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.
Acting (301 movies)
72 Tenants of Prosperity
2010
Running Out of Time
1999
Shinjuku Incident
2009
Sparrow
2008
Monkey King: Wushuang
2021
Sasori
2009
Triangle
2007
Accident
2009
PTU
2003
Breaking News
2004
Triad Wars
2008
Kung Fu Hustle
2004
The Storm Warriors
2009
Town of the Dragon
2014
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell
2023
Looking for Mr. Perfect
2003
Vampire Hunters
2003
Exiled
2006
One Nite in Mongkok
2004
The Longest Nite
1998
Turn Left, Turn Right
2003
Mad Detective
2007
Dog Bite Dog
2006
Love on a Diet
2001
Election 2
2006
All's Well End's Well Too 2010
2010
Legend of the Brothers
1991
Eye in the Sky
2007
Moving Targets
2004
All About Love
2005
Triple Tap
2010
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
2010
Running Out of Time 2
2001
Love for All Seasons
2003
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
2002
Needing You...
2000
Help!!!
2000
U-Man
2002
The Mission
1999
The Story of My Son
1990
Out of the Dark
1995
Just Another Pandora's Box
2010
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
2009
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission
2003
Election
2005
Gong Tau
2007
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2011
Vengeance
2009
The Detective 2
2011
Resort Massacre
2000
The Stewardess
2002
The Secret of the President
2018
Whatever You Want
1994
A Killer's Blues
1989
Adventurous Treasure Island
1996
Handsome Siblings
1992
Killing Me Tenderly
1997
The H.K. Triad
1999
Proud and Confident
1989
Bloody Friday
1996
Sunshine Cops
1999
Gorgeous
1999
The Movie Story
1996
Roaring Wheels
2000
Beach Spike
2011
Turning Point 2
2011
Color of Pain
2002
The Love Expert
2013
Every Dog Has His Date
2001
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
2011
All's Well, Ends Well
2012
You Shoot, I Shoot
2001
Maniacal Night
2001
If U Care...
2002
Lost in Hong Kong
2015
I Love Hong Kong 2011
2011
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
2003
Tactical Unit - The Code
2008
Cop Unbowed
2004
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
2008
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
2008
Just One Look
2002
MBA Partners
2016
My Troublesome Buddy
2003
Indiana Five Stars
2017
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011
Just Another Margin
2014
Fairy Tale Killer
2012
The Land with No Boundary
2011
Sleepless Fashion
2011
House No. 7
2018
Vulgaria
2012
Drug War
2012
The Key to Destiny
2004
Twilight Garden
2000
A Wedding or a Funeral
2004
Twinkle Stars
2003
Bust Family
2004
Linger
2008
Million Dollar Crocodile
2012
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