Lam Suet

Known for ActingBorn 1964-07-08 (age 62)Tianjin, China

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Big Rescue

Happy Mitan

The Movie Story

A Killer's Blues

Whatever You Want

Proud and Confident

Legend of the Brothers

Mayday 3DNA

Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma!

Color of Pain

The Marvellous Cook

The Story of My Son

Boundless

Boxer's Story

Kung Fu Hustle

The Miracle Box

U-Man

Roaring Wheels

The Mission

Election 2

Time

Trivisa

Roast

Crazy n' the City

The Lychee Road

Running Out of Time

To Love or Not to Love

Exiled

I'll Call You

Election

Turn Left, Turn Right

Echoes of the Thunder

Hong Kong West Side Stories

Mad Detective

Lifeline

The God of Cookery

Colour of the Loyalty

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

A Gambler's Story

The Men of Justice

He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-In-Law

Happy Birthday

Robbery

V

2 Young

The Open Road

PTU

Drug War