Gordon Lam

Gordon Lam Ka-tung (林家棟; born 21 September 1967) is a Hong Kong actor, film producer and screenwriter. Initially known for his supporting roles in films directed by Andrew Lau and Johnnie To, Lam eventually became a lead actor in the Hong Kong film industry, appearing in the 2013 box-office hit Firestorm and the Hong Kong Film Award-winning 2016 film Trivisa, which also netted him the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.

Early life Lam was born at South Wall Road in Kowloon City, He 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. At that time, he has had the opportunity to appear in films as well, with small roles in Gen-X Cops (1999) and The Kid (1999). After leaving TVB in 2001, Lam became a contracted artiste under Andy Lau's Topman Global, and began to fully concentrate on his film career. Lam appeared in supporting roles in a number of Lau's films such as Dance of a Dream (2001), Infernal Affairs (2002), Jiang Hu (2004), Yesterday Once More (2004) and Wait 'til You're Older (2005). Some of his other known film appearances include Johnnie To's Election film series (2005-2006), Exiled (2006) and Mad Detective (2007).

In 2009, Lam made his debut as a producer for Gallants, which won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film as well as the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Film. Lam went on to producer the 2015 film, Get Outta Here, which he also wrote the story for.

In 2013, Lam played a subsidiary role in Lau's 2013 film, Firestorm, which was a box office success, and subsequently led him to many leading film role offers.

In 2017, Lam won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in as Kwai Ching-hung Trivisa (2016), based on real life notorious Hong Kong mobster Kwai Ping-hung. His performance also won him the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actor and the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Award for Best Actor.

On 6 August 2021, Lam received the Variety Star Asia Award at the 20th New York Asian Film Festival.

Filmography

Film Actor

Producer Year Title Notes 2010 Gallants Won – Hong Kong Film Award for Best FilmWon – Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Film 2015 Get Outta Here TBD The Strangled Truth When All Roads End When It All Begins Un Coevr D'Artichaut

Writer Year Title Notes 2015 Get Outta Here Story writer TBD The Strangled Truth Screenwriter When All Roads Ends Screenwriter Un Coevr D'Artichaut Screenwriter

TV series

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2002 21st Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Dance of a Dream 2009 28th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor IP Man 2011 30th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Gallants 2013 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Cold War 2017 36th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Trivisa 2018 37th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Paradox 2020 57th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actor Hand Rolled Cigarette 2021 20th New York Asian Film Festival Variety Star Asia Award Hand Rolled Cigarette 2022 59th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actor Limbo 40th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Limbo Hand Rolled Cigarette Best Screenplay Time