Raymond Lam
Raymond Lam | |||||||||||||
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Chinese name | 林峯 (traditional) | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | Lam4 Fung1 (Cantonese) | ||||||||||||
Birth name | Lam Wui Man (林匯文) | ||||||||||||
Origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Born |
Xiamen, Fujian, China | 8 December 1979||||||||||||
Other name(s) | Lam Yat Fung (林逸峯),Chok 王, Soft Wind | ||||||||||||
Occupation | Actor, singer | ||||||||||||
Genre(s) | Cantopop, R&B | ||||||||||||
Label(s) | Emperor Entertainment Group | ||||||||||||
Years active | 1999 - present | ||||||||||||
Influences | Jacky Cheung Whitney Houston Leslie Cheung | ||||||||||||
Official website | http://blog.tvb.com/raymondlam/ http://fungforever.net/ | ||||||||||||
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Raymond Lam (born 8 December 1979) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is contracted to the television station TVB (1999-2014) and EEG's Music Plus label (2007-2014).
Early years
Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family.[1] His father, Lam Kwok-Wah (林國華), is a real-estate property developer in the mainland referred to as "Xiamen's Li Ka-shing" (廈門李嘉誠) who sits on the board of seven real estate and construction companies.[1][2]
His birthname was Lam Wui-man (林匯文), which later changed to Lam Yat-fung (林逸峯), and finally changed to Raymond Lam Fung. He calls himself Raymond as the pronunciation of it is similar to his birthname 'Wui-man'. The name was changed to give him a "feng shui advantage".[3]
While his first languages are Cantonese and Hokkien, Lam studied in Kiangsu and Chekiang Primary School, a primarily Mandarin-speaking primary school in pre-Handover Hong Kong and is thus also fluent in Mandarin and English. He studied in St. Paul's College, Hong Kong for Secondary School. Following that, he studied architecture in Xiamen University for 1st Year, and then completed the rest at University of Southern California, majoring in architecture and minoring in music.
Raymond Lam's childhood dream was to become a professional dancer. He has a younger sister and a younger brother. His paternal great-grandmother is Spanish, making Raymond 1/16th Spanish.
Career
Acting
Lam attended the 13th TVB artists training class in 1998 as an auditing student and was offered a contract with TVB upon graduation in September 1998. In the earlier part of his career, Lam appeared as a walk-on in numerous television series and as a host for TVB8. Lam was offered his first lead role (Eternal Happiness) in 2002 after gaining fame and critical success from his portrayal of the ruthless Ying Ching in the historical/science fiction drama A Step into the Past (2001). In 2003, Lam won the TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Male Artiste for his performance in Survivor's Law.
Since 2002, Lam was frequently nominated as one of the top five finalists for the Best Actor Award at the TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2006, Lam received the Favourite Actor Award in Malaysia at the 2005 Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Awards ceremony for his role as Kou Chong in Twin of Brothers. At the 40th TVB Anniversary Awards in 2007, Lam won the Mainland's Favourite Actor Award with more than 54,000 votes. He also received the Favourite Hong Kong TV Actor Award from QQ Entertainment Awards in mainland China in the same year.
In 2008, Lam won the Favourite Male Character Award at the 41st TVB Anniversary Awards for his role as Kam Wing-Ho in Moonlight Resonance. He also won the Best Drama Actor Award at the 2008 Asian Television Awards held in Singapore, for his portrayal of Tuen Hiu-Sing in The Master of Tai Chi. In addition, Lam is also the first Hong Kong actor to win the award.
Singing
"Love is Finding You in Memories" (2007)
The title song of Lam's first album of the same name. | |
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Apart from his acting career, Lam also performed some of the theme songs for the television series he acted in. In 2007, Lam signed on with EEG under its Music Plus Label, and released his debut album, Love is Finding You in Memories, on 23 November. The title track of the album was served as one of the theme songs for TVB's The Drive of Life. More than 20,000 copies were sold a week after the album was released. In addition, the album received the IFPI Gold Disk Award and became the top-selling album for Lam as a newcomer.
