Lam Suet
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 found work on movie sets through the help of friends. He performed many 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 people 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 films such as The God of Cookery (1996) and Kung Fu Hustle. The second person is director Johnnie To. Lam has appeared 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 those of a bumbling secondary character who provides comic relief amid the intense nature of To's films. He is perhaps best known 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 earned Lam Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, and PTU. Lam was nominated for a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in PTU. He has also had memorable 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.
319 acting credits
Acting · 319
Kung Fu Hustle
2004
Roast
2017
Club Sparkle
2009
Police Tactical Unit
2019
Happy Mitan
2016
The Mission
1999
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991
Out of the Dark
1995
Running Out of Time
1999
The God of Cookery
1996
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
2011
The Men of Justice
2010
The Dragnet
2021
Vampire vs. Vampire
1989
Gorgeous
1999
Shinjuku Incident
2009
ICAC Investigators 2009
2009
Just Another Pandora's Box
2010
Election
2005
Happy Hunter
2020
Election 2
2006
Dynasty Warriors
2021
Invisible Target
2007
SNL China
2018
晚吹 - 真PK
2016
Golden Boy
2025
Handsome Siblings
1992
Hong Kong West Side Stories
2019
The Lucky Guy
1998
Vengeance
2009
Love on Delivery
1994
Wu Yen
2001
Undercover Punch and Gun
2019
Monk Comes Down the Mountain
2015
Drug War
2012
Triad Wars
2008
You Shoot, I Shoot
2001
Exiled
2006
Badges of Fury
2013
Bad Blood
2010
Trivisa
2016
Iceman
2014
Run Papa Run
2008
Lost in Hong Kong
2015
Blind Detective
2013
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2011
Legendary Assassin
2008
Triple Tap
2010
Lifeline
1997
PTU
2003
Eye in the Sky
2007
A Man and A Woman
2026
The Storm Warriors
2009
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell
2023
The Invincible Dragon
2019
The Longest Nite
1998
A Better Tomorrow
2018
Jiang Hu
2004
The Rookies
2019
Three
2016
Men Suddenly in Black
2003
Million Dollar Crocodile
2012
Sasori
2009
Fatal Contact
2006
Running Out of Time 2
2001
One Nite in Mongkok
2004
I Did It My Way
2023
Mad Detective
2007
A Hero Never Dies
1998
Love on a Diet
2001
Breaking News
2004
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
2002
Needing You...
2000
Agent Mr. Chan
2018
Triangle
2007
Home Sweet Home
2005
The Lychee Road
2025
Divergence
2005
One Wacky Summer
2025
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
2008
The Trough
2018
Mr. Wai-Go
1998
1:99 Shorts
2003
Ocean Flame
2008
Vampire Hunters
2003
Always Be with You
2017
SDU: Sex Duties Unit
2013
The Great Magician
2011
Master Q 2001
2001
72 Tenants of Prosperity
2010
Perfect Education 3
2002
Simply Actors
2007
Dog Bite Dog
2006
Tales from the Dark 1
2013
Legend of the Brothers
1991
Accident
2009
Loving You
1995
Colour of the Game
2017
Saving Mr. Wu
2015
All's Well, Ends Well
2012
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
2011
My Kung Fu Sweetheart
2006
Poker King
2009
A Home with a View
2019
Rob N Roll
2024
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
Sparrow
2008
Love Under the Sun
2003
Crazy n' the City
2005
Expect the Unexpected
1998
Sound of Colors
2003
The Story of My Son
1990
Sunshine Cops
1999
Electrical Girl
2001
I Love Hong Kong 2011
2011
Turning Point 2
2011
He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-In-Law
1999
Fulltime Killer
2001
Good Times, Bed Times
2003
The Detective 2
2011
Help!!!
2000
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
2014
Gong Tau
2007
Papa Loves You
2004
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission
2003
Brothers
2007
Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal
2015
Everyday is Valentine
2001
My Name Is Nobody
2000
A Murder Erased
2022
Tactical Unit - The Code
2008
Vulgaria
2012
Beauty on Duty
2010
The Stewardess
2002
I'll Call You
2006
The Fortune Buddies
2011
All About Love
2005
Love for All Seasons
2003
Tactical Unit - Partners
2009
Dancing Lion
2007
Fist Power
2000
Iceman: The Time Traveler
2018
Goodbye, Mr. Cool
2001
Devil Face, Angel Heart
2002
Just Another Margin
2014
Missbehavior
2019
The H.K. Triad
1999
Killing Me Tenderly
1997
My Troublesome Buddy
2003
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
2008
Robbery
2016
Womb Ghosts
2010
Colour of the Loyalty
2005
MBA Partners
2016
The Constable
2013
Where a Good Man Goes
1999
Turn Left, Turn Right
2003
The House That Never Dies II
2017
The Midnight After
2014
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
2009
Lamb Game
2023
U-Man
2002
Explosive City
2004
The Odd One Dies
1997
Love @ First Note
2006
My Dad Is a Jerk
1997
Cop on a Mission
2001
Fairy Tale Killer
2012
Beach Spike
2011
All's Well End's Well Too 2010
2010
Adventurous Treasure Island
1996
Every Dog Has His Date
2001
Kill Time
2016
I Love Hong Kong 2012
2012
Shark Busters
2002
Better and Better
2013
2 Young
2005
Good Take!
