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)
Long Ding Hai
2016
2009
2020
Chen Fu Sheng
2021
Axe Gang Vice General
2004
2018
2019
2019
Bu's Father's Friend
1999
Chicken Devil
2011
Dong Zhuo
2021
Lo Wai
2005
Wild Cat's Thug / Warden Sugiyama's body double
1991
Brother Thug
1989
Big Head
2005
Suet
1999
Old Ghost
2009
Eatery Assistant
1995
2009
Kung
2003
Garbage Man
1994
Fat
2006
Bo The Nine Fingers
2018
Tsui
2009
Fat Snow
1996
Loan Shark Cheng
2007
Stick
2008
Taxi Driver
2013
Chief Chao
2019
Tall Wai's Man
1998
Soo
2006
Milk Powder Shoplifter
2005
Fatso - Ko's Inner Personality
2007
Lung
2008
Fatty (Constable)
2016
James
1999
Wong Shu Chor / Fat Ball
2008
Fatso
2012
Zhao Liren
2015
Li Feng-jen
2011
Brother Big
2023
Uncle
2019
Fat Wing
2008
1992
2014
May's Father
2002
Peter Wong
2010
Kong
2001
Big Head
2006
Kau
2001
Fat Ice
2001
Yip
2004
Doctor (segment "Conversation in Depth")
2022
δ½ε―ε
2025
Fatty
2009
Bob
2019
Construction Worker
2012
Cafe Owner's Assistant
1998
Ng Tung / Fatman
2007
Sarge
2009
Deng Yungen
2018
O Sim
2010
Fat Policeman Outside Toilet
2004
Restaurant Owner
2003
Mr Fong
2010
Officer 'Brother' Sum
2007
Robber
2013
2025
Gui Fu
2011
Master Chef
2015
Liu
2004
Yuen Muk Yu
2023
Jack's Man
1998
Martin
2000
Fatty
2003
John
2011
Boss Fong
2016
Mou Wai-Bun
2005
Fatty
2010
Fat Bo
2007
Sarge
2008
Sgt. Lo Sa
2003
Hoi Yeuk's Father
2003
Water-Father
2011
Kwan
2002
Slaughter
2017
2002
Prime Minister
2001
Tong
2008
John
2014
Sgt. Chan
2003
Annoying Gambler
2009
Fat Lo
2009
Fatty
2000
Mr. Ma
2018
Ko's Colleague
2005
Robber
1998
Kui Chuen
2011
Mr. Su
2015
Suet
2014
Warden
2009
Brother Wai
2006
Fat Lam
2006
2007
Sgt Mi (Rice)
2005
Ho
2001
Big Mouth
2008
2014
Brother Pang
2007
Mahjong Den's Customer
1997
Lee Tak Shing
2013
Zhou Shiwen
2024
Arsonist (uncredited)
1997
Robber
2001
Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods")
2013
Kwok Lok
2010
Chung
2021
Fatty
2001
Ha Ge
2018
Bun Man
2001
Fat Tong / Sgt Lam Tong
2008
2005
He Tianze
2021
Knife Lam (segment "A Horny Ghost")
2001
Ye's father
2017
Karl
1999
Mendosa
2004
2011
Piggy King
2009
2002
Jamie's Uncle
2017
Sonny
2007
Shopkeeper
2007
Mr. Lam
2010
1996
Joey
2000
Convenience Store Boss
2016
Triad Boss
2015
Judge Chow
2003
Dr. Andy
2000
Kwai
1991
Commissioner Wong
2007
Fatty
2002
Fatty
2024
Skinny
2002
Police Chief
2020
Fatty King
1999
2021
1998
Butcher
2019
Brother Awesome
2018
Shoot
2000
Big Fish
2004
Mr. Chow the Landlord
2003
Ken
2001
1989
Inspector Lee
2004
2013
Ke Teng
2014
Self
2013
Sing Wah Chyun
2001
Police Sergeant
2006
2016
Wah-tao
2012
Member of Su Kan's village
1997
1989
Fatty
2001
Feibo
2023
2013
Cleaning River Entrance
1997
Mr. Wu
2001
Qin Feng
2011
Waiter
2019
Cheung Fai
2012
Zhang Hongmin
2016
WAI
2022
Self
2003
2014
Gambler
2000
Tien San
2011
2017
ει
2017
Cheung Man Po
2003
1995
1989
2013
Director Zhu
2013
Private Eye
1994
Big-Mouth Zhao
2012
2012
Sai Keung
2001
Xue Ye
2017
Orderly
2007
1999
Ah Wai
2013
Bulky (voice) (uncredited)
2011
2003
Chan Ho Lung
2002
2011
Tourist with Family Photographed by Cheo
1997
White Head
2023
Lam Yu
2006
1996
2006
2017
1)
2003
2011
His Excellency Wu Fa Da
2010
2005
Du Changyong
2021
Big Guy
2002
Xue
2010
2019
Snow Yung
2000
Uncle Pui
2001
He Dachang
2015
Li Qingzhao
2017
2016
2003
Fat Pang
2000
Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin
2010
Vendor
1999
Mr. Wong
2002
2009
2004
Lay Buddhist
2002
2023
ι±δΈζ
2014
Ser's Thug
1999
2012
2024
2011
Motel Owner
2014
2012
2020
Landlord
2001
Manny's Father
2006
2001
Kam Hing Cheung
2003
Fatty Chow
2007
Catering Service Man
1990
Liu Hongtu
2020
2018
2019
2025
2018
2004
2012
1996
Yu Huihuan
2017
2018
Fat Seven
2004
2000
2001
2018
Hung
2004
2000
2017
Tiger Chan
2010
2018
2012
2003
Rainy Cloud
2019
2002
2014
2023
Lam Kwok Keung
2004
2017
2012
2000
2015
2018
2007
Internet Cafe Boss
2003
2001
2018
2013
Wang Guoliang
2016
Bobby Chan
2003
2013
2017
UPS Delivery Man
2004
2018
2004
2017
2018
2004
2018
2016
2004
ι¦θι
2004
Uncle Keun
2004
2016
2004
Yan's Roomate
2008
2016
2001
2004
2022
2018
2020
2018
Cha Er Si
2012
2020
2003
Third Brother
2014
2017
2018
2019
2016
2016