On September 10, 2008, Lam released his second album Your Love, and a month after the release, the album secured a double IFPI Platinum Award for reaching sales of more than 60,000 copies after 3 weeks. A featured song from the album, Love With No Regrets, the theme song from Moonlight Resonance, won many awards.
In 2009, Lam stepped on the Hong Kong Coliseum for the Let's Get Wet concert held on 17 and 18 June, where both nights were sold out.[4] EEG and TVB showed strong support for his concert and a billboard advertisement was featured at the entrance of Cross Harbour Tunnel to publicize the event. Lam also won the Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist Award on 16 January 2010 at the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards. Many Netcitizens and Hong Kong media criticized TVB for giving him that award out of commercial point.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] He became the first singer to receive the award in three years, the youngest one ever and the first to sing a cantonese song when winning this award. Even though in Asia-Pacific mandarin is the popular language, Lam won even without releasing a mandarin album. Lam once again won the Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist award in Jade Solid Gold Awards 2011. On July 17, 2010, Lam released his fourth album Come 2 Me. On 27–30 July 2010, Lam Fung held his second concert at Hong Kong Coliseum. The concert DVD and the album Come 2 Me secured a Triple Platinum Award. On March 4, 2011, Lam released his first Mandarin and fifth album First. The Mandarin album First achieved Quadruple Platinum Award. On July 22, 2011, Lam released his sixth album LF, and the DVD of this album includes the music videos of several songs from the Mandarin album "First". On 29–31 July 2011, Lam held his third concert, Light Up My Live, at HKC on four-sided stage. Light Up My Live was also his first world tour. Lam held an autogragh session on Nov 26 2011 where it was announced that the concert DVD sales reached Quadruple Platinum. On August 17, 2012, Lam released his seventh album Self-Portrait. On 26 January 2013, Lam held his fourth concert, A Time 4 You, with his eighth album of the same name released one day before the concert.
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Stolen Love (別戀) | Rick Kwok | |
2008 | Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (風雲決) | Striding Cloud | Voice |
2009 | Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf | ||
2010 | 72 Tenants of Prosperity (72家租客) | young Shek Kin | |
2010 | The Jade and the Pearl (翡翠明珠) | General Ching Hin | |
2010 | Perfect Wedding (抱抱俏佳人) | Ling Yu-fung | |
2011 | I Love Hong Kong | ||
2011 | The Sorcerer and the White Snake (白蛇傳之许仙) | Xu Xian | |
2012 | Love Is...Pyjamas (男人如衣服) | Owen | |
2012 | Give Me 1 Minute to Say I Love You (愛在魅來1分鐘) | mini movie | |
2013 | Saving General Yang (忠烈楊家將) | Yang Wulang | |
2013 | Badges of Fury (不二神探) | Gao Min | Guest |
2013 | Baby Blues | Yip Tou/Hao | |
2014 | Hello Babies | Guest |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | At the Threshold of an Era | Prison officer extra | |
A Kindred Spirit | Waiter extra | ||
Plain Love | Tea Brewing Staff extra | ||
Side Beat | Receptionist extra | ||
2000 | Crimson Sabre | Intruder extra | |
Incurable Traits | Soldier extra | Soldier from Guan Yu's camp. Appears when Guan Yu gets injured from the poisonous arrow. | |
2001 | A Taste of Love | Kong Sheung-yau | |
A Step Into The Past | Chiu Poon / Ying Ching | ||
2002 | Eternal Happiness | Wongpo Siu-wah | Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) |
Golden Faith | Oscar Ting Sin Hang | ||
Lofty Waters Verdant Bow | Kam Sai-wai | ||
2003 | Survivor's Law | Ben Lok Bun | TVB Award for Most Improved Actor |
2004 | Blade Heart | Mang Lui/Captain Cho Ngan | |
Twin of Brothers | Kou Chung | TVB Award for My Favorite Television Character Astro Wah Lai Toi Award for Favourite Leading Actor Astro Wah Lai Toi Award for Favourite Character | |
The Last Breakthrough | Dr. Ken Tsai | ||
2005 | Food For Life | Daniel Yau | Astro Wah Lai Toi Award for Favourite Character |
