Lam Suet
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-07-08
Place of birth
Tianjin, China
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Cast
72 Tenants of Prosperity
2010
5.20
Running Out of Time
1999
7.30
Shinjuku Incident
2009
6.70
Sparrow
2008
6.50
Monkey King: Wushuang
2021
0.00
Sasori
2009
5.20
Triangle
2007
6.50
Accident
2009
6.60
PTU
2003
6.92
Breaking News
2004
6.91
Triad Wars
2008
6.16
Kung Fu Hustle
2004
7.46
The Storm Warriors
2009
6.10
Town of the Dragon
2014
0.00
Looking for Mr. Perfect
2003
3.70
Vampire Hunters
2003
4.58
Exiled
2006
7.26
One Nite in Mongkok
2004
6.89
The Longest Nite
1998
6.79
Turn Left, Turn Right
2003
7.26
Mad Detective
2007
7.00
Dog Bite Dog
2006
6.50
Love on a Diet
2001
5.90
Triad Election
2006
7.40
All's Well End's Well Too 2010
2010
4.00
Legend of the Brothers
1991
7.00
Eye in the Sky
2007
6.50
Moving Targets
2004
6.00
All About Love
2005
6.00
Triple Tap
2010
6.33
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
2010
6.84
Running Out of Time 2
2001
6.00
Love for All Seasons
2003
6.50
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
2002
6.13
Needing You...
2000
6.00
Help!!!
2000
5.20
U-Man
2002
6.00
The Mission
1999
7.40
The Story of My Son
1990
6.00
Out of the Dark
1995
6.78
Just Another Pandora's Box
2010
4.50
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
2009
6.30
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission
2003
4.80
Election
2005
7.10
Gong Tau
2007
4.70
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2011
6.30
Vengeance
2009
6.59
The Detective 2
2011
6.20
Resort Massacre
2000
4.10
The Stewardess
2002
4.20
The Secret of the President
2018
0.00
Proud and Confident
1989
8.00
A Killer's Blues
1989
0.00
Handsome Siblings
1992
6.30
Whatever You Want
1994
0.00
Killing Me Tenderly
1997
4.80
Adventurous Treasure Island
1996
3.00
The Movie Story
1996
0.00
Bloody Friday
1996
6.00
Gorgeous
1999
6.39
The H.K. Triad
1999
7.00
Sunshine Cops
1999
3.50
Roaring Wheels
2000
8.00
Beach Spike
2011
4.10
Turning Point 2
2011
6.40
Color of Pain
2002
7.00
The Love Expert
2013
0.00
Every Dog Has His Date
2001
5.00
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
2011
6.45
All's Well, Ends Well
2012
4.80
You Shoot, I Shoot
2001
6.90
Maniacal Night
2001
0.00
If U Care...
2002
5.40
I Love Hong Kong 2011
2011
5.80
Lost in Hong Kong
2015
5.64
Tactical Unit - The Code
2008
6.70
Cop Unbowed
2004
5.00
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
2008
6.70
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
2008
6.87
Just One Look
2002
6.30
My Troublesome Buddy
2003
4.50
MBA Partners
2016
3.90
Indiana Five Stars
2017
0.00
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011
6.60
Just Another Margin
2014
4.20
Fairy Tale Killer
2012
4.20
The Land with No Boundary
2011
1.00
Sleepless Fashion
2011
3.60
House No. 7
2018
0.00
Vulgaria
2012
6.43
Drug War
2012
6.90
Twilight Garden
2000
0.00
The Key to Destiny
2004
0.00
A Wedding or a Funeral
2004
2.50
Twinkle Stars
2003
0.00
Bust Family
2004
0.00
Linger
2008
4.30
Million Dollar Crocodile
2012
4.36
Gold Fingers
2001
3.00
Undying Heart
2006
0.00
Ultra Reinforcement
2012
0.00
Everything Is Nothing
2012
0.00
Money Kills
2004
0.00
Juliet in Love
2000
6.70
The Second Face
0.00
Insistence
2012
3.00
To Love or Not to Love
2017
7.10
Gao Xing
2009
4.70
Gods Must Be Juicy
2017
0.00
If You Cherishes Me
2017
0.00
Graduation Journey
2017
0.00
Happy Partners
2017
0.00
Pathological Hunter
2018
0.00
Fatal Heartbeat
2018
0.00
Fake Partner
2018
0.00
Mo Zhan
2018
0.00
Tian Jiang Heng Cai
2017
0.00
Tou Míng Qing Ren
2018
0.00
Doctor No…
2001
0.00
Chosen 2
2020
0.00
Gods Must Be Juicy 2
2017
0.00
Chosen 2
2020
0.00
Chosen 2
2020
0.00
Sha Shou Gong Si
2018
0.00
Summer of Fire
2018
0.00
King of Gambler 2016
2016
0.00
72 Hours - Operation Gold
2023
6.50
My Baby Shot Me Down
2004
4.00
Mo Zhan 2
2018
0.00
Mo Zhan 3
2018
0.00
Mo Zhan 4
2018
0.00
An Unposed Letter
2004
0.00
Lamb Game
2023
3.50
To My Dearest Father
2003
0.00
Poker King
2009
6.10
The Fortune Buddies
2011
5.20
I Love Hong Kong 2012
2012
4.20
Ex Fighter
2014
0.00
