Dominic Lam

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Dominic Lam Ka-wah (Traditional Chinese: 林嘉華 Simplified Chinese: 林嘉华; born 2 April 1957) is a Hong Kong-Canadian actor and radio personality for Fairchild Radio in Richmond Hill, Canada. His acting career spans four decades, beginning with his television series debut in Crocodile Tears (1978).

Dominic Lam
Born (1957-04-02) 2 April 1957 (age 67)
NationalityChinese (Hong Kong)
Canadian
Occupation(s)actor, radio personality, television host
SpouseJumbo Lau (劉寶珍)
ChildrenJefford
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese林嘉華
Simplified Chinese林嘉华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Jiāhuá

Biography

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Acting career

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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.[1] He hosted the television program Junior Police Call produced jointly by the Hong Kong Police Force and RTHK.[2][3] Under the recommendation of producer Johnny Mak, Lam quitted the police to join Rediffusion Television and made his acting debut in Crocodile Tears (Chinese: 鱷魚淚).[4] In 1980, Lam joined TVB. 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. He has since starred in several popular television series such as Men Don't Cry (2007), The Money-Maker Recipe (2008), The Four (2008), and E.U. (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 produced by Hong Kong Television Network. He starred in the 2017 family drama The Tofu War. In 2019, he was cast in the action crime series Flying Tiger 2, playing the role of Au-yeung Ching, a businessman who runs an underground crime syndicate.[5] In 2020, he played the role of Yuen Chun, the father of Madam Yuen in the crime thriller Brutally Young.[6]

Radio show

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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

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TV series

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 Crocodile Tears
鱷魚淚
呂文釗 ATV Series
巨星 凌四海 ATV Series
1979 Chameleon II
新變色龍
郭建華 ATV Series
1980 The Family
勢不兩立
新CID
Five Easy Pieces
輪流傳
姜兆熙
Fat Yin Won
發現灣
The Bund II
上海灘續集
郭鎮昌
1981 No One is Innocent
逐個捉
戴馬素
My Little Darling
荳芽夢
The Road to Success
他的一生
1982 Fool's Paradise
假日風情
將軍抽車
1983 鴨仔里春光
1987 Police Cadet '88
新紮師兄1988
程君澤
1988 And Yet We Live
當代男兒
程家勇
1990 Priceless Adventure
香港蛙人
Peter
Cherished Moments
回到未嫁時
Lung Fei
龍飛
Rain in the Heart
成功路上
張順品
1991 Rainbow
漂白英雄
關世傑
1993 Man of Wisdom
金牙大狀
倪鐵樑
The Link
天倫
Lam Ka Dat
林家達
1994 The Ching Emperor
天子屠龍
File of Justice III
壹號皇庭III
程大志
Legend of the Condor Heroes Yeung Ti Sum
楊鐵心
Crime and Passion
新重案傳真
馬兆軍
1995 Down Memory Lane
萬里長情
黃水
1996 Ancient Heroes
隋唐群英會
虬髯客
2007 Men Don't Cry Wong Fei-hung Nominated - My Favourite Male Character (Top 24)
On The First Beat Wu Cheuk-yan
2008 The Money-Maker Recipe Ting Shiu-king
The Four Chukot Ching-ngor
2009 E.U. Wu Cheuk-yan
In the Chamber of Bliss Mok Yik-tin Nominated - Best Supporting Actor (Top 15)
2010 A Fistful of Stances Wing Tak Nominated - Best Supporting Actor (Top 5)
Beauty Knows No Pain Chin Kwong-lung
Growing Through Life Chung Kin-shing
2011 Grace Under Fire Lui Kong
2012 Tiger Cubs Leung Yat-fung
2014 The Borderline Cheung Gwan
2015 Incredible Mama Sir Luk Gwan-chong
Karma Lam Kwok-leung
IPCC Files 2015
Night Shift Bao Kuk
Paranormal Mind
Elite Brigade III [7]
2016 Infernal Affairs
2017 The Tofu War
OCTB
2018 Another Era Martin
Shadow of Justice 康嘉良 / 康 Sir
2019 Flying Tiger 2 Au-yeung Ching
2020 Brutally Young 阮進

Film

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The following is a list of films for Dominic Lam.[8][9]

Documentary

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  • Dragon Since 1973 (2002)

References

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  1. ^ "【林嘉華專訪2】 暖男真漢子 慈父教仔:最重要似返個人". 明周娛樂. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ "【陪着你走】林嘉華和老婆慶祝結婚35周年:一生一世也不分". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ 凌逸德 (8 April 2020). "【警訊換主持】節目啟播近50載 初代主持麥振江做足15年". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ^ "【林嘉華專訪1】演警察17次 麥當雄從《少年警訊》挖角入行". 明周娛樂. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ^ "【飛虎之雷霆極戰】陳山聰曾被林嘉華背叛鬥戲連場 與陳秀珠演舊情人 網友指難投入 - 晴報 - 娛樂 - 中港台" (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. ^ ""Brutally Young" Series Finale: The End of An 18-Year Battle". JayneStars.com. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. ^ "港台消防處聯合製作《火速救兵III》 演員與真實消防員齊齊展現團隊精神". RTHK. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Profile on HKCinemagic". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Profile on HKDB". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 22 January 2015.