Simon Yam
Gender: Male
Born: 19th March 1955 (currently 57 years old)
Nationality: Hong Kong
TV programs: New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre, Tokyo Juliet, Hotel, The Adventurer's, A House Is Not a Home, The Legend of the Book and the Sword, The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heung, The Return of the Condor Heroes, My Date with a Vampire II, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Movies: Election, Election 2, Fulltime Killer, Naked Killer, Kill Zone: Sha Po Lang, Holy Weapon, The Mission, My Left Eye Sees Ghosts, Bullet in the Head, All of a Sudden, Full Contact, Exiled, Dragon Squad, The Banquet, Hitman, Young and Dangerous 3, Breaking News, PTU, Return Engagement, Eye in the Sky, Raped by an Angel, Triangle, Fatal Move, Future Cops, Sparrow, Scarred Memory, Crystal Fortune Run, Bloodfight, Ghostly Bus, Run and Kill, Operation Billionaires, Man Wanted, Killer's Romance, Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai, Expect the Unexpected, Ip Man, Mob Sister, Ocean Flame, Vengeance, Echoes of the Rainbow, Bodyguards and Assassins, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Cold War, Black Panther Warriors, Street Angels, Night and Fog, Ip Man 2, Exodus, Black Cat, Tactical Unit: The Code, Tactical Unit: Human Nature, Women Prison, Drunken Master III, Kung Fu Theater: New York Chinatown, Legend of Speed, Tactical Unit: Partners, Partners, The Suspect, Dai Si Gein, Moving Targets, Dr. Lamb, Casino, First Shot, Twist, Looking for Mister Perfect, Midnight Fly, Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms, Juliet in Love, Wake of Death, The Storm Warriors, The Blood Bond, Bad Blood, Midnight Beating
Simon Yam Tat-Wah, born 19 March 1955, is a Hong Kong actor and film producer.
The son of a former police officer of Shangdong heritage, his father was a Hong Kong Royal Police ship captain who was murdered by his colleague.
Yam's career began as a male supermodel, before he turned to acting in the mid 1970s. He then signed with TVB, starring and co-starring in a number of TV series prior to "apply his trades" in the movies in 1987. His elder brother is retired Deputy Commissioner of Hong Kong Police Yam Tak-Wing.
In 1989, he starred in the Japanese-Hong Kong co-production of Bloodfight. This was the first of its kind in which English was spoken throughout the entire film. In 1992, Yam gained critical acclaim for his role as the maniacal Judge in Full Contact, where he faced off in a bloody battle against Chow Yun-fat. In 1993, he starred as "Dhalsim" in Future Cops, Wong Jing's Hong Kong parody of Street Fighter. In 1996, Simon began his role as Chiang Tin-Sung, the leader of the Hung Hing triads in the first 3 installments of Young and Dangerous.
In 2000, Yam starred as the king of vampires in ATV's television series My Date with a Vampire 2. In 2003, Yam made his American film
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