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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-07-08 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Tianjin, China

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

Rob N Roll as Fatty
Break War as Zhou Shiwen

2023

Lamb Game as Feibo
I Did It My Way as Yuen Muk Yu

2022

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong as Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")

2021

Dynasty Warriors as Dong Zhuo
My Fair Dad as Du Changyong
Infernal Storm as He Tianze
Time as Chung
The Dragnet as Chen Fu Sheng

2020

Billion Coward as Police Chief
Where is the Money as Liu Hongtu

2019

Missbehavior as Waiter
A Lifetime Treasure as Rainy Cloud
The Rookies as Chief Chao

2018

Agent Mr. Chan as Mr. Ma
The Trough as Bo The Nine Fingers
The Cursed as Brother Awesome

2017

Love Contractually as Ye's father
Colour of the Game as Slaughter
Always Be with You as Jamie's Uncle
Shining Moment as Yu Huihuan
La Historia Du Un Amor as Li Qingzhao

2016

Robbery as Convenience Store Boss
Trivisa as Boss Fong
Three as Fatty (Constable)
A Busy Night as Wang Guoliang
Kill Time as Zhang Hongmin
Happy Mitan as Long Ding Hai

2015

Saving Mr. Wu as Mr. Su
Heart for Heaven as He Dachang

2014

Town of the Dragon as Third Brother
The Apostles as Motel Owner
Break as 钱东旭
The True Love as Ke Teng

2013

Blind Detective as Lee Tak Shing
Tales from the Dark 1 as Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods")
The Constable as Ah Wai
Sweet Summer Love as Director Zhu
Boundless as Self
Badges of Fury as Taxi Driver

2012

All's Well, Ends Well as Construction Worker
Fairy Tale Killer as Cheung Fai
Vulgaria as Wah-tao
Drug War as Fatso
Million Dollar Crocodile as Big-Mouth Zhao
Crazy Stupid Thief as Cha Er Si

2011

The Detective 2 as Bulky (voice) (uncredited)
Beach Spike as Water-Father
Turning Point 2 as Kui Chuen
Sleepless Fashion as Qin Feng
The Great Magician as Li Feng-jen
The Loan Shark as Tien San

2010

All's Well End's Well Too 2010 as His Excellency Wu Fa Da
Triple Tap as Mr Fong
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man as Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin
Bad Blood as Peter Wong
Womb Ghosts as Kwok Lok
The Island as Xue

2009

Shinjuku Incident as Old Ghost
Sasori as Warden
Accident as Fatty
The Storm Warriors as Piggy King
Vengeance as Tsui
Poker King as Annoying Gambler

2008

Sparrow as Lung
Triad Wars as Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
Tactical Unit - Human Nature as Fat Tong / Sgt Lam Tong
Linger as Yan's Roomate
Ocean Flame as Stick
Run Papa Run as Big Mouth
Legendary Assassin as Fat Wing

2007

Triangle as Fat Bo
Mad Detective as Fatso - Ko's Inner Personality
Eye in the Sky as Ng Tung / Fatman
Gong Tau as Officer 'Brother' Sum
Invisible Target as Loan Shark Cheng
Simply Actors as Brother Pang
Forest of Death as Commissioner Wong
Happy Birthday as Orderly
Dancing Lion as Shopkeeper

2006

Exiled as Fat
Dog Bite Dog as Fat Lam
Triad Election as Big Head
I'll Call You as Manny's Father
My Kung Fu Sweetheart as Brother Wai
2 Become 1 as Police Sergeant

2005

All About Love as Ko's Colleague
Election as Big Head
Divergence as Mou Wai-Bun
Crazy n' the City as Milk Powder Shoplifter
Home Sweet Home as Lo Wai

2004

Kung Fu Hustle as Axe Gang Vice General
Moving Targets as Fat Seven
Bust Family as 香老闆
Money Kills as Hung
My Baby Shot Me Down as Lam Kwok Keung
Explosive City as Mendosa
The Miracle Box as UPS Delivery Man
Boxer's Story as Uncle Keun
Papa Loves You as Inspector Lee
Jiang Hu as Fat Policeman Outside Toilet
Elixir of Love as Big Fish

2003

PTU as Sgt. Lo Sa
Turn Left, Turn Right as Restaurant Owner
Diva: Ah Hey as Kam Hing Cheung
Good Times, Bed Times as Judge Chow
Sound of Colors as Hoi Yeuk's Father
Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma! as Internet Cafe Boss
The Trouble-Makers as Mr. Chow the Landlord

2002

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts as May's Father
U-Man as Skinny
If U Care... as Big Guy
Possessed as Lay Buddhist
45 Days Lover as Mr. Wong

2001

Love on a Diet as Bun Man
Fulltime Killer as Fat Ice
Master Q 2001 as Robber
A Gambler's Story as Landlord
Hero of City as Sing Wah Chyun
Wu Yen as Prime Minister
Ghost Office as Knife Lam (segment "A Horny Ghost")

2000

Needing You... as Martin
Help!!! as Dr. Andy
Juliet in Love as Fat Pang
Fist Power as Fatty
Play with Strangers as Snow Yung

1999

The Mission as James
Gorgeous as Bu's Father's Friend
The H.K. Triad as Vendor

1998

The Longest Nite as Cafe Owner's Assistant
A Hero Never Dies as Jack's Man
The Lucky Guy as Tall Wai's Man

1997

The Odd One Dies as Mahjong Den's Customer
Lifeline as Arsonist (uncredited)
Intruder as Cleaning River Entrance
My Dad Is a Jerk as Tourist with Family Photographed by Cheo

1996

The God of Cookery as Fat Snow

1995

Out of the Dark as Eatery Assistant

1994

Whatever You Want as Private Eye
Love on Delivery as Garbage Man

1992

1991

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky as Wild Cat's Thug / Warden Sugiyama's body double

1990

The Story of My Son as Catering Service Man

1989

Vampire Vs. Vampire as Brother Thug

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Production

2000

Needing You... as Unit Manager

1997

Hero as Producer

Crew

1997

1995

Loving You as Set Runner

Writing