Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
19 3月 1955 (71)
Place of birth
Hong Kong, China
Also known as
Simon Yam Tat-Wah · Ren Da-Hua · Yam Tat-Wah · Ren Dahua
Biography
Simon Yam Tat-Wah (Chinese: 任達華) was born 19 March, 1955, is a veteran Hong Kong-based 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 co-starring in a number of television series prior to "apply his trades" in the film industry in 1987. His elder brother is Yam Tak-wing, a retired former Deputy Commissioner of Hong Kong Police In 1989, he starred in the Japanese-Hong Kong co-production 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 Yun-Fat's character. In 1993, he starred as "Dhalsim" in the action-comedy 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 Tin-Sung, 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 Cheung-sun, 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.
代表作
0.0
Series
倚天屠龍記 (數碼修復版)
张翠山
1986
10.0
Series
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
張翠山
1986
0.0
Series
This Land Is Mine
1979–1980
0.0
Series
楚留香之蝙蝠傳奇 (數碼修復版)
原随云
1984–1985
0.0
Series
The Adventurers
1980–1981
7.6
Series
The Return of the Condor Heroes
耶律齊
1983–1984
0.0
Series
Destiny
1982
0.0
Series
第一次
1978–
0.0
Series
A House is Not a Home
洛华
1977
0.0
Series
Chinese Folklore
1974–1982
5.3
Series
The Shell Game
谭升
1980–1981
0.0
Series
Lu Siniang: Legend of Ching Lady
1985
0.0
Series
Heaven's Retribution
1990
7.4
Film
Operation Red Sea
Newspaper Editor Alfred
2018
6.1
Film
Naked Killer
Tinam
1992
5.8
Film
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Chen Lo
2003
0.0
Series
The Legend of the Book and Sword
乾隆帝
1987–1988
0.0
Series
Over the Rainbow
1979–1980
6.8
Film
The Thieves
Chen
2012
7.9
Series
The Thunder
Zhao Jialiang
2019
0.0
Series
The Brothers
石永熹
1980
7.8
Film
Ip Man
Zhou Qing Quan
2008
7.0
Series
Homeland Guardian
Chiu Siu-tong
2025
6.1
Film
Wake of Death
Sun Quan
2004
6.9
Film
SPL: Kill Zone
Detective Chan Kwok Chung
2005
4.5
Film
12 Golden Ducks
King Sum
2015
7.2
Film
Exiled
Boss Fay
2006
7.2
Film
Election
Lok
2005
7.5
Film
The Mission
Frank
1999
6.0
Series
War Of The Dragon
1989
5.5
Series
The Dragnet
Xie A Rong
2021
9.0
Series
The Good The Bad The Ugly
1979–1980
6.0
Film
All of a Sudden
Tsui Chin-Tung
1996
6.1
Film
Man of Tai Chi
Superintendent Wong
2013
2.0
Series
Legend
2000–
7.5
Series
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
1984
7.1
Film
Raging Fire
SACP Lok
2021
5.9
Film
Bloodfight
Ryu Tenmei
1989
6.0
Film
Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You
Fred Suen
1993
0.0
Series
The Under-Cover Story
钟迪奇
1988
6.8
Film
Escape from the Outland
Zhou Weijie
2025
6.7
Series
My Date with a Vampire II
将臣
2000
7.1
Film
Contract Killer
Officer Chan Kwan
1998
8.5
Series
Behind Silk Curtains
1988
7.0
Film
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Chan Kwok-Wah
2015
8.5
Series
The New Adventures Of Chor Lau Heung
原随云
1984–1985
6.6
Film
Vengeance
George Fung
2009
6.8
Film
Full Contact
Judge
1992
5.4
Film
Dr. Lamb
Lam Gor Yu
1992
6.4
Film
Sara
Kam Ho Yin
2014
4.4
Film
Cash on Delivery
Simon Yip
1992
7.6
Film
Bullet in the Head
Luke / Lok
1990
5.1
Film
Air Strike
Air Defense Comander
2018
7.5
Film
Cold Eyes
Man in Suit
2013
6.4
Film
The Legend of Speed
Tang Fung
1999
7.5
Series
Hanging Mirrors
Lin Guoqiang
2025
5.2
Film
Raped by an Angel
Tso Tat Wah
