Chinese name 任達華 (traditional) Name Simon Yam Siblings Peter Yam Tat-Wing Years active 1977–present Children Ella Yam | Pinyin Parents Yam Kam-Kau Chinese name 任达华 (simplified) Role Actor | |
Jyutping Jam6 Daat6-wa4 (Cantonese) Born 19 March 1955 (age 70) Hong Kong ( 1955-03-19 ) Spouse Qi Qi (m. 1997), Ho Sui-yi (m. 1981–1986) Movies Similar People Qi Qi, Charlene Choi, Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Lam Suet | ||
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Simon Yam (born 19 March 1955), also known as Yam Tat-wah (Chinese: 任達華), is a veteran Hong Kong-based actor and film producer. He received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival hits and box offices such as Naked Killer, SPL (a.k.a. Kill Zone), Election, Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election), Exiled, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, The Thieves.
Contents
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- Background
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- Filmography
- References
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Background
Yam started off as a model 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.
Career
In 1989, he starred in the Japanese-Hong Kong co-production of Bloodfight. 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 Full Contact, where he faced off in a bloody battle against Chow Yun-fat's character. In 1993, he starred as "Dhalsim" in the action-comedy film Future Cops, a parody of Street Fighter directed by Wong Jing. In 1996, Yam began his role as Chiang Tin-Sung, the leader of the Hung Hing triads in the first three instalments of the Young and Dangerous film series.
In 2000, Yam starred as Cheung San, the progenitor of all vampires, in the television series My Date with a Vampire II, produced by ATV. In 2003, Yam made his Hollywood film debut in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life as Shaolin crime lord.
In 2013, Yam directed his first film, as part of the Hong Kong portmaneau horror film Tales from the Dark 1.
Personal life
Yam is married to Sophia Kao, known as Qi Qi, an international model. Born in Shanghai, but raised in Austria, Kao is a spokesperson for SKII. They have a daughter, Ella.
Awards and nominations
Hong Kong Film Awards
(6 Best Actor Nominations, 4 Best Supporting Actor Nominations)
Golden Horse Awards
Golden Bauhinia Awards
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Filmography
Actor
2023
The Goldfinger
2023
I Did It My Way as
Zhong Jinming
2023
The Man's Secret as
Dugu
2023
Death Notice as
Officer Tsang
2023
The Comeback as
Uncle Hua
2023
Cyber Heist
2022
Deliverance as
Joseph Fan
2022
A Light Never Goes Out as
Bill
2022
Back to Earth as
Zheng Guo Hui
2022
A Murder Erased
2022
Man on the Edge as
Lam Yiu-Cheong
2022
Man's Creed
2021
Fireflies in the Sun as
Zhang Zhengyi
2021
Raging Fire as
Lok Chi-Fai
2021
The Dragnet (TV Series) as
A Rong Xie
2021
Xing jing zhi hai wai xing dong (TV Series)
2020
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2019
Ao Men Ren Jia (TV Series)
2019
Blade Breaking Ice
2019
My People, My Country as
Brother Hua (as Dahua Ren)
2019
Little Q as
Li Baoting
2019
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch as
Inspector Lee Keung
2019
The Thunder (TV Series) as
Zhao Jialiang
2019
Change of Gangster
2019
The Human Comedy as
Ba Ye
2018
Iceman: The Time Traveller
2018
Da hong zha as
Air Defense Comander
2018
House of the Rising Sons as