2006 | Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion | Fung Hang-lit | |
La Femme Desperado | Chai Foon | Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) Nominated - TVB Award for My Favorite Male Character Astro Wah Lai Toi Award for Favourite Character | |
Face to Fate | Lai Yeuk-yee | Warehoused and broadcast in 2007 | |
2007 | Heart of Greed | Alfred Ching | Nominated - TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character Astro Wah Lai Toi for My Favourite Couple with Linda Chung |
Love Multiplication | Xu Kai | ||
The Drive of Life | Wah Jun-bong | TVB Award for Mainland's Favorite Actor Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) Astro Wah Lai Toi My Favourite Character Astro Wah Lai Toi for My Favourite Kiss with Charmaine Sheh | |
2008 | The Master of Tai Chi | Tuen Hiu-sing | Asian Television Award for Best Drama Performance by an Actor |
The Four | Heartless / Shing Ngai-yue | ||
Moonlight Resonance | Gam Wing-ho | TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character TVB Award for TVB.com's Most Popular Artist Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) | |
2010 | The Mysteries of Love | Prof. Kingsley King | TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character TVB Award for TVB.com's Most Popular Artist Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) |
Growing Through Life | Hanson Hoi Sing | ||
2011 | My Sister of Eternal Flower | Hugo Chiang | |
Men with No Shadows | Toi Fung (Typhoon) | Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actor (Top 15) My Astro On Demand Awards for My Top 15 Favourite Characters | |
Ad Mania | Long Tianjue | ||
2012 | Three Kingdoms RPG | Zhuge Liang | |
Highs and Lows | Senior Inspector Wai Sai-lok (Happy Sir) | Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) Nominated - TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 5) | |
2013 | The Purple Hairpin | Nalan Dong | |
2014 | The Virtuous Queen of Han | Han Wudi/Liu Che | |
Line Walker | Sit Ka Keung (Bao Seed) | TVB Star Awards Malaysia (2014) Nominated - Most Favourite Leading Actor (Top 3) TVB Star Awards Malaysia (2014) Nominated - Most Favourite On-Screen Couple with Charmaine Sheh (Top 3) TVB Star Awards Malaysia (2014) Won - Most Favourite Drama Character 15th Huading China Awards (2015) Won - Best TV Series Actor | |
2015 | Detectives and Doctors | Lu Xiaofeng | |
2015 | The Door | Shen Lik Hang |
Discography
Albums
Year | Album Title | Album information |
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2007 | Searching For You In Loving Memories 愛在記憶中找你 |
Release Date: 23 November 2007 Label: EEG |
2008 | Your Love | Release Date: 10 September 2008 Label: EEG |
Your Love 2nd Edition | Release Date: 24 September 2008 Label: EEG | |
2009 | Let's Get Wet | Release Date: 15 June 2009 Label: EEG |
2010 | Come 2 Me | Release Date: 17 July 2010 Label: EEG |
2011 | First 第一次 |
Release Date: 4 March 2011 Label: EEG |
2011 | LF | Release Date: 22 July 2011 Label: EEG |
2012 | Self-Portrait | Release Date: 17 August 2012 Label: EEG |
2013 | A Time 4 You | Release Date: 25 January 2013 Label: EEG |
TVB series theme / sub-theme songs
Year | Title | Series | Notes |
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2002 | 記得忘記 | Eternal Happiness | Sub-theme song |
真愛難共 | Lofty Waters Verdant Bow | Theme song | |
2003 | 忘記傷害 | Survivor's Law | Theme song |
2004 | 雙子龍 | Twin of Brothers | Theme song |
心呼吸 | The Last Breakthrough | Theme song | |
2005 | 與朋友共 | Yummy Yummy | Theme song |
2006 | 出鞘 | Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion | Theme song |
領會 | Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion | Sub-theme song | |
游劍江湖 | Vagabond Vigilante | Theme song | |
披荊斬刺 | Face to Fate | Theme song | |
2007 | 心領 | Heart of Greed | Sub-theme song, performed with Linda Chung |
愛在記憶中找你 | Drive of Life | Sub-theme song | |
2008 | 浮生若水 | The Master of Tai Chi | Sub-theme song |
愛不疚 | Moonlight Resonance | Sub-theme song | |
風暴 | The Four | Theme song, performed with Ron Ng, Sammul Chan, Kenneth Ma | |
2009 | 值得流淚 | Justice Bao | Theme song for TVB version |
2010 | 直到你不找我 | The Mysteries of Love | Theme song |
所謂理想 | Growing Through Life | Theme song | |
