Dominic Lam Ka-wah (

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: ; born 2 April 1957) is an Hong Kong Canadian actor and radio personality for

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in Richmond Hill,

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. His acting career spans four decades, beginning with his television series debut in ''Crocodile Tears'' (1978).

Biography

Acting career

Lam was part of the first graduating class of the Royal Hong Kong Police Cadet School in 1974. He then joined the Hong Kong Police Training School and worked as a police officer for five years. He hosted the television program ''Junior Police Call'' produced jointly by the Hong Kong Police Force and

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. Under the recommendation of producer Johnny Mak, Lam quitted the police to join

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and made his acting debut in ''Crocodile Tears'' (). In 1980, Lam joined

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. He made his film debut in the 1981 film ''No U-turn''. Lam played various supporting roles in drama series and hosted several television programs until 1988 when he emigrated to Canada. In 2006, Lam returned to Hong Kong and filmed the police drama ''

On the First Beat ''On the First Beat'' (Traditional Chinese: 學警出更) is a TVB modern action series broadcast in June 2007. The series is a direct sequel to 2005's '' The Academy'' ( 學警雄心). The main cast features Ron Ng, Sammul Chan and Chin Ka Lok ...

.'' He has since starred in several popular television series such as ''

Men Don't Cry ''Men Don't Cry'' (Traditional Chinese: 奸人堅) is a TVB period comedy series broadcast in October 2007, to celebrate TVB's 40th Anniversary. The shown was rerun from Thursday, January 29, 2009, to February 26, 2009, from Monday to Friday at ...

'' (2007), ''

The Money-Maker Recipe ''The Money-Maker Recipe'' (Traditional Chinese: 師奶股神) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in May 2008. Synopsis :"HOUSEWIVES" always are the good long term bets compared to the other options. Wong Chi-Chung (Michael Tse) is a stock ...

'' (2008), '' The Four'' (2008), and ''

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'' (2009). In 2010, Lam was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the TVB Anniversary Awards for his performance in '' A Fistful of Stances''. He starred as the antagonist Cheung Gwan in the 2014 crime series ''

The Borderline ''The Borderline'' () is a police procedural television series produced by Hong Kong Television Network. Each episode costs HK$1 million to produce. The first episode premiered on November 19, 2014. Cast * Liu Kai-chi as To Yat-fei * Dominic La ...

'' produced by

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. He starred in the 2017 family drama ''The Tofu War.'' In 2019, he was cast in the action crime series ''

Flying Tiger 2 ''Flying Tiger 2'' ( Chinese: 飛虎之雷霆極戰) is a 2019 Hong Kong action crime drama television series jointly produced by Shaw Brothers Studios and Youku. It stars Michael Miu, Bosco Wong, Kenneth Ma, Ron Ng, Lawrence Ng, Joel Chan, Yo ...

'', playing the role of Au-yeung Ching, a businessman who runs an underground crime syndicate. In 2020, he played the role of Yuen Chun, the father of Madam Yuen in the crime thriller ''

Brutally Young ''Brutally Young'' () is a Crime film, crime and thriller television drama produced by TVB. It stars :zh:譚俊彥, Shaun Tam, Mandy Wong, Joel Chan (actor), Joel Chan and Vivien Yeo as the main leads. Simon Wong Wai-yan serves as the producer. ...

''.

Radio show

After his immigration to Toronto in 1988, he began hosting the Cantonese lifestyle radio program "Lam Ka Wah Carnival" on CHKT operated by Fairchild Media. The radio show broadcasts every weekday. He hosted the show remotely when he returned to Hong Kong for filming.

Filmography

TV series

Film

The following is a list of films for Dominic Lam. * ''No U-Turn'' (1981) * ''Mr. Mistress'' (1988) * ''Malevolent Mate'' (1993) * ''Unclassified File'' (1994) * ''Century Hero'' (1999) * ''

Dog Bite Dog '' Dog Bite Dog '' () is a 2006 Hong Kong action crime thriller film directed by Soi Cheang and starring Edison Chen as a brutal Cambodian assassin, desperately trying to evade the police, led by Sam Lee, after completing an assignment in Hong ...

'' (2006) * ''

Invisible Target ''Invisible Target'' () is a 2007 Hong Kong action film directed and produced by Benny Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Rams Ling and Melody Lui. The film stars Nicholas Tse, Jaycee Chan and Shawn Yue as three police officers who are th ...

'' (2007) * ''

Look for a Star ''Look for a Star'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong romantic comedy film that was produced and directed by Andrew Lau. Inspired by the relationship between Stanley Ho and his fourth wife, Angela Leong, the film stars Andy Lau as a billionaire, who falls ...

'' (2009) * '' Overheard'' (2009) * ''Team Miracle: We Will Rock You'' (2009) * '' Let's Go! (film)'' (2011) * ''

That Demon Within ''That Demon Within'' (Mo Ging, traditional Chinese character: 魔警) is a 2014 Hong Kong action psychological thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Daniel Wu and Nick Cheung. It premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festi ...

'' (2014) * ''

Overheard 3 ''Overheard 3'' () is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese crime-thriller film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun and Michelle Ye. It is a sequel to the 2011 film ''Overheard 2'' in whi ...

'' (2014) * '' SPL II: A Time For Consequences'' (2015) * ''Heartfall Arises'' (2016) * ''The Leaker'' (2018) * ''Big Brother'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''Distinction'' (2018) * ''Fatal Visit'' (2019) * ''Iron Fist'' (2019)

Documentary

* Dragon Since 1973 (2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, Dominic 1957 births Living people Hong Kong male television actors TVB actors Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Male actors from Toronto People from Richmond Hill, Ontario