Gilbert Lam

Gilbert Lam Wai Sun
Chinese name 林韋辰 (traditional)
Chinese name 林韦辰 (simplified)
Pinyin lín wéi chén (Mandarin)
Jyutping lam2 wai2 saan2 (Cantonese)
Birth name Lam Wai San
Ancestry Guangdong, China
Origin Hong Kong
Born (1962-07-06) 6 July 1962
Hong Kong
Occupation Actor
Years active 1987 – present
Partner(s) Coffee Lu

Gilbert Lam Wai San is a Hong Kong actor formerly with TVB and ATV actor[1]

Career

Gilbert Lam joined TVB's actor training course in 1985, however, he failed to gain an artist contract with TVB. In 1990 he went to Malaysia, appearing in some TV dramas, and became popular in Malaysia. In 1995 he returned to Hong Kong joining ATV. He became well known for his roles in several ATV dramas, including The Good Old Days (1996), Interpol (1997) and The Mad Phoenix (1999).

Lam joined TVB in 2001, but was unable to land leading roles; in 2004 he returned to ATV. When ATV stopped production of TV dramas, Lam and fellow actors no longer had a role at the station, and he was left with occasionally hosting light entertainment shows.

In 2013 he decided to leave ATV, going north to be cast in mainland Chinese productions.

Filmography

Year Title Role
1989 Looking Back in Anger
1990 Lung Fung Restaurant
1992 The Greed of Man Michael
Hard Boiled
Satanic Crystals
1994–2000 Hong Kong Today
1996 The Good Old Days
1997 The Year of Chameleon
2002 Where the Legend Begins Yang Xiu
Burning Flame II Tong Lai
2003 The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow Shum Yat-lai
2004 Angels of Mission Yeung Siu-fung
The Conqueror's Story Chan Ping
To Catch the Uncatchable
2005 Doomed to Oblivion
Central Affairs
2006 Greed Mask
Placebo Cure
2006–2007 Facts
2008 When East Meets West
Horrifying Zone
2009 Happy Family 2009
Here Comes The Mammon

References



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