我們很好 | Growing Through Life | Sub-theme song | |
不想讓你失望 | Growing Through Life | Theme song (Mandarin version) | |
我們很好 | Growing Through Life | Sub-theme song (Mandarin version) | |
2011 | Light Up My Life | My Sister of Eternal Flower | Theme song |
似是而非 | Ad Mania | Theme song (In Mandarin) | |
試煉 | Men with No Shadows | Theme song | |
2012 | 等你回来 | Three Kingdoms RPG | Theme song |
幼稚完 | Highs and Lows | Theme song | |
同林 | Love Charm to 1 Minute | Theme song | |
2013 | On My Way | Triumph in the Skies 2 | Sub-theme song |
2014 | Behind the Glory | The Virtuous Queen of Han | Theme song |
2014 | Guardianship | The Virtuous Queen of Han | Ending theme song |
2015 | 心有灵犀_Interlinked hearts | Detectives and Doctors | Theme song |
Awards
Major music awards statistics
Year | MRHMA | USCA | RTHK | JSG |
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2007 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
2008 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
2010 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
2011 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 |
2012 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 |
2013 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
Year | Award | Work 代表作 |
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2001 | Three Weekly - Favourite Character | A Step into the Past |
Next TV - Favourite Character | A Step into the Past | |
2003 | TVB 36th Anniversary Award- Most Improved Actor | Survivor's Law |
2004 | Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award - Favourite Themesong | Forget Pain 忘記傷害 |
2005 | Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award - Favourite Actor | Twin of Brothers |
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award - Favourite Character | Twin of Brothers | |
2006 | Fung Yan Award (China) - Favourite Character | The Last Breakthrough |
Fung Yan Award (China) - Potential Star | ||
2007 | Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award - Favourite Character | Yummy Yummy |
Astro Wah Lai Toi TV Award - Favourite Themesong | Love Draws Near 愛亦近 | |
TVB 40th Anniversary Award- Favourite Actor (in Mainland China) | The Drive of Life | |
QQ Entertainment Award - Favorite Hong Kong TV Actor | ||
Metro Radio Hits Awards - Best Newcomer | ||
IFPI Gold Disc Award | Searching for You in Loving Memories | |
IFPI Highest Album Sales Among Newcomers | ||
2008 | Astro Wah Lai Toi's Award - Favourite Character | La Femme Desperado |
2007 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Most Popular Male Newcomer - Gold Award | ||
Next Magazine TV Artists Award - 6th | ||
IFPI Double Platinum Disc Award | Your Love | |
China Fashion Carnival - Most Fashionable Artiste | ||
TVB 41st Anniversary Award - Favourite Male Character Award | Moonlight Resonance | |
TVB 41st Anniversary Award - TVB Blog Most Popular Artiste | ||
TVB Long Term Service and Outstanding Staff Award | ||
Best Male Actor-Singer Award | ||
TVB 8 Music Award - Top 10 Golden Songs of the Year | After Tomorrow 明天以後 | |
Yahoo!Buzz Award - Most Popular TV Male Artist | ||
Yahoo!Buzz Award - Most Searched Song | Love with no Regrets 愛不疚 | |
Asian Television Awards 2008 - Best Drama Actor | The Master of Tai Chi | |
Music Chart Awards Most Improved Singer | ||
Music Chart Awards Best Television Singer | ||
Metro Radio Hits Awards - Music Songs Award | Love with no Regrets | |
Metro Radio Hits Awards - Karaoke Songs Award | Love with no Regrets | |
Jade Solid Gold 2008 Round 3 - Top 10 Best Song | Love with no Regrets | |
2009 | 2008 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - JSG Top 10 Song Award | Love with no Regrets |
2008 Sprite Music Charts Awards (Mainland) - Most Outstanding Newcomer (Hong Kong) | ||
2008 Sprite Music Charts Awards (Mainland) - Most Outstanding Duet Performance (Hong Kong) | After Tomorrow | |
2008 Sohu.com - 50 Most Beautiful Person on Earth - Ranked 29th | ||
2008 SINA Music Awards - Top 20 Most Listened to Song | Love with no Regrets | |
2008 RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Presentation - Top Ten Gold Songs | Love with no Regrets | |