1993
0.0
Series
Fate Takes A Hand
1987
5.3
Film
Bad Blood
Funky
2010
6.8
Film
Bodyguards and Assassins
General Fang Tian
2009
6.7
Film
The Final Judgement
Au Ping Keung
1993
4.7
Film
Beginning of the Great Revival
Zhang Jian
2011
7.4
Film
Election 2
Lam Lok
2006
5.5
Film
Iceman
Yuanlong
2014
10.0
Series
Angels And Devils
1983
5.9
Film
Street Angels
Walkie Pi
1996
5.3
Film
Black Cat
Brian
1991
8.0
Series
The Reincarnated Princess
1985–1986
6.5
Film
Young and Dangerous 3
Boss Chiang Tin-Sung
1996
6.2
Film
The Tenants Downstairs
The Landlord / Chang Jiajun
2016
6.5
Film
Young and Dangerous 2
Chiang Tin-Sung
1996
6.7
Film
My People, My Country
Watchmaker Wah (segment "The Going Home")
2019
0.0
Series
書劍恩仇録 (數碼修復版)
乾隆
1987
4.9
Film
Man on the Edge
Boss Cheong
2022
4.8
Film
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
Mach Ren
2017
6.2
Film
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch
Li Qiang
2019
6.0
Film
The Goldfinger
K.K. Zeng
2023
4.9
Film
Under Current
Yeung To
2025
5.1
Film
Never a Thief
Don Elephant / Zhou Taiyuan
2025
5.8
Film
Legend of the Naga Pearls
Xuelie
2017
5.7
Film
The Comeback
2023
6.0
Series
東方茱麗葉
Chu Xing
2006
5.1
Film
I Did It My Way
Chung Kam Ming
2023
5.9
Film
Death Notice
Tsang
2023
6.6
Film
Young and Dangerous
Boss Chiang Tin-Sung
1996
6.2
Film
Colour of the Game
Wallace
2017
6.4
Film
Fireflies in the Sun
Zhang Zhengyi
2021
6.9
Film
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Old Man (segment "Astray")
2022
7.6
Film
Little Q
Li Bao Ting
2019
6.7
Film
The Human Comedy
Ba Ye
2019
5.3
Film
The Man's Secret
Dugu
2023
4.9
Film
Cyber Heist
Suen Ban
2023
6.0
Film
A Murder Erased
MA Man Chiu (Superintendent)
2022
6.5
Film
Iceman: The Time Traveler
Yuan Lung
2018
6.3
Film
A or B
曾广文
2018
5.8
Film
Eternal Wave
Boss Qin
2017
4.4
Film
Mrs K
Scarface
2017
7.1
Film
A Beautiful Moment
Simon Leung
2018
4.8
Film
Phantom of the Theatre
Gu Mingshan
2016
3.0
Film
Change of Gangster
Liu
2019
3.6
Film
Deliverance
Joseph Fan
2024
3.7
Film
Inside or Outside
Fei Xin
2016
5.7
Film
A Light Never Goes Out
Bill Yeung
2023
4.0
Film
Little Red Sweet
Cheung Hing
2025
2.5
Film
Man's Creed
Xiao Jianfeng
2022
5.3
Film
Father and Son
OK哥
2017
0.0
Film
Odium Zero
2026
10.0
Film
Justice in Northwest
Lu Hong
2018
2.0
Film
Break War
Bai Bin
2024
Acting credits 109 titles
Odium Zero
0.0
2026
Hanging Mirrors
as Lin Guoqiang
7.5
2025
Never a Thief
as Don Elephant / Zhou Taiyuan
5.1
2025
Little Red Sweet
as Cheung Hing
4.0
2025
Under Current
as Yeung To
4.9
2025
Escape from the Outland
as Zhou Weijie
6.8
2025
Homeland Guardian
as Chiu Siu-tong
7.0
2025
Deliverance
as Joseph Fan
3.6
2024
Break War
as Bai Bin
2.0
2024
The Man's Secret
as Dugu
5.3
2023
The Comeback
5.7
2023
A Light Never Goes Out
as Bill Yeung
5.7
2023
Cyber Heist
as Suen Ban
4.9
2023
The Goldfinger
as K.K. Zeng
6.0
2023
I Did It My Way
as Chung Kam Ming
5.1
2023
Death Notice
as Tsang
5.9
2023
Man's Creed
as Xiao Jianfeng
2.5
2022
Man on the Edge
as Boss Cheong
4.9
2022
A Murder Erased
as MA Man Chiu (Superintendent)
6.0
2022
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
as Old Man (segment "Astray")
6.9
2022
Fireflies in the Sun
as Zhang Zhengyi
6.4
2021
The Dragnet
as Xie A Rong
5.5
2021
Raging Fire
as SACP Lok
7.1
2021
Little Q
as Li Bao Ting
7.6
2019
The Human Comedy
as Ba Ye
6.7
2019
My People, My Country
