Lam Suet
Acting
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 employment on movie sets through the help of friends. He has done 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 persons 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 movies like The God of Cookery (1996) and Kung Fu Hustle. The second person is director Johnnie To. Lam has been 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 as a bumbling secondary character providing comic relief from the most intense nature of To's films. He is perhaps most famous 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 garnered Lam Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Award, and PTU. Lam was nominated for a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor and took home the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in PTU. He has also had interesting 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.
Born: July 8, 1964
Place of Birth: Tianjin, China
Known For
Happy Mitan
During the early Qing Dynasty an unimportant man accidentally becomes an undercover agent for a rebel group fighting the new regime. Hijinks ensue as he tries to accomplish his assigned missions.
Proud and Confident
Andy Lau leads a pack of arrogant new recruits at a training center for an elite police fighting force.
Legend of the Brothers
Chronicles the rise of two brothers from their start in the 1940'sas illegal immigrants from China to the 1970's when they became the heads of the most powerful triad group in Hong Kong. Kent Cheng is the wise brother who must constantly help out his rash younger brother, Ray Lui. Another one of these true-life stories that seems to glorify triad life. Predictable at best.
Roaring Wheels
In the underground world of motorbike racing, Wong (Wang) and Fung (Chan) are the two top drivers. Wong is number one and Fung is eaten up with jealousy. Fung, furious at always being second-best challenges him to a last race - and against his better judgement Wong goes for it! Disaster ensues - a terrible accident leaving him crippled, coupled with the death of his girlfriend. Three years later, he is a single father, raising his son in the obscurity of a seaside resort. This tranquil existence is intruded upon by Fung besotted with proving himself to be the best and a mystery girl, Suki (Mok), who seems to be in love with Wong. Fung blackmails Wong into another race. Wong now must face his past, his loss of nerve and his future.
The Marvellous Cook
The Miracle Box
Joanna wanted to become a physician. After she meets Albert, a cancer survivor and fellow doctor, her life changes. Albert's cancer has returned. He encourages Joanna to carry on. He believes that God placed her here for a reason and will eventually reveal his plans. After his passing, Joanna takes up his mettle and becomes a brilliant doctor. Her self-sacrifice became an inspiration to millions in the grip of a deadly epidemic.
Mayday 3DNA
Billed as a "concept film" MAYDAY 3DNA combines play from the group's DNA concert tour in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and China 2010 and interweaves that with three fictional stories. The fictional sequences include a vignette about a Guangzhou father and daughter; another about a Taiwan taxi driver and passenger; and a third about a Shanghai delivery boy. All are affected by the lure of a Mayday gathering and the three separate stories intersect at one particular Mayday concert in Shanghai. Established in Taiwan in the late 1990s, Mayday has remained popular for over a decade by tuning into a Taiwan youth beat and pushing rock music in Greater China. Most songs are performed in Mandarin with some Taiwanese Hokkien tracks by band.
Boundless
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking documentary exploring him and his Boundless world of film. A film student from Beijing and avid Johnnie To fan, Ferris Lin boldly approached To with a proposal to document the master director for his graduation thesis. To agreed immediately and Lin's camera closely followed him for over two years, capturing the man behind the movies and the myths. The result is Boundless, a candid profile of one of Hong Kong's greatest directors and a heartfelt love letter to Hong Kong cinema.
Kung Fu Hustle
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
The Mission
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection.
