Simon Yam

Acting · Born 1955-03-19 in Hong Kong, China

Biography

Simon Yam Tat-Wah (Chinese: 任達華) was born 19 March, 1955, is a veteran Hong Kong-based actor and film producer. He started off as a supermodel before becoming an actor in the mid 1970s. He then signed with the Hong Kong television network TVB, starring and co-starring in a number of television series prior to "apply his trades" in the film industry in 1987. His elder brother is Yam Tak-wing, a retired former Deputy Commissioner of Hong Kong Police In 1989, he starred in the Japanese-Hong Kong co-production of Fainaru Faito - Saigo no Ichigeki (1989). This was the first of its kind in which English was spoken throughout the entire film. In 1992, Yam gained critical acclaim for his role as the maniacal Judge in the crime film Hap do Ko Fei (1992), where he faced off in a bloody battle…

Filmography

• Contract Killer as Officer Chan
• Bullet in the Head as Luke / Lok
• SPL: Kill Zone as Detective Chan Kwok Chung
• Exiled as Boss Fay
• Ip Man as Zhou Qing Quan
• Election 2 as Lam Lok
• Ip Man 2 as Zhou Qing Quan
• Election as Lok
• Cold Eyes as Man in Suit
• Operation Red Sea as Newspaper Editor Alfred

TV

• The Dragnet as Xie A Rong
• The Good The Bad The Ugly
• The Dance of the Storm as Mu Chuan
• 東方茱麗葉 as Chu Xing
• The Smiling Proud Wanderer
• The Reincarnated Princess
• The Shell Game as 谭升
• Police Cadet as 韓彬
• The Return of the Condor Heroes as 耶律齊
• Behind Silk Curtains