2016
Boundless
2013
Legendary Divine Kung Fu
2026
Forest of Death
2007
Time
2021
2 Become 1
2006
But Always
2014
Nightmares in Precinct 7
2001
Intruder
1997
Ghost Office
2001
The Open Road
2005
Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King
1999
Live Hard
1989
Just One Look
2002
Echoes of the Thunder
2023
Beauty and the 7 Beasts
2007
Sleepless Fashion
2011
To My Dearest Father
2003
Proud and Confident
1989
Mayday 3DNA
2011
Unusual Deal
2025
Possessed
2002
Infernal Storm
2021
Play with Strangers
2000
The Blood Rules
2000
A Gambler's Story
2001
Hero of City
2001
Happy Birthday
2007
Bloody Friday
1996
Break War
2024
House of the Invisibles
2007
Elixir of Love
2004
A Killer's Blues
1989
45 Days Lover
2002
Moving Targets
2004
Roaring Wheels
2000
Dead End
2001
Pay Back
2013
Resort Massacre
2000
The Land with No Boundary
2011
Crazy Stupid Thief
2012
Prison on Fire: Plaintive Destiny
2001
If U Care...
2002
The Island
2010
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
2003
The Apostles
2014
Indiana Five Stars
2017
The Movie Story
1996
Sweet Summer Love
2013
To Love or Not to Love
2017
Gold Fingers
2001
Twilight Garden
2000
The Trouble-Makers
2003
My Romeo
2004
Maniacal Night
2001
Gao Xing
2009
The Unusual Youth
2005
Heart for Heaven
2015
Wonderful Friends
2016
The Cursed
2018
Color of Pain
2002
Good-for-Nothing Heros
2012
Juliet in Love
2000
The Loan Shark
2011
Chrysanthemum to the Beast
2012
The Marvellous Cook
2000
House No. 7
2018
Gods Must Be Juicy
2017
Fake Partner
2018
The Jade and the Pearl
2010
Love Contractually
2017
The Love Expert
2013
Undying Heart
2006
Break
2014
Looking for Mr. Perfect
2003
Billion Coward
2020
Graduation Journey
2017
Shining Moment
2017
Infernal Mission
2004
Linger
2008
Chosen 2
2020
Mr. Zheng
2022
My Baby Shot Me Down
2004
Doctor No…
2001
A Lifetime Treasure
2019
The Second Face
—
The Big Rescue
2018
72 Hours - Operation Gold
2023
Ultra Reinforcement
2012
Gods Must Be Juicy 2
2017
A Wind Cold Town
2007
The Extreme Fox
2013
The True Love
2014
La Historia Du Un Amor
2017
Whatever You Want
1994
A Busy Night
2016
Imprisoned II: There is No Escape from Fate
2023
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
2010
Chasing News
2019
The Miracle Box
2004
Everything Is Nothing
2012
Tian Jiang Heng Cai
2017
Summer of Fire
2018
Insistence
2012
Monkey King: Wushuang
2021
Town of the Dragon
2014
The Key to Destiny
2004
Diva: Ah Hey
2003
An Unposed Letter
2004
A Windfall Trap
2019
Fatal Heartbeat
2018
Where is the Money
2020
Chosen 2
2020
A Wedding or a Funeral
2004
Snow Falling From the Sky of June
2004
Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma!
2003
Gun Transit
2015
In Love With A Monster
—
Chosen 2
2020
Money Kills
2004
Sha Shou Gong Si
2018
Happy Partners
2017
Twinkle Stars
2003
Special Biological Research Sector
2016
My Fair Dad
2021
Ex Fighter
2014
If You Cherishes Me
2017
King of Gambler 2016
2016
Special Biological Research Sector 2
2016
Cop Unbowed
2004
The Secret of the President
2018
Tou Míng Qing Ren
2018
That Mr. Zhou
—
Boxer's Story
2004
Mo Zhan
2018
My Dear Elephant
2019
Mo Zhan 4
2018
Goddess Era
2016
Mo Zhan 2
2018
Pathological Hunter
2018
Bust Family
2004
Mo Zhan 3
2018