Kin's Father
2018
A or B as
Zeng Guangwen
2018
Magic City (TV Series) as
Xiao Hai Sheng
2018
Operation Red Sea as
Newspaper editor Alfred (as Ren Dahua)
2018
Ngo dik ching dik nui sai as
Simon Leung
2017
72 Floors of Mystery (TV Series) as
Simon Yam
2017
Eternal Wave as
Qin Feng Wu
2017
S.M.A.R.T. Chase as
Mach Ren
2017
Colour of the Game as
Wah
2017
Legend of the Naga Pearls as
Xuelie
2017
Father and Son as
OK Ge
2016
Mrs K as
Scarface
2016
Rent Momey (Video short)
2016
The Tenants Downstairs as
The Landlord / Chang Jiajun
2016
Phantom of the Theatre as
Gu Ming Shan
2016
Zhen xiang jin qu
2015
Magic Card
2015
Ulterior Motive
2015
Wild City as
Wong
2015
Detective Gui as
Doctor Cai - Cai Chun'an
2015
Kill Zone 2 as
Chan Kwok-Wah
2015
Two Thumbs Up as
Chow Tai Po
2015
Chu ji as
Kam Ho-Yin
2015
12 Golden Ducks as
King Sum
2014
Sara as
Kam Ho Yin
2014
Iceman
2014
The Midnight After as
Fat
2014
As the Light Goes Out as
Principal Fireman - Lee Pui-to
2013
Control as
Tiger
2013
A Chilling Cosplay
2013
The Constable as
Lam Kwok Kuen
2013
Tales from the Dark 1 as
Kwan Fu-Keung (segment "Stolen Goods")
2013
Man of Tai Chi as
Superintendent Wong
2013
Cold Eyes as
Suspect (Cameo)
2013
7 Assassins as
Laohu
2013
Games of Clouds & Rain as
Lao Sheng
2012
Ripples of Desire as
Hai Yuan
2012
The Cross as
Leonard
2012
The Thieves as
Chen
2012
Passion Island as
Simon
2012
Design of Death as
Yi Sheng
2012
Nightfall as
Lam Ching Chung
2011
Coming Back as
Li Zhenmu
2011
Beginning of the Great Revival as
Zhang Jian
2011
The Man Behind the Courtyard House as
Chen Zhihui
2011
The Blood Bond as
Lompoc
2010
Midnight Beating as
Gu Zhensheng
2010
All About Love as
Customer at sandwich bar (uncredited)
2010
Ip Man 2 as
Chow Ching-Chuen
2010
Echoes of the Rainbow as
Mr. Law
2010
King of Triads as
Funky
2010
Black Ransom as
Brother Mann
2009
Tactical Unit - Partners (Video)
2009
Bodyguards and Assassins as
General Fang Tian
2009
The Storm Warriors as
Lord Godless
2009
Vengeance as
George Fung
2009
Night and Fog as
Lee Sam
2009
Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms as
Sam
2008
Tactical Unit - Human Nature (Video) as
Sam
2008
Tactical Unit - No Way Out (Video)
2008
Ip Man as
Quan
2008
Ballistic as
Sun
2008
Sasori as
Corpse Collector
2008
Ocean Flame as
Detective Zhang
2008
Tactical Unit - The Code (Video) as
Lee Wing Sam
2008
Triad Wars as
Lin Ho Tung
2008
Sparrow as
Kei
2007
Exodus as
Tsim Kin-Yip
2007
Triangle as
Lee Bo Sam
2007
Eye in the Sky as
Sergeant Wong Man-chin / 'Dog Head'
2006
Tokyo Juliet (TV Series) as
Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 17 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 16 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 15 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 14 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 13 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 12 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 11 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 10 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 9 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 8 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 7 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 6 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 5 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 4 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 3 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 2 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
