Lam Suet
Acting • Born 1964-07-08
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.
Filmography
318 credits
72 Tenants of Prosperity
Movie • 2010
Mr. Lam
Running Out of Time
Movie • 1999
Suet
Shinjuku Incident
Movie • 2009
Old Ghost
Sparrow
Movie • 2008
Lung
Monkey King: Wushuang
Movie • 2021
Sasori
Movie • 2009
Warden
Triangle
Movie • 2007
Fat Bo
Accident
Movie • 2009
Fatty
PTU
Movie • 2003
Sgt. Lo Sa
Breaking News
Movie • 2004
Yip
Triad Wars
Movie • 2008
Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
Kung Fu Hustle
Movie • 2004
Axe Gang Vice General
The Storm Warriors
Movie • 2009
Piggy King
Town of the Dragon
Movie • 2014
Third Brother
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell
Movie • 2023
Brother Big
Looking for Mr. Perfect
Movie • 2003
Bobby Chan
Vampire Hunters
Movie • 2003
Kung
Exiled
Movie • 2006
Fat
One Nite in Mongkok
Movie • 2004
Liu
The Longest Nite
Movie • 1998
Cafe Owner's Assistant
Turn Left, Turn Right
Movie • 2003
Restaurant Owner
Mad Detective
Movie • 2007
Fatso - Ko's Inner Personality
Dog Bite Dog
Movie • 2006
Fat Lam
Love on a Diet
Movie • 2001
Bun Man
Election 2
Movie • 2006
Big Head
All's Well End's Well Too 2010
Movie • 2010
His Excellency Wu Fa Da
Legend of the Brothers
Movie • 1991
Kwai
Eye in the Sky
Movie • 2007
Ng Tung / Fatman
Moving Targets
Movie • 2004
Fat Seven
All About Love
Movie • 2005
Ko's Colleague
Triple Tap
Movie • 2010
Mr Fong
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
Movie • 2010
Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin
Running Out of Time 2
Movie • 2001
Ken
Love for All Seasons
Movie • 2003
Fatty
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
Movie • 2002
May's Father
Needing You...
Movie • 2000
Martin
Help!!!
Movie • 2000
Dr. Andy
U-Man
Movie • 2002
Skinny
The Mission
Movie • 1999
James
The Story of My Son
Movie • 1990
Catering Service Man
Out of the Dark
Movie • 1995
Eatery Assistant
Just Another Pandora's Box
Movie • 2010
O Sim
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
Movie • 2009
Fat Lo
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission
Movie • 2003
Cheung Man Po
Election
Movie • 2005
Big Head
Gong Tau
Movie • 2007
Officer 'Brother' Sum
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Movie • 2011
John
Vengeance
Movie • 2009
Tsui
The Detective 2
Movie • 2011
Bulky (voice) (uncredited)
Resort Massacre
Movie • 2000
Joey
The Stewardess
Movie • 2002
Fatty
The Secret of the President
Movie • 2018
Proud and Confident
Movie • 1989
A Killer's Blues
Movie • 1989
Handsome Siblings
Movie • 1992
Whatever You Want
Movie • 1994
Private Eye
Killing Me Tenderly
Movie • 1997
Member of Su Kan's village
Adventurous Treasure Island
Movie • 1996
The Movie Story
Movie • 1996
Bloody Friday
Movie • 1996
Gorgeous
Movie • 1999
Bu's Father's Friend (uncredited)
The H.K. Triad
Movie • 1999
Vendor
Sunshine Cops
Movie • 1999
Roaring Wheels
Movie • 2000
Beach Spike
Movie • 2011
Water-Father
Turning Point 2
Movie • 2011
Kui Chuen
Color of Pain
Movie • 2002
Big Belly Wang
The Love Expert
Movie • 2013
Every Dog Has His Date
Movie • 2001
Fatty
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Movie • 2011
Chicken Devil
All's Well, Ends Well
Movie • 2012
Construction Worker
You Shoot, I Shoot
Movie • 2001
Fatty
Maniacal Night
Movie • 2001
If U Care...
