Dominic Lam
Hong Kong actor
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Dominic Lam Kar-wah (Chinese: 林嘉華; born 2 April 1957) is a Hong Kong-Canadian actor and radio personality for Fairchild Radio in Richmond Hill, Canada. His acting career spans four decades, beginning with his television series debut in Crocodile Tears (1978).
St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School (Junior School)
Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School (Senior School)
Dominic Lam Kar-wah 林嘉華 | |||||||
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| Born | 2 April 1957 | ||||||
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese Primary School St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School (Junior School) Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School (Senior School) | ||||||
| Occupations | actor, radio personality, television host | ||||||
| Spouse | Jumbo Lau Po-chun (劉寶珍) | ||||||
| Children | Jefford Lam Ching-fung (林政峰) | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 林嘉華 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林嘉华 | ||||||
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Biography
Acting career
Lam was part of the first graduating class of the Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School in 1974. He then joined the Hong Kong Police Training School and worked as a police officer for five years.[1] He hosted the television program Junior Police Call produced jointly by the Hong Kong Police Force and RTHK.[2][3] Under the recommendation of producer Johnny Mak, Lam quitted the police to join Rediffusion Television and made his acting debut in Crocodile Tears (鱷魚淚).[4] In 1980, Lam joined TVB. He made his film debut in the 1981 film No U-turn. Lam played various supporting roles in drama series and hosted several television programs until 1988 when he emigrated to Canada.
In 2006, Lam returned to Hong Kong and filmed the police drama On the First Beat. He has since starred in several popular television series such as Men Don't Cry (2007), The Money-Maker Recipe (2008), The Four (2008), and E.U. (2009). In 2010, Lam was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the TVB Anniversary Awards for his performance in A Fistful of Stances. He starred as the antagonist Cheung Gwan in the 2014 crime series The Borderline produced by Hong Kong Television Network. He starred in the 2017 family drama The Tofu War. In 2019, he was cast in the action crime series Flying Tiger 2, playing the role of Au-yeung Ching, a businessman who runs an underground crime syndicate.[5] In 2020, he played the role of Yuen Chun, the father of Madam Yuen in the crime thriller Brutally Young.[6]
Personal life
In February 2018, Lam revealed the secret of getting along with his wife in an interview. He said that no matter how many years they have been married, he will always treat his wife as a girlfriend. The couple should not be tolerant when getting along with each other, but should work together to adjust to any shortcomings and living habits.
In the 1980s, in order to provide his son, Jefford Lam Ching-fung, with a better growth and education environment, he suspended his career development in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada with his family. My son runs a fashion online shopping platform in Canada. He is responsible for photography and writing to introduce the products. He also opened an environmentally friendly clothing company that prints T-shirts using mineral and plant natural dyes.[7] Since 2020, due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Lam chose to live in Canada permanently to accompany his family.
Radio show
After his immigration to Toronto in 1988, he began hosting the Cantonese lifestyle radio program "Lam Ka Wah Carnival" on CHKT operated by Fairchild Media. The radio show broadcasts every weekday. He hosted the show remotely when he returned to Hong Kong for filming.
Filmography
TV series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Crocodile Tears 鱷魚淚 | 呂文釗 | ATV Series |
| 巨星 | 凌四海 | ATV Series | |
| 1979 | Chameleon II 新變色龍 | 郭建華 | ATV Series |
| 1980 | The Family 勢不兩立 | ||
| 新CID | |||
| Five Easy Pieces 輪流傳 | 姜兆熙 | ||
| Fat Yin Won 發現灣 | |||
| The Bund II 上海灘續集 | 郭鎮昌 | ||
| 1981 | No One is Innocent 逐個捉 | 戴馬素 | |
| My Little Darling 荳芽夢 | |||
| The Road to Success 他的一生 | |||
| 1982 | Fool's Paradise 假日風情 | ||
| 將軍抽車 | |||
| 1983 | 鴨仔里春光 | ||
| 1987 | Police Cadet '88 新紮師兄1988 | 程君澤 | |
| 1988 | And Yet We Live 當代男兒 | 程家勇 | |
| 1990 | Priceless Adventure 香港蛙人 | Peter | |
| Cherished Moments 回到未嫁時 | Lung Fei 龍飛 | ||
| Rain in the Heart 成功路上 | 張順品 | ||
| 1991 | Rainbow 漂白英雄 | 關世傑 | |
| 1993 | Man of Wisdom 金牙大狀 | 倪鐵樑 | |
| The Link 天倫 | Lam Ka Dat 林家達 | ||
| 1994 | The Ching Emperor 天子屠龍 | ||
| File of Justice III 壹號皇庭III | 程大志 | ||
| Legend of the Condor Heroes | Yeung Ti Sum 楊鐵心 | ||
| Crime and Passion 新重案傳真 | 馬兆軍 | ||
| 1995 | Down Memory Lane 萬里長情 | 黃水 | |
| 1996 | Ancient Heroes 隋唐群英會 | 虬髯客 | |
| 2007 | Men Don't Cry | Wong Fei-hung | Nominated - My Favourite Male Character (Top 24) |
| On The First Beat | Wu Cheuk-yan | ||
| 2008 | The Money-Maker Recipe | Ting Shiu-king | |
| The Four | Chukot Ching-ngor | ||
| 2009 | E.U. | Wu Cheuk-yan | |
| In the Chamber of Bliss | Mok Yik-tin | Nominated - Best Supporting Actor (Top 15) | |
| 2010 | A Fistful of Stances | Wing Tak | Nominated - Best Supporting Actor (Top 5) |
| Beauty Knows No Pain | Chin Kwong-lung | ||
| Growing Through Life | Chung Kin-shing | ||
| 2011 | Grace Under Fire | Lui Kong | |
| 2012 | Tiger Cubs | Leung Yat-fung | |
| 2014 | The Borderline | Cheung Gwan | |
| 2015 | Incredible Mama | Sir Luk Gwan-chong | |
| Karma | Lam Kwok-leung | ||
| IPCC Files 2015 | |||
| Night Shift | Bao Kuk | ||
| Paranormal Mind | |||
| Elite Brigade III | [8] | ||
| 2016 | Infernal Affairs | ||
| 2017 | The Tofu War | ||
| OCTB | |||
| 2018 | Another Era | Martin | |
| Shadow of Justice | 康嘉良 / 康 Sir | ||
| 2019 | Flying Tiger 2 | Au-yeung Ching | |
| 2020 | Brutally Young | 阮進 | |
| 2025 | Prism Breaker | 戴祖福 |
Film
The following is a list of films for Dominic Lam.[9][10]
- No U-Turn (1981)
- Mr. Mistress (1988)
- Malevolent Mate (1993)
- Unclassified File (1994)
- Century Hero (1999)
- Dog Bite Dog (2006)
- Invisible Target (2007)
- Look for a Star (2009)
- Overheard (2009)
- Team Miracle: We Will Rock You (2009)
- Let's Go! (film) (2011)
- That Demon Within (2014)
- Overheard 3 (2014)
- SPL II: A Time For Consequences (2015)
- Heartfall Arises (2016)
- The Leaker (2018)
- Big Brother (2018)
- Project Gutenberg (2018)
- Distinction (2018)
- Fatal Visit (2019)
- Iron Fist (2019)
Documentary
- Dragon Since 1973 (2002)