- Chapter 1 (2006) - Chu-Hsing
2006
Exiled as
Boss Fay
2006
Universal Travel - Simon Yam (Video short)
2006
Election 2 as
Lok
2005
Dragon Heat as
Commander Hon Sun
2005
Kill Zone as
Chan Kwok Chung
2005
Mob Sister as
Chance
2005
The Unusual Youth as
Superintendent (uncredited)
2005
Election as
Lok
2004
Bau lit do see as
Chi-Shing Cheung
2004
Wake of Death as
Sun Quan
2004
Breaking News as
CK Wong
2004
Moving Targets as
Officer Cheung Tit-Man
2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as
Chen Lo
2003
Looking for Mister Perfect as
Poon
2003
PTU as
Sergeant Mike Ho
2002
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts as
Ben
2002
Partners as
Kwan Yeung
2001
Fulltime Killer as
Albert Lee
2001
Midnight Fly as
Dr. Tong
2001
Final Romance
2000
Deathnet.com
2000
Cold War as
Ka Kui
2000
Wong Gok dik tin hung 3: Jung gik bin yuen as
Po Chun
2000
Ngo wo geun see yau gor yue wui II (TV Series) as
Cheung-sun
2000
Horoscope II: The Woman from Hell as
Simon
2000
Gui ming mo as
Leon
2000
Juliet in Love as
N.T. On
1999
The Legend of Speed as
Tang Fung
1999
The Mission as
Frank
1999
Wu ting
1999
San giu cheung yee sang as
Dr. Greg Fong
1998
Operation Billionaire as
Cheung Chi-Keung
1998
The Suspect as
Chan Hung / Dante Aquino
1998
Expect the Unexpected as
Ken
1998
Casino
1998
Hitman as
Officer Chan Kwan
1996
The King of Robbery as
Chan Sing
1996
Bloody Friday as
Officer Ko
1996
Jin bang ti ming as
Magic Lamp
1996
Young and Dangerous 3 as
Chiang Tin-Sung
1996
All of a Sudden as
Tsui Chin-Tung
1996
Street Angels as
Walkie Pi
1996
Pointed Triangle as
An Di
1996
Young and Dangerous 2 as
Chiang Tin-Sung (as Simon Yan)
1996
Scarred Memory as
Lee Yuen-Lung
1996
Young and Dangerous as
Chiang Tin-Sung (Guest star) (as Mr. Yam Tat Wah)
1995
Jiu wen long de huang yan as
Lung
1995
Kuang qing sha shou as
Ma Liu Luk
1995
Zhen han xing chou wen as
Lui Chun-Ying
1995
Love, Guns and Glass as
Yung Siu-Wing
1995
Legendary Couple as
Ko Tin-Lap
1995
Gao bie you qing tian
1995
Ghostly Bus as
Michael
1995
Man Wanted as
Lok Man Hwa
1995
Passion 1995 as
Dick Wong
1995
Twist as
John Yam Ka-Wah
1994
The True Hero as
Cheung Chi-Wing
1994
Awakening as
Lam Cho-Wen
1994
The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai as
Chan Yiu-Hing
1994
Drunken Master III as
Gay Man on Bus
1994
Crystal Fortune Run as
Kwong
1994
Cuo ai as
Benny
1993
A Day Without Policeman as
Chan Wai
1993
The Incorruptible as
Cheng Wah
1993
Warriors: The Black Panther as
Ching Yan
1993
The Prince of Portland Street as
Pao
1993
The Final Judgement as
Au Ping-Keung
1993
Future Cops as
Ah-Sing / Dhalsim
1993
Holy Weapon as
Super Sword (as Tat-Wah Yam)
1993
Leung seung ching yuen as
Cheung Wai-Lum
1993
Naked Killer 2 as
Tso Tat Wah
1993
Love Among the Triad as
Ching Kit
1993
Rose Rose I Love You as
Mr. Mickey
1993
Insanity as
Tang Sau
1993
Run and Kill as
Ching Fung
1993
First Shot as
Sam Mok
1993
Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You as
Fred Suen
1993
Guns & Roses as
Fa Chin
1992
Hard to Kill as
Cameo
1992
The Night Rider as
Tommy
1992
Naked Killer as
Tinam
1992
Friday Gigolo as
Donald
1992
Dr. Lamb as
Lam Gor-Yu
1992
Huang Fei Hong xiao zhuan as
Leung Foon
1992
Full Contact as
Judge
1992
Gun & Rose as
Simon Lung
1992
Cash on Delivery as
Simon Yip (as Dahua Ren)
1992
Gigolo and Whore II as
Jack
1992
Powerful Four as
Lui Kit (as Simon Yau)
1991
The Banquet as
The Gigolo
1991
The Good, the Bad and the Bandit
1991
Sea Wolves as
John Lam
1991
Black Cat as
Brian
1991