as Watchmaker Wah (segment "The Going Home")
6.7
2019
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch
as Li Qiang
6.2
2019
The Thunder
as Zhao Jialiang
7.9
2019
Change of Gangster
as Liu
3.0
2019
Justice in Northwest
as Lu Hong
10.0
2018
A Beautiful Moment
as Simon Leung
7.1
2018
Iceman: The Time Traveler
as Yuan Lung
6.5
2018
A or B
as 曾广文
6.3
2018
Operation Red Sea
as Newspaper Editor Alfred
7.4
2018
Air Strike
as Air Defense Comander
5.1
2018
Colour of the Game
as Wallace
6.2
2017
Mrs K
as Scarface
4.4
2017
Eternal Wave
as Boss Qin
5.8
2017
Legend of the Naga Pearls
as Xuelie
5.8
2017
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
as Mach Ren
4.8
2017
Father and Son
as OK哥
5.3
2017
Inside or Outside
as Fei Xin
3.7
2016
The Tenants Downstairs
as The Landlord / Chang Jiajun
6.2
2016
Phantom of the Theatre
as Gu Mingshan
4.8
2016
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
as Chan Kwok-Wah
7.0
2015
12 Golden Ducks
as King Sum
4.5
2015
Sara
as Kam Ho Yin
6.4
2014
Iceman
as Yuanlong
5.5
2014
Man of Tai Chi
as Superintendent Wong
6.1
2013
Cold Eyes
as Man in Suit
7.5
2013
The Thieves
as Chen
6.8
2012
Beginning of the Great Revival
as Zhang Jian
4.7
2011
Bad Blood
as Funky
5.3
2010
Vengeance
as George Fung
6.6
2009
Bodyguards and Assassins
as General Fang Tian
6.8
2009
Ip Man
as Zhou Qing Quan
7.8
2008
Election 2
as Lam Lok
7.4
2006
東方茱麗葉
as Chu Xing
6.0
2006
Exiled
as Boss Fay
7.2
2006
Election
as Lok
7.2
2005
SPL: Kill Zone
as Detective Chan Kwok Chung
6.9
2005
Wake of Death
as Sun Quan
6.1
2004
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Chen Lo
5.8
2003
Legend
2.0
2000–
My Date with a Vampire II
as 将臣
6.7
2000
The Legend of Speed
as Tang Fung
6.4
1999
The Mission
as Frank
7.5
1999
Contract Killer
as Officer Chan Kwan
7.1
1998
All of a Sudden
as Tsui Chin-Tung
6.0
1996
Street Angels
as Walkie Pi
5.9
1996
Young and Dangerous 3
as Boss Chiang Tin-Sung
6.5
1996
Young and Dangerous
as Boss Chiang Tin-Sung
6.6
1996
Young and Dangerous 2
as Chiang Tin-Sung
6.5
1996
The Final Judgement
as Au Ping Keung
6.7
1993
Raped by an Angel
as Tso Tat Wah
5.2
1993
Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You
as Fred Suen
6.0
1993
Cash on Delivery
as Simon Yip
4.4
1992
Naked Killer
as Tinam
6.1
1992
Full Contact
as Judge
6.8
1992
Dr. Lamb
as Lam Gor Yu
5.4
1992
Black Cat
as Brian
5.3
1991
Heaven's Retribution
0.0
1990
Bullet in the Head
as Luke / Lok
7.6
1990
War Of The Dragon
6.0
1989
Bloodfight
as Ryu Tenmei
5.9
1989
The Under-Cover Story
as 钟迪奇
0.0
1988
Behind Silk Curtains
8.5
1988
書劍恩仇録 (數碼修復版)
as 乾隆
0.0
1987
Fate Takes A Hand
0.0
1987
The Legend of the Book and Sword
as 乾隆帝
0.0
1987–1988
倚天屠龍記 (數碼修復版)
as 张翠山
0.0
1986
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
as 張翠山
10.0
1986
The Reincarnated Princess
8.0
1985–1986
Lu Siniang: Legend of Ching Lady
0.0
1985
The New Adventures Of Chor Lau Heung
as 原随云
8.5
1984–1985
The Smiling Proud Wanderer
7.5
1984
楚留香之蝙蝠傳奇 (數碼修復版)
as 原随云
0.0
1984–1985
Angels And Devils
10.0
1983
The Return of the Condor Heroes
as 耶律齊
7.6
1983–1984
Destiny
0.0
1982
The Adventurers
0.0
1980–1981
The Brothers
as 石永熹
0.0
1980
The Shell Game
as 谭升
5.3
1980–1981
The Good The Bad The Ugly
9.0
1979–1980
This Land Is Mine
0.0
1979–1980
Over the Rainbow
0.0
1979–1980
第一次
0.0
1978–
A House is Not a Home
as 洛华
0.0
1977
Chinese Folklore
0.0
1974–1982