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Simon Yam

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Little Q, a yellow lab with a curious birthmark, is training to become a guide dog for the blind. When his training is complete, Little Q is sent to help Lee Bo Ting, a famous, recently blinded chef. Irritable and bitter, Bo Ting is at first reluctant to rely on Little Q and even tries to drive him away several times. But through his loyalty, Little Q eventually teaches Bo Ting how to trust again, opening him up to a new life of wonderful possibilities.
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Simon Yam was born 19 March, 1955, also known as Yam Tat-wah, is a veteran Hong Kong-based actor and film producer. He started off as a supermodel before becoming an actor in the mid 1970s. He then signed with the Hong Kong television network TVB, starring and co-starring in a number of television series prior to "apply his trades" in the film industry in 1987. His elder brother is Yam Tak-wing, a retired former Deputy Commissioner of Hong Kong Police.

In 1989, he starred in the Japanese-Hong Kong co-production of Fainaru faito - Saigo no ichigeki (1989). 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 the crime film Full Contact (1992), where he faced off in a bloody battle against Chow Yun-Fat's character. In 1993, he starred as "Dhalsim" in the action-comedy film Future Cops (1993), a parody of Street Fighter directed by Jing Wong. In 1996, Yam began his role as Chiang Tin-Sung, the leader of the Hung Hing triads in the first three installments of the Young and Dangerous (1996) film series.

In 2000, Yam starred as Cheung-sun, the progenitor of all vampires, in the television series Ngo wo geun see yau gor yue wui II (2000), produced by ATV. In 2003, Yam made his Hollywood film debut in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) as Shaolin crime lord.

Yam received international acclaim for his performances in international film festival hits and box offices such as Naked Killer (1992), Kill Zone (2005), Election (2005), Election 2 (2006), Exiled (2006), Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), The Thieves (2012).

In 2019 in the city of Zhongshan, during a China promotional event, Simon Yam was assaulted by an attacker who stabbed him in the chest and slashed his arms. The security guards arrested the attacker and Simon Yam was taken to the hospital until he made a full recovery.
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Angelina Jolie and Simon Yam in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Ken Lo, Jing Wu, and Simon Yam in Kill Zone 2 (2015)
Simon Yam in Kill Zone (2005)
Simon Yam in Nightfall (2012)
Simon Yam in Sparrow (2008)
Ka-Tung Lam, Wing-Cheong Law, Simon Yam, and Moon-Yuen Cheung in Sparrow (2008)
Angelica Lee, Simon Yam, Derek Tsang, and Dal-su Oh in The Thieves (2012)
Simon Yam in The Thieves (2012)
(Left to right) Simon Yam as Chen Lo and Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft
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Jan de Bont and Simon Yam at an event for Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Dicky Cheung and Simon Yam in Fu lu shuang xing (1989)

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Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
5.5
  • Chen Lo
  • 2003
PTU (2003)
PTU
7.0
  • Sergeant Mike Ho
  • 2003
Election (2005)
Election
7.1
  • Lok
  • 2005
Donnie Yen in Ip Man (2008)
Ip Man
8.0
  • Quan
  • 2008

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  • Dyun mong
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  • Chong hui di qiu (2022)
    Chong hui di qiu
  • Am saat fung bou (2022)
    Am saat fung bou
  • Jin shouzhi
  • Deliverance (2022)
    Deliverance
  • A Light Never Goes Out (2022)
    A Light Never Goes Out
  • Man on the Edge (2022)
    Man on the Edge
  • Man's Creed (2022)
    Man's Creed
  • Fireflies in the Sun (2021)
    Fireflies in the Sun
  • Nicholas Tse and Donnie Yen in Raging Fire (2021)
    Raging Fire
  • The Dragnet (2021)
    The Dragnet
  • Xing jing zhi hai wai xing dong (2021)
    Xing jing zhi hai wai xing dong
  • Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
    Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
  • Ao Men Ren Jia
  • Blade Breaking Ice
  • You Ge, Jing Wu, Yili Ma, Jia Song, Bo Huang, Yi Zhang, Liya Tong, Haoran Liu, Jiang Du, and Arthur Chen in My People, My Country (2019)
    My People, My Country
    • (as Dahua Ren)

Director

  • Simon Yam in Tales from the Dark 1 (2013)
    Tales from the Dark 1
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Producer

  • Yi ban hai shui, yi ban huo yan (2008)
    Yi ban hai shui, yi ban huo yan
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    • March 19, 1955
    • Hong Kong
    • Chi ChiNovember 1997 - present (1 child)
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    One of the few actors in HK who never got any problems with local triads. The main reason is because his brother is a highly decorated officer of the HK Police elite O.C.T.B. (Organized Crime & Triad Bureau).

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