Lam Suet
Acting
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.
Media of
Lam Suet
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Filmography of
Lam Suet
... 2021
He Tianze
... 2021
Dong Zhuo
... 2021
Chung
... 2021
Du Changyong
... 2021
Liu Hongtu
... 2020
... 2020
... 2020
... 2019
... 2019
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Uncle
... 2019
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Waiter
... 2019
Rainy Cloud
... 2019
Butcher
... 2019
Deng Yungen
... 2018
Brother Awesome
... 2018
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Bo The Nine Fingers
... 2018
Mr Ma
... 2018
Ha Ge
... 2018
... 2017
Xue Ye
... 2017
Record Owner
... 2017
Slaughter
... 2017
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Li Qingzhao
... 2017
Ye's father
... 2017
Wang Guoliang
... 2016
Fatty (Constable)
... 2016
Convenience store boss
... 2016
... 2016
Boss Fong
... 2016
Zhang Hongmin
... 2016
Brother Long
... 2015
Mr. Su
... 2015
Zhao Liren
... 2015
... 2014
Third Brother
... 2014
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Suet
... 2014
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Motel Owner
... 2014
Ke Teng
... 2014
Ah Wai
... 2013
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Robber
... 2013
Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods")
... 2013
Lee Tak Shing
... 2013
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Fatso
... 2012
Wah-tao
... 2012
Big-Mouth Zhao
... 2012
Cheung Fai
... 2012
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cha er si
... 2012
Construction Worker
... 2012
Kui Chuen
... 2011
Li Feng Jen
... 2011
Qin Feng
... 2011
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Chicken Devil
... 2011
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Tien San
... 2011
Water-Father
... 2011
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Xue
... 2010
Tiger Chan
... 2010
Mr Fong
... 2010
Deputy mayor Cheung Ho-Tin
... 2010
Fatty
... 2010
Kwok Lok
... 2010
His Excellency Wu Fa Da
... 2010
Peter Wong
... 2010
Piggy King
... 2009
Fatty
... 2009
Sarge
... 2009
Tsui
... 2009
Old Ghost
... 2009
... 2009
... 2009
Fat Wing
... 2008
Fat Tong / Sgt Lam Tong
... 2008
Lung
... 2008
Stick
... 2008
... 2008
... 2008
Big Mouth
... 2008
Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
... 2008
Yan's Roomate
... 2008
Warden
... 2008
Fatso - Ko's Inner Personality
... 2007
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Fat Bo
... 2007
Sonny
... 2007
Loan Shark Cheng
... 2007
Ng Tung / Fatman
... 2007
Brother Pang
... 2007
Officer 'Brother' Sum
... 2007
shopkeeper
... 2007
Commissioner Wong
... 2007
Fatty Chow
... 2007
Orderly [cameo]
... 2007
Soo
... 2006
Fat (as Lam Suet)
... 2006
Fat Lam
... 2006
Lam Yu
... 2006
Big Head
... 2006
Manny's father
... 2006
Brother Wai
... 2006
Police Officer
... 2006
Lo Wai
... 2005
Paramedic
... 2005
Big Head
... 2005
... 2005
... 2005
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Milk powder shoplifter
... 2005
Mou Wai-Bun
... 2005
Fat Seven
... 2004
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Yip
... 2004
Fat policeman outside toilet
... 2004
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UPS Delivery Man
... 2004
Inspector Lee
... 2004
Axe Gang Vice General
... 2004
Big Fish
... 2004
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Uncle Keun
... 2004
Mendosa
... 2004
1)
... 2003
Hoi Yeuk's father
... 2003
Restaurant Owner
... 2003
Sgt. Chan
... 2003
Cheung Man Po
... 2003
Internet Cafe Boss
... 2003
Kung
... 2003
Sgt. Lo Sa
... 2003
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Bobby Chan
... 2003
Kam Hing Cheung
... 2003
Fatty (as Lam Suet)
... 2003
Himself
... 2003
Judge Chow
... 2003
... 2002
... 2002
Reverend Henry Yeung
... 2002
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Fatty
... 2002
Skinny
... 2002
May's Father (as Lam Suet)
... 2002
Ken (as Lam Suet)
... 2001
Knife Lam
... 2001
Landlord
... 2001
Sai Keung
... 2001
Fei Si
... 2001
Fat Ice
... 2001
Bun Man
... 2001
Sing Wah Chyun
... 2001
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Kau
... 2001
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Mr. Wu
... 2001
Robber
... 2001
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Prime Minister
... 2001
Kong
... 2001
Mr. Wong
... 2001
... 2000
Dr. Andy
... 2000
Martin (as Lam Suet)
... 2000
Snow Yung
... 2000
Joey
... 2000
Fat Pang
... 2000
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James
... 1999
Fatty King
... 1999
Suet, Baldy's Henchman
... 1999
... 1999
Ser's Thug
... 1999
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Tall Wai's man
... 1998
Cafe Owner's Assistant
... 1998
Cleaning river entrance
... 1997
Mah jong heavy
... 1997
Tourist with family photographed by Cheo
... 1997
Arsonist
... 1997
Pudgy Triad Member
... 1996
... 1995
... 1994
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