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Acting

Simon Yam

Career: Active from 1976 to 2025, busiest in 1993 with 17 main titles.

Leading roles: 199
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Election 2
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 113 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Simon Yam Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.9, average 3.4
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7
Pop Culture
1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Hong Kong Cinema 24
Crime Thriller 22
Hong Kong Action 21
Fast-Paced 18
Moral Ambiguity 18
Character-Driven 16
Social Commentary 15
Martial Arts 14
Gang Warfare 13
Psychological Thriller 11
Political Intrigue 11
Crime Drama 9

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

302

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

ICAC Investigators 1996

TV show · as 杜永发

The Awakening

TV show · as Yan Fengliang

2020s

25 titles · average score 55

Escape from the Outland

66

as Zhou Weijie

Under Current

52

as Yeung To

Hanging Mirrors

TV show · as Lin Guoqiang

Never a Thief

as Don Elephant / Zhou Taiyuan

Deliverance

44

as Joseph Fan

The Comeback

56

as Uncle Hua

Cyber Heist

48

as Suen Ban

A Light Never Goes Out

70

as Bill Yeung

The Goldfinger

58

as K.K. Zeng

Man on the Edge

33

as Boss Cheong

Raging Fire

75

as SACP Lok

Fireflies in the Sun

61

as Zhang Zhengyi

2010s

62 titles · average score 51

S.M.A.R.T. Chase

40

as Mach Ren

Legend of the Naga Pearls

45

as Xuelie

The Tenants Downstairs

53

as The Landlord / Chang Jiajun

SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

77

as Chan Kwok-Wah

Two Thumbs Up

57

as Chow Tai Po

As the Light Goes Out

53

as Principal Fireman - Lee Pui-to

Sara

49

as Kam Ho Yin

Tales from the Dark 1

47

as Kwan (segment "Stolen Goods")

Man of Tai Chi

60

as Superintendent Wong

Nightfall

61

as Inspector George Lam Ching-chung

Echoes of the Rainbow

76

as Mr. Law

Bad Blood

43

as Funky

2000s

47 titles · average score 61

Night and Fog

72

as Lee Sum

Ip Man

77

as Zhou Qing Quan

Sparrow

78

as Kei

Triad Wars

50

as Lin Ho Tung

Triangle

63

as Lee Bo Sam

Eye in the Sky

67

as Sergeant Wong Man-Chin / Dog Head

Election 2

86

as Lam Lok

Election

73

as Lok

SPL: Kill Zone

75

as Detective Chan Kwok Chung

Wake of Death

52

as Sun Quan

PTU

70

as Sgt. Mike Ho

Fulltime Killer

63

as Albert Lee

1990s

86 titles · average score 59

Expect the Unexpected

70

as Ken

Contract Killer

61

as Officer Chan Kwan

All of a Sudden

60

as Tsui Chin-Tung

Future Cops

57

as Sing

Raped by an Angel

51

as Tso Tat Wah

Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You

59

as Fred Suen

Run and Kill

63

as Ching Fung

Naked Killer

69

as Tinam

Full Contact

80

as Judge

Dr. Lamb

53

as Lam Gor Yu

Black Cat

47

as Brian

Who's The Winner

TV show · as Ching Yat Fung

1980s

63 titles · average score 69

Bloodfight

50

as Ryu Tenmei

Burning Ambition

as Hwa

Final Run

as Yan Yu-Yiang

Live Hard

as Officer Hui Tat Ming

Framed

as Cheung Kai-Wah

Tiger Cage

63

as Inspector Michael Wong

Burning Snow

as Wah

Tongs: A Chinatown Story

as Mickey Lee

The New Adventures Of Chor Lau Heung

TV show · as 原随云

Angels And Devils

TV show

The Return of the Condor Heroes

80

TV show · as 耶律齊

Three Stooges Go Undercover

TV show · as 秦少游

1970s

16 titles · average score 66

The Good The Bad The Ugly

TV show

Law Don

as Hun Hua

Mitsubish Series

TV show

Over the Rainbow

TV show

The Wickedness in Poverty

as Movie Actor

The Cheap Detective

TV show

The Landlord

TV show

国际刑警

TV show

TV show

A House is Not a Home

TV show · as 洛华

CiD

TV show

The Spiritual Boxer

66

as Chen's Clan (uncredited)

1960s

1 title

Look Back at TVB Anniversary Awards Over the Years

TV show