Filmography
as Lam Fung Chun
as Yang Baoquan
as He Qiguang
as Zhou Shiwen
as Fatty
as Yuen Muk Yu
as White Head
as Feibo
as Brother Big
as Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
as WAI
as Chung
as He Tianze
as Dong Zhuo
as Du Changyong
as Chen Fu Sheng
as Liu Hongtu
as Police Chief
as Chief Chao
as Bob
as Uncle
as Waiter
as Rainy Cloud
as Butcher
as Deng Yungen
as Brother Awesome
as Bo The Nine Fingers
as Mr. Ma
as Ha Ge
as 风水师
as Yu Huihuan
as Xue Ye
as Jamie's Uncle
as Brother Sue
as Slaughter
as Li Qingzhao
as Ye's father
as Long Ding Hai
as Wang Guoliang
as Fatty
as Convenience Store Boss
as Boss Fong
as Zhang Hongmin
as 何大昌
as Mr. Su
as Triad Boss
as Zhao Liren
as Master Chef
as John
as 钱东旭
as Third Brother
as Uncle Ji
as Dang Wing-Gan
as Suet
as Motel Owner
as Ke Teng
as Ah Wai
as Self
as Director Zhu
as Robber
as Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods")
as Lee Tak Shing
as Taxi Driver
as Fatso
as Father
as Wah-tao
as Big-Mouth Zhao
as Cheung Fai
as Cha Er Si
as Construction Worker
as Kui Chuen
as Li Feng-jen
as Qin Feng
as Gui Fu
as Chicken Devil
as Martial monk
as Tien San
as Water-Father
as Bulky (voice) (uncredited)
as John
as Xue
as Tiger Chan
as Mr Fong
as Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin
as Fatty
as O Sim
as Kwok Lok
as Mr. Lam
as His Excellency Wu Fa Da
as Peter Wong
as Piggy King
as Annoying Gambler
as Fatty
as Warden
as Sarge
as Tsui
as Old Ghost
as Fat Lo
as Fat Wing
as Fat Tong / Sgt Lam Tong
as Lung
as Stick
as Sarge
as Tong
as Big Mouth
as Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
as Yan's Roomate
as Fatso - Ko's Inner Personality
as Fat Bo
as Sonny
as Loan Shark Cheng
as Ng Tung / Fatman
as Brother Pang
as Officer 'Brother' Sum
as Shopkeeper
as Commissioner Wong
as Fatty Chow
as Orderly
as Fat
as Soo
as Uncle Fat
as Fat Lam
as Lam Yu
as Big Head
as Manny's Father
as Police Sergeant
as Brother Wai
as Lo Wai
as Big Head
as Ko's Colleague
as Mou Wai Bun
as Sgt Mi (Rice)
as Milk Powder Shoplifter
as Yip
as Fat Policeman Outside Toilet
as Liu
as Fat Seven
as UPS Delivery Man
as Inspector Lee
as Axe Gang Vice General
as Big Fish
as Uncle Keun
as Mendosa
as Lam Kwok Keung
as 香老闆
as Hung
as Hoi Yeuk's Father
as Restaurant Owner
as Sgt. Chan
as (segment "Rhapsody")
as Judge Chow
as Cheung Man Po
as Internet Cafe Boss
as Kung
as Sgt. Lo Sa
as Mr. Chow the Landlord
as Bobby Chan
as Kam Hing Cheung
as Fatty
as Self
as Mr. Wong
as Chan Ho Lung
as Big Guy
as May's Father
as Lay Buddhist
as Kwan
as Fatty
as Skinny
as Big Belly Wang
as Ken
as Fatty
as Knife Lam (segment "A Horny Ghost")
as Landlord
as Sai Keung
as Fatty
as Fat Ice
as Bun Man
as Sing Wah Chyun
as Kau
as Uncle Pui
as Mr. Wu
as Robber
as Ho
as Prime Minister
as Kong
as Dr. Andy
as Martin
as Shoot
as Snow Yung
as Joey
as Fat Pang
as Gambler
as Fatty
as James
as Fatty King
as Suet
as Karl
as Vendor
as Bu's Father's Friend
as Ser's Thug
as Jack's Man
as Robber
as Tall Wai's Man
as Cafe Owner's Assistant
as Cleaning River Entrance
as Tourist with Family Photographed by Cheo
as Member of Su Kan's village
as Mahjong Den's Customer
as Arsonist (uncredited)
as Fat Snow
as Eatery Assistant
as Private Eye
as Garbage Man
as Kwai
as Wild Cat's Thug / Warden Sugiyama's body double
as Catering Service Man
as Brother Thug