Simon Yam
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
In 2000, Yam starred as Cheung-sun, the progenitor of all vampires, in the television series Ngo Wo Geun See Yau Gor Yue Wui II (2000), produced by ATV. In 2003, Yam made his Hollywood film debut in Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life (2003) as Shaolin crime lord.
Yam received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival hits and box offices such as Chik Loh Goh Yeung (1992), Saat Po Long (2005), Hak Se Wooi (2005), Hak Se Wui: Yi Woo Wai Kwai (2006), Fong Juk (2006), Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life (2003), Dodookdeul (2012).
In 2019 in the city of Zhongshan, during a China promotional event, Simon Yam was assaulted by an attacker who stabbed him in the chest and slashed his arms. The security guards arrested the attacker and Simon Yam was taken to the hospital until he made a full recovery.
Born
Mar 19, 1955
Hong Kong, China
Known For
Acting
Movies
261 acting
4 crew
Popularity
2.8
Known For
The Mission
1999
as Frank
Ip Man
2008
as Zhou Qing Quan
Operation Red Sea
2018
as Newspaper Editor Alfred
The Thieves
2012
as Chen
Election
2005
as Lok
SPL: Kill Zone
2005
as Detective Chan Kwok Chung
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
2015
as Chan Kwok-Wah
Raging Fire
2021
as SACP Lok
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Chen Lo
Bodyguards and Assassins
2009
as General Fang Tian
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