Movie • 2002
Big Guy
Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
Movie • 2003
I Love Hong Kong 2011
Movie • 2011
Lost in Hong Kong
Movie • 2015
Triad Boss
Tactical Unit - The Code
Movie • 2008
Tong
Cop Unbowed
Movie • 2004
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
Movie • 2008
Fat Tong / Sgt Lam Tong
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
Movie • 2008
Sarge
Just One Look
Movie • 2002
My Troublesome Buddy
Movie • 2003
MBA Partners
Movie • 2016
Indiana Five Stars
Movie • 2017
Xue Ye
The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
Movie • 2011
Gui Fu
Just Another Margin
Movie • 2014
Fairy Tale Killer
Movie • 2012
Cheung Fai
The Land with No Boundary
Movie • 2011
Sleepless Fashion
Movie • 2011
Qin Feng
House No. 7
Movie • 2018
Vulgaria
Movie • 2012
Wah-tao
Drug War
Movie • 2012
Fatso
Twilight Garden
Movie • 2000
The Key to Destiny
Movie • 2004
A Wedding or a Funeral
Movie • 2004
Twinkle Stars
Movie • 2003
Bust Family
Movie • 2004
香老闆
Linger
Movie • 2008
Yan's Roomate
Million Dollar Crocodile
Movie • 2012
Big-Mouth Zhao
Gold Fingers
Movie • 2001
Undying Heart
Movie • 2006
Uncle Fat
Ultra Reinforcement
Movie • 2012
Everything Is Nothing
Movie • 2012
Snow Falling From the Sky of June
Movie • 2004
Money Kills
Movie • 2004
Hung
Juliet in Love
Movie • 2000
Fat Pang
The Second Face
Movie
Insistence
Movie • 2012
Father
To Love or Not to Love
Movie • 2017
Gao Xing
Movie • 2009
Gods Must Be Juicy
Movie • 2017
If You Cherishes Me
Movie • 2017
Graduation Journey
Movie • 2017
Happy Partners
Movie • 2017
Brother Sue
Pathological Hunter
Movie • 2018
Fatal Heartbeat
Movie • 2018
Fake Partner
Movie • 2018
Mo Zhan
Movie • 2018
Tian Jiang Heng Cai
Movie • 2017
Tou Míng Qing Ren
Movie • 2018
Doctor No…
Movie • 2001
Chosen 2
Movie • 2020
Gods Must Be Juicy 2
Movie • 2017
Chosen 2
Movie • 2020
Chosen 2
Movie • 2020
Special Biological Research Sector
Movie • 2016
Special Biological Research Sector 2
Movie • 2016
Sha Shou Gong Si
Movie • 2018
Summer of Fire
Movie • 2018
King of Gambler 2016
Movie • 2016
72 Hours - Operation Gold
Movie • 2023
My Baby Shot Me Down
Movie • 2004
Lam Kwok Keung
Mo Zhan 2
Movie • 2018
Mo Zhan 3
Movie • 2018
Mo Zhan 4
Movie • 2018
An Unposed Letter
Movie • 2004
Lamb Game
Movie • 2023
Feibo
To My Dearest Father
Movie • 2003
Poker King
Movie • 2009
Annoying Gambler
The Fortune Buddies
Movie • 2011
Martial monk
I Love Hong Kong 2012
Movie • 2012
Ex Fighter
Movie • 2014
A Wind Cold Town
Movie • 2007
Echoes of the Thunder
Movie • 2023
The Big Rescue
Movie • 2018
风水师
Blind Detective
Movie • 2013
Lee Tak Shing
In Love With A Monster
Movie
Tales from the Dark 1
Movie • 2013
Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods")
Live Hard
Movie • 1989
Love @ First Note
Movie • 2006
Lam Yu
The Blood Rules
Movie • 2000
Shoot
Chrysanthemum to the Beast
Movie • 2012
A Murder Erased
Movie • 2022
WAI
The Constable
Movie • 2013
Ah Wai
Rob N Roll
Movie • 2024
Fatty
Wonderful Friends
Movie • 2016
The Apostles
Movie • 2014
Motel Owner
Gun Transit
Movie • 2015
Iceman
Movie • 2014
Dang Wing-Gan
A Hero Never Dies
Movie • 1998
Jack's Man
Goodbye, Mr. Cool
Movie • 2001
Kong
The Odd One Dies
Movie • 1997
Mahjong Den's Customer
The Extreme Fox
Movie • 2013
Explosive City
Movie • 2004
Mendosa
The Midnight After
Movie • 2014
Suet
The Great Magician
Movie • 2011
Li Feng-jen
But Always
Movie • 2014
Uncle Ji
Sweet Summer Love
Movie • 2013
Director Zhu
Cop on a Mission
Movie • 2001
Ho