A Wind Cold Town
2007
0.00
Echoes of the Thunder
2023
7.00
The Big Rescue
2018
0.00
Blind Detective
2013
6.10
Tales from the Dark 1
2013
5.70
Live Hard
1989
6.00
Love @ First Note
2006
0.00
The Blood Rules
2000
6.00
Chrysanthemum to the Beast
2012
6.00
A Murder Erased
2022
6.00
The Constable
2013
4.65
Rob N Roll
2024
6.00
Wonderful Friends
2016
0.00
The Apostles
2014
1.00
Gun Transit
2015
0.00
Iceman
2014
5.50
A Hero Never Dies
1998
6.80
Goodbye, Mr. Cool
2001
6.40
The Odd One Dies
1997
6.30
The Extreme Fox
2013
6.20
Explosive City
2004
6.60
The Midnight After
2014
5.80
The Great Magician
2011
6.12
But Always
2014
5.80
Sweet Summer Love
2013
0.00
Cop on a Mission
2001
6.50
The God of Cookery
1996
7.18
Invisible Target
2007
6.80
Ocean Flame
2008
6.30
Lifeline
1997
7.10
Divergence
2005
6.50
I Did It My Way
2023
4.73
Vampire Vs. Vampire
1989
6.15
Infernal Mission
2004
0.00
Shark Busters
2002
5.60
Better and Better
2013
4.00
Intruder
1997
5.80
Possessed
2002
4.00
The Marvellous Cook
2000
8.00
Run Papa Run
2008
5.90
Boundless
2013
7.50
Diva: Ah Hey
2003
6.50
Simply Actors
2007
4.80
Fist Power
2000
4.80
Break War
2024
1.70
Sweet Summer Love
2013
0.00
Forest of Death
2007
3.50
Robbery
2016
6.80
Goddess Era
2016
0.00
Colour of the Loyalty
2005
7.00
Mr. Zheng
2022
4.50
Badges of Fury
2013
5.37
Saving Mr. Wu
2015
6.30
I'll Call You
2006
6.30
Trivisa
2016
7.09
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991
6.81
Crazy n' the City
2005
7.30
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
2014
5.70
The Lucky Guy
1998
6.42
45 Days Lover
2002
0.00
My Name Is Nobody
2000
4.90
Monk Comes Down the Mountain
2015
5.12
My Kung Fu Sweetheart
2006
4.00
Good Take!
2016
5.00
Beauty and the 7 Beasts
2007
3.80
Three
2016
6.00
Fulltime Killer
2001
6.82
Perfect Education 3
2002
4.50
The Miracle Box
2004
8.00
Break
2014
0.00
My Romeo
2004
0.00
Home Sweet Home
2005
5.70
Master Q 2001
2001
3.60
Legendary Assassin
2008
6.10
2 Young
2005
6.90
Good Times, Bed Times
2003
5.20
Love Contractually
2017
6.20
Heart for Heaven
2015
5.20
House of the Invisibles
2007
3.00
SDU: Sex Duties Unit
2013
6.40
Love Under the Sun
2003
0.00
1:99 Shorts
2003
6.30
Devil Face, Angel Heart
2002
5.40
Men Suddenly in Black
2003
6.20
The House That Never Dies II
2017
3.70
Everyday is Valentine
2001
5.70
Mr. Wai-Go
1998
5.00
Colour of the Game
2017
6.20
Happy Birthday
2007
6.70
Always Be with You
2017
5.80
My Dad Is a Jerk
1997
5.00
Pay Back
2013
5.20
Boxer's Story
2004
4.00
Shining Moment
2017
1.50
A Better Tomorrow
2018
5.70
Fatal Contact
2006
6.50
Crazy Stupid Thief
2012
0.00
Agent Mr. Chan
2018
5.60
A Gambler's Story
2001
6.80
A Busy Night
2016
3.70
Dancing Lion
2007
0.00
Dynasty Warriors
2021
5.90
Papa Loves You
2004
5.80
Sound of Colors
2003
5.70
Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma!
2003
0.00
The Jade and the Pearl
2010
4.80
Where a Good Man Goes
1999
6.60
Bad Blood
2010
5.30
The Trough
2018
6.00
Hero of City
2001
4.00
The Cursed
2018
2.50
The Trouble-Makers
2003
4.00
Missbehavior
2019
6.20
Jiang Hu
2004
6.10
A Lifetime Treasure
2019
4.70
A Home with a View
2019
5.70
My Dear Elephant
2019
0.00
Wu Yen
2001
6.10
Ghost Office
2001
4.00
Undercover Punch and Gun
2019
6.10
Tactical Unit - Partners
2009
6.50
Brothers
2007
6.10
The Rookies
2019
5.30
The Invincible Dragon
2019
4.70
Play with Strangers
2000
5.00
Kill Time
2016
5.30
Chasing News
2019
0.00
A Windfall Trap
2019
0.00
Love on Delivery
1994
6.93
The Unusual Youth
2005
3.00
La Historia Du Un Amor
2017
2.00
Mayday 3DNA
2011
8.00
Womb Ghosts
2010
4.70
The True Love
2014
0.00
Elixir of Love
2004
5.80
Beauty on Duty
2010
4.20
2 Become 1
2006
6.00
Expect the Unexpected
1998
6.56
Loving You
1995
6.00
Nightmares in Precinct 7
2001
5.10
Good-for-Nothing Heros
2012
5.00
Billion Coward
2020
6.00
The Loan Shark
2011
6.00
The Island
2010
0.00
Where is the Money
2020
0.00
Electrical Girl
2001
4.30
My Fair Dad
2021
0.00
That Mr. Zhou
0.00
Infernal Storm
2021
2.00
Time
2021
7.10
Iceman: The Time Traveler
2018
6.62
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
7.00
Dead End
2001
0.00
A Man and A Woman
2024
0.00