2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi's Award - Favourite Character | The Drive of Life | |
2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi's Award - Favourite On-Screen Kiss | The Drive of Life | |
2008 Astro Wah Lai Toi's Award - Favourite On-Screen Couple | Heart of Greed | |
Singapore Entertainment Awards - My Most Favourite Hong Kong Drama Series Actor | ||
Singapore Entertainment Awards - OMY Web Hottest Celeb | ||
Next Magazine TV Artists Award - Most Popular Artist Of TVB (2008) | ||
IFPI Top Ten Sale Record Singers | ||
IFPI Top Ten Cantonese Albums Sale Record | Searching for You in Loving Memories | |
IFPI Top Ten Cantonese Albums Sale Record | Your Love | |
Best Performance - "Roadshow Award" | ||
Most Improved Male Artist - "Roadshow Award" | ||
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 1 - Best Mandarin song | After Tomorrow | |
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 1 - Top 10 Best Song | If Time Comes 如果時間來到 | |
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 1 - 22000 Power | ||
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 2 - Top 10 Best Song | Let's Get Wet | |
Jade Solid Gold 2009 Round 2 - Most Favorite icon | ||
Yes!Magazine award - Best Karaoke Song | ||
Yes!Magazine award - Most Favorite Male Idol | ||
Face Magazine award - Face Icon | ||
Yahoo Buzz 2009 - My Favorite Themesong | Worthy Tears 值得流淚 | |
Yahoo Buzz 2009 - Most Popular Artist | ||
TVB8 2009 - Most favourite Cantonese song | If Time Comes | |
Metro Radio Award 2009 - 'Best Karaoke Song | If Time Comes | |
Metro Radio Award 2009 - 'Best Original Song | If Time Comes | |
2010 | RTHK Award 2009 - Top 10 Best Singer | |
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - JSG Top 10 Song Award - Top 10 Best Song | If Time Comes | |
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Best Lyrics | If Time Comes | |
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Best Arrangement Song | If Time Comes | |
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Bronze Prize of Best Mandarin Song | After Tomorrow | |
2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist | ||
TVB 43rd Anniversary Award - Favourite Male Character Award | The Mysteries of Love | |
TVB 43rd Anniversary Award - TVB.com Popular Artist | ||
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 - Top 10 Song Award | We Are Well 我們很好 | |
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 - Global Most Popular Cantonese Song | Until You Can't Find Me 直到你不找我 | |
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 - Most Popular Male Singer | ||
TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation 2010 - Gold Song Award | We Are Well 我們很好 | |
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Asia-Pacific Most Popular Male Artist | ||
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Most Popular Duets Awards Silver | Always been here with Charlene Choi | |
2010 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards - Most Popular Duets Awards Gold | First Meeting with Miriam Yeung |
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External links
Awards and achievements | ||
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TVB Anniversary Awards | ||
Preceded by Moses Chan for Where the Legend Begins |
Most Improved Actor 2003 for Survivor's Law |
Succeeded by Ron Ng for Twin of Brothers |
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Mainland Most Popular TVB Male Artist 2007 |
Succeeded by None |
Preceded by Moses Chan for Heart of Greed |
My Favourite Male Character 2008 for Moonlight Resonance |
Succeeded by Wayne Lai for Rosy Business |
Preceded by Wayne Lai for Rosy Business |
My Favourite Male Character 2010 for The Mysteries of Love |
Succeeded by Kevin Cheng for Ghetto Justice |
Preceded by Wayne Lai |
TVB.com Popular Artist 2010 |
Succeeded by Kevin Cheng |
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation | ||
Preceded by Eason Chan |
Asia Pacific Most Popular Hong Kong Male Artist 2009-2011 |
Succeeded by Lollipop F |
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Most Popular Male Artist 2012 |
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