Biography
Simon Yam Tat-wah is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. Born on 19 March 1955 in British Hong Kong, he began his career as a model before entering television with TVB in the mid-1970s. He transitioned to film in 1987 and has appeared in over 200 productions.
Yam is known for frequent collaborations with director Johnnie To on films including PTU (2003), Election (2005) and Sparrow (2008). Other notable roles include appearances in SPL: Kill Zone (2005), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009), the Ip Man series (2008–2010), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) and Operation Red Sea (2018). He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor for Echoes of the Rainbow (2010).
He has also featured in the anthology My People, My Country (2019).
