Simon Yam
Simon Yam TatWah Chinese 任達華 was born 19 March 1955 is a veteran Hong Kongbased 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 costarring in a number of television series prior to apply his trades in the film industry in 1987 His elder brother is Yam Takwing a retired former Deputy Commissioner of Hong Kong Police In 1989 he starred in the JapaneseHong Kong coproduction 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 Hap do Ko Fei 1992 where he faced off in a bloody battle against Chow YunFats character In 1993 he starred as Dhalsim in the actioncomedy film Chiu Kap Hok Hau Ba Wong 1993 a parody of Street Fighter directed by Jing Wong In 1996 Yam began his role as Chiang TinSung the leader of the Hung Hing triads in the first three installments of the Goo Wak Chai Yan Joi Gong Woo 1996 film series In 2000 Yam starred as Cheungsun 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 Tomb Raider 2 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 Chik Loh Goh Yeung 1992 Saat Po Long 2005 Hak Se Wooi 2005 Hak Se Wui Yi Woo Wai Kwai 2006 Fong Juk 2006 Tomb Raider 2 The Cradle of Life 2003 Dodookdeul 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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