convenience Store Boss
Break poster
Break 7th November 2014 as 钱东旭
Iceman poster
Iceman 17th April 2014 as Dang Wing-Gan
Triad Wars poster
Triad Wars 29th February 2008 as Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
Linger poster
Linger 10th January 2008 as Yan's Roomate
Gong Tau poster
Gong Tau 10th May 2007 as Officer 'Brother' Sum
Jiang Hu poster
Jiang Hu 26th May 2004 as Fat Policeman Outside Toilet
PTU poster
PTU 17th April 2003 as Sgt. Lo Sa
U-Man poster
U-Man 24th January 2002 as Skinny
Ghost Office poster
Ghost Office 15th November 2001 as Knife Lam (segment "A Horny Ghost")
Wu Yen poster
Wu Yen 18th January 2001 as Prime Minister
Gorgeous poster
Gorgeous 12th February 1999 as Bu's Father's Friend (uncredited)
Intruder poster
Intruder 29th November 1997 as Cleaning River Entrance
Lifeline poster
Lifeline 3rd January 1997 as Arsonist (uncredited)