The God of Cookery
Movie • 1996
Fat Snow
Invisible Target
Movie • 2007
Loan Shark Cheng
Ocean Flame
Movie • 2008
Stick
Lifeline
Movie • 1997
Arsonist (uncredited)
Imprisoned II: There is No Escape from Fate
Movie • 2023
White Head
Divergence
Movie • 2005
Mou Wai Bun
I Did It My Way
Movie • 2023
Yuen Muk Yu
Vampire Vs. Vampire
Movie • 1989
Brother Thug
Infernal Mission
Movie • 2004
Shark Busters
Movie • 2002
Chan Ho Lung
Better and Better
Movie • 2013
Intruder
Movie • 1997
Cleaning River Entrance
Possessed
Movie • 2002
Lay Buddhist
The Marvellous Cook
Movie • 2000
Run Papa Run
Movie • 2008
Big Mouth
Boundless
Movie • 2013
Self
Diva: Ah Hey
Movie • 2003
Kam Hing Cheung
Simply Actors
Movie • 2007
Brother Pang
Fist Power
Movie • 2000
Fatty
Break War
Movie • 2024
Zhou Shiwen
Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal
Movie • 2015
Master Chef
Forest of Death
Movie • 2007
Commissioner Wong
Robbery
Movie • 2016
Convenience Store Boss
Goddess Era
Movie • 2016
Colour of the Loyalty
Movie • 2005
Sgt Mi (Rice)
Mr. Zheng
Movie • 2022
Badges of Fury
Movie • 2013
Taxi Driver
Saving Mr. Wu
Movie • 2015
Mr. Su
I'll Call You
Movie • 2006
Manny's Father
Trivisa
Movie • 2016
Boss Fong
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Movie • 1991
Wild Cat's Thug / Warden Sugiyama's body double
Crazy n' the City
Movie • 2005
Milk Powder Shoplifter
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Movie • 2014
John
The Lucky Guy
Movie • 1998
Tall Wai's Man
45 Days Lover
Movie • 2002
Mr. Wong
My Name Is Nobody
Movie • 2000
Gambler
Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Movie • 2015
Zhao Liren
My Kung Fu Sweetheart
Movie • 2006
Brother Wai
Good Take!
Movie • 2016
Beauty and the 7 Beasts
Movie • 2007
Sonny
Three
Movie • 2016
Fatty
Fulltime Killer
Movie • 2001
Fat Ice
Perfect Education 3
Movie • 2002
The Miracle Box
Movie • 2004
UPS Delivery Man
Break
Movie • 2014
钱东旭
My Romeo
Movie • 2004
Home Sweet Home
Movie • 2005
Lo Wai
Master Q 2001
Movie • 2001
Robber
Legendary Assassin
Movie • 2008
Fat Wing
2 Young
Movie • 2005
Good Times, Bed Times
Movie • 2003
Judge Chow
Love Contractually
Movie • 2017
Ye's father
Heart for Heaven
Movie • 2015
何大昌
House of the Invisibles
Movie • 2007
Fatty Chow
SDU: Sex Duties Unit
Movie • 2013
Robber
He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-In-Law
Movie • 1999
Fatty King
Love Under the Sun
Movie • 2003
Self
1:99 Shorts
Movie • 2003
(segment "Rhapsody")
Devil Face, Angel Heart
Movie • 2002
Kwan
Men Suddenly in Black
Movie • 2003
Sgt. Chan
The House That Never Dies II
Movie • 2017
军阀
Everyday is Valentine
Movie • 2001
Mr. Wu
Mr. Wai-Go
Movie • 1998
Colour of the Game
Movie • 2017
Slaughter
Happy Birthday
Movie • 2007
Orderly
Always Be with You
Movie • 2017
Jamie's Uncle
Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King
Movie • 1999
Ser's Thug
My Dad Is a Jerk
Movie • 1997
Tourist with Family Photographed by Cheo
Pay Back
Movie • 2013
Boxer's Story
Movie • 2004
Uncle Keun
Shining Moment
Movie • 2017
Yu Huihuan
A Better Tomorrow
Movie • 2018
Ha Ge
Fatal Contact
Movie • 2006
Soo
Crazy Stupid Thief
Movie • 2012
Cha Er Si
Agent Mr. Chan
Movie • 2018
Mr. Ma
A Gambler's Story
Movie • 2001
Landlord
A Busy Night
Movie • 2016
Wang Guoliang
Dancing Lion
Movie • 2007
Shopkeeper
Dynasty Warriors
Movie • 2021
Dong Zhuo
Papa Loves You
Movie • 2004
Inspector Lee
Sound of Colors
Movie • 2003
Hoi Yeuk's Father
Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma!
