Gilbert Lam

Gilbert Lam Wai San (born 6 July 1962) is a Hong Kong actor formerly with TVB and ATV.

Career Gilbert Lam joined TVB's actor training course in 1985, but 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 and joined 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 1986 The New Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre Fisherman 1987 The Legend of the Book and the Sword Ma Police Cadet 1988 Under the leadership of Chan Yan Kwan 1988 The Final Verdict Luk Kwok Wing's Driver Flame of Fury Kong Lung (Under the leadership of Cheung Ngai) My Father's Son The Saga of the Lost Kingdom Everybody's Somebody's Favourite Ho Twilight of a Nation Civil Corp The Master Strategist Suen Cheuk 1989 Looking Back in Anger Yeung Pak Cho War of the Dragon The Justice of Life Jimmy Everybody Loves Somebody Bobo's Father Flying Squads Song Bird Doctor Trial of Life Time Tour of Revenge 1990 Lung Fung Restaurant Rain in the Heart Yuppies on the Move Blood of Good and Evil Under the leadership of Lam Kuen It Runs in the Family Under the leadership of Sha Chan Biu The Cop Story The Kung Fu Kid In the Realms of Joy God Er Lang 1991 A Way of Justice The pervert who was taken back to the police station The Crime File Biu The Breaking Point Bun Destined to Love Lender Financial Subordinate A Thief of Honour Military Officer Yuen On the Edge Lawyer Police on the Road Private Assistant Attending to Legal 9 1992 The Greed of Man Michael Hard Boiled Satanic Crystals Beverly Hills Cop Wong Fei Hung Returns Gambler Crime Fighters Lawyer 1993 Hero – Beyond the Boundary of Time Ha's Ex-boyfriend 1995 When Dreams Come True Hau Shan Ho Midnight Lovers House of Horror Justice Pao Cheung Shao Yau 1996 Truth The Good Old Days Fong Ho Man The Little Vagrant Lady Yip Kwok Leung Scarred Memory Tom Lee 1997 The Year of Chameleon Wu Bun Interpol Yeung Fo Bun My Brother, My Mum Chu Man Kai 1998 The Heroine of the Yangs 1999 Pretty Police Woman Tong Wai Hung The Mad Phoenix Kong Yue Mau 2002 Where the Legend Begins Yang Xiu Burning Flame II Tong Lai Narc 2003 The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow Shum Yat-lai Virtues of Harmony II Franco Mao 2004 Angels of Mission Yeung Siu-fung The Conqueror's Story Chan Ping To Catch the Uncatchable Cross Border Daddy Tsang Yiu Gong 2005 Go! Go! Daddy Tsang Yiu Gong Central Affairs 2006 Greed Mask Placebo Cure Hong Kong Criminal Files Mr. Cheung 2007 Doomed To Oblivion 2009 When East Meets West 2015 SFC in Action III 2016 The Hiddens Yeung Yau Wai Princess of Lanling King Yue Man Wu 2017 Legal Mavericks Nothing Special Force 2019 The Ghetto-Fabulous Lady 2020 Of Greed and Ants 2021 Battle Of The Seven Sisters Take Two 2022 In the Storm Ho Chun Hang Stories of Lion Rock Spirit Lam Shue Fai