Gigolo and Whore as
Sam
1991
The Great Pretenders as
Yam Sai Sung
1991
The Plot as
Kwanty
1991
Biu je, nei fan ye! as
Fun Hon-Hwa
1991
Deadly Deal
1990
Doctor's Heart as
Lawrence Chu
1990
Bullet for Hire as
Han
1990
Hong Kong Gigolo as
David Lee Kwok-wai
1990
The Cyprus Tigers as
Ricky
1990
Queen's High as
Chung
1990
Bullet in the Head as
Luke / Lok
1990
A Killer's Romance as
'Jeffrey' Yo
1990
Return Engagement as
Li Pang
1990
Tu ying dang an as
Lion
1990
Fatal Termination as
Jimmy Li
1989
Story of the Sword and the Sabre
1989
Fu lu shuang xing
1989
Shadow of China as
Po Kok
1989
Da nan ren xiao zhuan as
Joseph's boss (Guest star)
1989
Framed as
Cheung Kai-Wah
1989
Live Hard as
Hui Tat-Ming
1989
Fainaru faito - Saigo no ichigeki as
Ryu Tenmei (as Yam Tat Wah)
1989
Miracles: The Canton Godfather as
Policeman
1989
The Wild Ones as
John
1989
Burning Ambition as
Tat-Hwa
1989
Final Run as
Yan Yu-Yiang
1989
Chinese Cop Out
1989
Four Loves as
Peter
1989
Mr. Coconut as
Timothy Hui (as Yan Tat Wah)
1988
Human Sentiment Law (as Te-Hua Ren)
1988
Yin jian xiang ma, Chui gu chui
1988
Mistaken Identity as
Chow Tak-Kan / Chow Man-Heng
1988
Women's Prison as
Wayne Lau - Kelly's husband (as Simon Lau)
1988
The Green Trees as
Hsiao
1988
Tiger Cage as
Insp. Michael Huang
1988
Burning Snow as
Wah / Fugitive
1987
The Big Brother
1987
Gui hua xiang
1987
Buk dau chin fung (TV Series)
1986
The New Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre (TV Series) as
Cheung Choi San
1986
Goodbye Mammie as
Chang
1986
Tongs: A Chinatown Story as
Mickey Lee
1985
Police Cadet II (TV Series) as
Hon Bun
1985
Lui Sei Leung (TV Series)
1984
Siu mo kong wu (TV Series) as
Lan Jink-fung
1984
Pin fok chun kei (TV Series) as
Yuan Chui-wan
1984
Chau gun (TV Series) as
Chan Siu-bak
1984
Gui zhan as
Tang
1983
The Return of the Condor Heroes (TV Series) as
Yealu Chaik
1983
Angels and Devils (TV Series)
1983
Mission to Kill
1982
He Lives by Night as
Lousy Wong
1982
Leng xue hong fan
1981
Payuk Rai 6 Paek Din as
David
1981
Chin wong kwun ying wui (TV Series) as
Tam Sing
1981
Meng long fu xing
1981
The Informer
1980
Chin wong chi wong (TV Series) as
Tam Sing
1980
The Informer
1980
The Brothers (TV Series) as
Sek Wing Hei
1979
House of the Lute as
Shek / Gardener
1979
Mong chung yan (TV Series) as
Ho Chun
1979
Meng zai Sha mei miao zhen tan
1979
Fa qiong e
1979
Law Don
1978
Da qiang te chang
1977
Chu shu
1977
Ru ce
1977
Ga bin (TV Series) as
Lok Wah
Producer
2023
The Comeback (executive producer)
2008
Ocean Flame (producer)
Director
2013
Tales from the Dark 1 (segment "Stolen Goods")
Self
2021
Mid-Autumn Festival Concert in the Greater Bay Area (Video) as
Self
2019
CNBC Meets (TV Series documentary) as
Featuring Guest
- Defining values: Simon Yam (2019) - Featuring Guest
2013
Boundless (Documentary) as
Self
2011
Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong (Documentary) as
Self
2010
Johnnie Got His Gun! (Documentary) as
Self
2008
World Film Report (TV Series) as
Self
- Gan shou yi zheng yi xie de Ren Dahua (2008) - Self
2006
SPL: Sha po lang - Polar Martial (Video documentary short) as
Self
2001
Hong Kong Superstars (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1994
Cinema of Vengeance (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2020
Tales of Chinese Filmmakers (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Cao Yu: Guang Ying Tong Ling Zhe (2020) - Self
1988
Top Team Force as
David
References
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