Movie • 2003
Internet Cafe Boss
The Jade and the Pearl
Movie • 2010
Tiger Chan
Where a Good Man Goes
Movie • 1999
Karl
Prison on Fire: Plaintive Destiny
Movie • 2001
Uncle Pui
Bad Blood
Movie • 2010
Peter Wong
The Trough
Movie • 2018
Bo The Nine Fingers
Hero of City
Movie • 2001
Sing Wah Chyun
The Cursed
Movie • 2018
Brother Awesome
The Trouble-Makers
Movie • 2003
Mr. Chow the Landlord
Missbehavior
Movie • 2019
Waiter
Jiang Hu
Movie • 2004
Fat Policeman Outside Toilet
A Lifetime Treasure
Movie • 2019
Rainy Cloud
A Home with a View
Movie • 2019
Butcher
My Dear Elephant
Movie • 2019
Wu Yen
Movie • 2001
Prime Minister
Ghost Office
Movie • 2001
Knife Lam (segment "A Horny Ghost")
Undercover Punch and Gun
Movie • 2019
Bob
Tactical Unit - Partners
Movie • 2009
Sarge
Brothers
Movie • 2007
The Rookies
Movie • 2019
Chief Chao
The Invincible Dragon
Movie • 2019
Uncle
Play with Strangers
Movie • 2000
Snow Yung
Kill Time
Movie • 2016
Zhang Hongmin
Chasing News
Movie • 2019
A Windfall Trap
Movie • 2019
Love on Delivery
Movie • 1994
Garbage Man
The Unusual Youth
Movie • 2005
La Historia Du Un Amor
Movie • 2017
Li Qingzhao
Mayday 3DNA
Movie • 2011
Womb Ghosts
Movie • 2010
Kwok Lok
The True Love
Movie • 2014
Ke Teng
Elixir of Love
Movie • 2004
Big Fish
Beauty on Duty
Movie • 2010
Fatty
2 Become 1
Movie • 2006
Police Sergeant
Expect the Unexpected
Movie • 1998
Robber
Loving You
Movie • 1995
(uncredited)
Nightmares in Precinct 7
Movie • 2001
Sai Keung
Good-for-Nothing Heros
Movie • 2012
Billion Coward
Movie • 2020
Police Chief
The Loan Shark
Movie • 2011
Tien San
The Island
Movie • 2010
Xue
Where is the Money
Movie • 2020
Liu Hongtu
Electrical Girl
Movie • 2001
Kau
My Fair Dad
Movie • 2021
Du Changyong
That Mr. Zhou
Movie
Infernal Storm
Movie • 2021
He Tianze
Time
Movie • 2021
Chung
Iceman: The Time Traveler
Movie • 2018
Deng Yungen
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Movie • 2022
Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
Dead End
Movie • 2001
A Man and A Woman
Movie • 2024
The Lychee Road
Movie • 2025
He Qiguang
One Wacky Summer
Movie • 2025
Yang Baoquan
Unusual Deal
Movie • 2025
Golden Boy
Movie • 2025
Lam Fung Chun
The Open Road
Movie • 2005
Legendary Divine Kung Fu
Movie • 2026
The Dragnet
TV • 2021
Chen Fu Sheng
Hong Kong West Side Stories
TV • 2019
Police Tactical Unit
TV • 2019
ICAC Investigators 2009
TV • 2009
Happy Mitan
TV • 2016
Long Ding Hai
Club Sparkle
TV • 2009
Happy Hunter
TV • 2020
SNL China
TV • 2018
Roast
TV • 2017
The Men of Justice
TV • 2010