Gordon Lam

Gordon Lam
Chinese name	林家棟
Chinese name	林家棟 (Traditional)
Chinese name	林家栋 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Lín Jiādòng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	lam4 ga1 dung6 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Gordon Lam Ka-Tung
Ancestry	Taishan, Guangdong, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	21 September 1967 (1967-09-21) (age 44) Hong Kong
Occupation	actor
Genre(s)	Cinema of Hong Kong
Years active	1988 - present
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film 2011 Gallants Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Film 2010 Gallants TVB Anniversary Awards Best On-Screen Couple 1997 Time Before Time My Favourite Television Character 2000 Plain Love II

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lam.

Gordon Lam Ka-tung is a Hong Kong actor known for his supporting roles in films from the likes of Andrew Lau to Johnnie To.

Career

Lam graduated from TVB's 15th Artist Training Class in 1988. For the next seven to eight years, he was no more than an extra in most television productions. It wasn't until Lam's impersonation of Jacky Cheung that he began to catch the attention of Hong Kong audiences.

Lam was soon offered more supporting roles and the first TV series he starred in, Time Before Time, was one of the most popular serials of 1997. He has had the opportunity to appear in films as well, with small roles in Gen-X Cops (1999), The Kid (1999) and Infernal Affairs (2002).

Filmography

Films

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1992	Hero of the Beggars
1994	The Modern Love
1995	Daze Raper
	Fatal Assignment
1996	Hong Kong Showgirls
	The Eighth
1997	Up for the Rising Sun
1999	The Kid
	Gen-X Cops
2000	Deathnet.com
2001	Love Me, Love My Money
	Dance of a Dream		Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002	Infernal Affairs
2003	Infernal Affairs III
	Transfiguration of Life
	Twilight Tubes Part III
2004	A World Without Thieves
	Yesterday Once More
	Jiang Hu
	A-1
2005	Election
	Wait 'Til You're Older
	Bar Paradise
2006	Super Kid
	I'll Call You
	Election 2
	Rob-B-Hood
	2 Become 1
	My Mother is a Belly Dancer
	Exiled
2007	Brothers
	Triangle
	Exodus
	Hooked on You
	Mad Detective
	Who's Next
	Beauty and the 7 Beasts
	Two Stupid Eggs
2008	Sparrow
	Chaos
	Ip Man		Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Ballistic
	Tactical Unit: Human Nature
2009	The First 7th Night
	Vengeance
2010	72 Tenants of Prosperity
	The Child's Eye
2011	Let's Go!

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Producer

Year	Title	Awards
2010	Gallants	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Won - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Film

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1988	The Saga of the Lost Kingdom	Soldier
	Twilight of a Nation	Soldier
1989	Greed
	Two of a Kind
	The Justice of Life
	The Final Combat	Guard
	Song Bird
1990	Blood of Good and Evil
	Beyond Trust
	Where I Belong
	The Challenge of Life
	Cherished Moments
1991	The Confidence Men
	Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea
	Yuppies on the Move
	Live for Life
	A Life of His Trust
	Thief of Honor
	The Big Family
1992	Tales from Beyond
	The Greed of Man
	The Key Man
	Source of Evil
	The Change of Time
	Files of Justice
1993	The Legendary Ranger
	The Yang's Women Warriors
	The Hero from Shanghai
	The Edge of Rightiousness
	Man of Wisdom	A Suspect
	The Mystery of the Condor Hero	Chu Tsi-lau
1994	Gentle Reflections
	Shades of Darkness
	The Ching Emperor
	The Intangible Truth
	Love is Blind
	ICAC Investigators 1994
	The Master of Martial Arts
	Filthy Rich
	The Condor Heroes Return
	The Legend of the Condor Heroes
	Files of Justice III
	Good Morning Sir
	Instinct
1995	Debts of a Lifetime
	Down Memory Lane
	A Good Match From Heaven
	Detective Investigation Files Series II
	From Act to Act
1996	Ambition
	The Bund (TVB)
	Mutual Affection
1997	A Recipe for the Heart
	Weapons of Power
	Show Time Blues
	Time Before Time	Luk Wan-kwong / Hui Dai-kwong	Won - TVB Anniversary Award for Best On-screen Couple Nomianted - TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor
	The Disappearance
1998	A Measure of Love
	Simply Ordinary
	Old Time Buddy - To Catch a Thief
1999	Road to Eternity
	Plain Love II	Fong Yau-wai	Won - TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Television Character
2000	The Legendary Four Aces
	Crimson Sabre
2001	Reaching Out
	Country Spirit

References

1. ^ "Gordon Lam". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482628/. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
2. ^ "Gordon Lam". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Gordon%20Lam.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 

External links

• Gordon Lam at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Lam, Ka-Tung
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Date of birth	September 21, 1967
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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