Lam Suet
Acting
π 1964-07-08
Lam Suet (Chinese: ζιͺ, 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.
Cast credits(314)
Axe Gang Vice General
2004
2017
Brother Thug
1989
Chicken Devil
2011
Long Ding Hai
2016
Chief Chao
2019
2009
Zhao Liren
2015
2019
Qin Feng
2011
2019
Loan Shark Cheng
2007
Fat Wing
2008
Bu's Father's Friend
1999
Chen Fu Sheng
2021
Dong Zhuo
2021
Brother Big
2023
Bob
2019
Big-Mouth Zhao
2012
2025
Old Ghost
2009
2016
Tall Wai's Man
1998
He Qiguang
2025
2009
Wild Cat's Thug / Warden Sugiyama's body double
1991
O Sim
2010
Liu
2004
Ye's father
2017
Li Feng-jen
2011
Li Qingzhao
2017
2011
Officer 'Brother' Sum
2007
Director Zhu
2013
ι±δΈζ
2014
Wang Guoliang
2016
1989
Martin
2000
2014
1999
Tsui
2009
Taxi Driver
2013
Big Head
2006
Commissioner Wong
2007
2025
Construction Worker
2012
Fatty
2010
Restaurant Owner
2003
Ko's Colleague
2005
2019
Fat
2006
Fat Snow
1996
Mr Fong
2010
2018
Uncle
2019
He Dachang
2015
Cafe Owner's Assistant
1998
Brother Wai
2006
Robber
2001
Feibo
2023
Sing Wah Chyun
2001
Kwok Lok
2010
Big Head
2005
Cheung Fai
2012
Fatso
2012
Kung
2003
Inspector Lee
2004
Brother Awesome
2018
Cha Er Si
2012
Mr. Ma
2018
Eatery Assistant
1995
2018
2024
Prime Minister
2001
Mr. Wu
2001
2018
Ha Ge
2018
Garbage Man
1994
Lo Wai
2005
Master Chef
2015
Ke Teng
2014
Boss Fong
2016
2020
Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
2008
Arsonist (uncredited)
1997
Milk Powder Shoplifter
2005
Fatty
2009
2014
Sgt Mi (Rice)
2005
Lee Tak Shing
2013
Sonny
2007
Mr. Lam
2010
Ng Tung / Fatman
2007
Kong
2001
Soo
2006
Fatty (Constable)
2016
Fat Bo
2007
Robber
2013
He Tianze
2021
Chung
2021
Kau
2001
Fatso - Ko's Inner Personality
2007
Mr. Su
2015
Jamie's Uncle
2017
Piggy King
2009
2016
Stick
2008
May's Father
2002
Zhang Hongmin
2016
Police Sergeant
2006
2017
Peter Wong
2010
Suet
1999
Hoi Yeuk's Father
2003
Water-Father
2011
Ken
2001
Jack's Man
1998
Triad Boss
2015
Manny's Father
2006
2022
Orderly
2007
Gui Fu
2011
James
1999
2019
Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods")
2013
Sarge
2009
2004
Self
2003
Cheung Man Po
2003
Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
2022
2013
Big Mouth
2008
Warden
2009
2014
Fatty
2003
Slaughter
2017
Catering Service Man
1990
Mendosa
2004
Shopkeeper
2007
Kam Hing Cheung
2003
John
2011
Fat Lam
2006
Joey
2000
2007
Sgt. Lo Sa
2003
2005
2023
Bun Man
2001
White Head
2023
Fatty
2001
Kwai
1991
1996
Tiger Chan
2010
Mahjong Den's Customer
1997
Sai Keung
2001
Dr. Andy
2000
Zhou Shiwen
2024
Fatty King
1999
2017
2023
Yip
2004
Wah-tao
2012
Ho
2001
Fat Ice
2001
2001
Third Brother
2014
Chan Ho Lung
2002
ει
2017
Xue Ye
2017
Uncle Pui
2001
2005
Lung
2008
Butcher
2019
Robber
1998
2012
2003
Kui Chuen
2011
2018
2006
Mr. Wong
2002
Tong
2008
Yuen Muk Yu
2023
Fat Lo
2009
2004
Deng Yungen
2018
Tourist with Family Photographed by Cheo
1997
2018
Ah Wai
2013
2013
1992
Mou Wai Bun
2005
Brother Pang
2007
Lam Yu
2006
Judge Chow
2003
1)
2003
1995
2018
2002
Fatty
2000
Fat Seven
2004
Big Guy
2002
Landlord
2001
Sgt. Chan
2003
Private Eye
1994
Fat Policeman Outside Toilet
2004
Annoying Gambler
2009
Waiter
2019
Sarge
2008
Fatty
2024
2014
2002
2009
Convenience Store Boss
2016
Suet
2014
Gambler
2000
Big Fish
2004
Fatty
2001
2003
Bo The Nine Fingers
2018
2012
Skinny
2002
2019
Fat Tong / Sgt Lam Tong
2008
Tien San
2011
Rainy Cloud
2019
WAI
2022
John
2014
2013
Mr. Chow the Landlord
2003
2011
2016
Vendor
1999
Du Changyong
2021
Shoot
2000
Self
2013
Cleaning River Entrance
1997
His Excellency Wu Fa Da
2010
1996
2001
2020
Member of Su Kan's village
1997
2001
Fatty
2002
2013
Lam Kwok Keung
2004
Knife Lam (segment "A Horny Ghost")
2001
Police Chief
2020
Yu Huihuan
2017
2020
2001
1998
2016
Fat Pang
2000
Motel Owner
2014
Karl
1999
Big Belly Wang
2002
1996
2020
1989
Bobby Chan
2003
Lay Buddhist
2002
Snow Yung
2000
Bulky (voice) (uncredited)
2011
1989
Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin
2010
Ser's Thug
1999
2011
Kwan
2002
Yan's Roomate
2008
2017
2011
2012
2012
2018
Xue
2010
2012
Liu Hongtu
2020
2007
2004
2004
2004
2003
Fatty Chow
2007
2016
2021
2000
UPS Delivery Man
2004
Uncle Keun
2004
Internet Cafe Boss
2003
2018
2004
ι¦θι
2004
2012
2000
2004
2000
2018
2017
2015
2016
2017
Hung
2004
2016
2017
2018
2018
2003
2018
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