Jan Lam Hoi-Fung

Acting

Jan Lam Hoi-Fung

Born

1967-01-28 (59)

Place of birth

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Jan Lamb Hoi-fong is a Hong Kong DJ, singer and actor. Lamb is the elder brother of Jerry Lamb and younger brother of singer and radio personality Sandy Lamb. He formed a comedic musical duo during the late 1980s with fellow actor and comedian Eric Kot called Softhard. His wife Cass Phang is a singer.

Known for

Be My Guest poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Be My Guest

2006

City Hunter poster
6.6

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

City Hunter

1993

The Sparring Partner poster
7.1

Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play the devil and idiot game. Meanwhile, heated debates emerge inside the jury room, where nine jurors grapple with the truth.

The Sparring Partner

2022

The Banquet poster
5.8

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.

The Banquet

1991

1:99 Shorts poster
6.3

Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the Information Service Departement of the Government of HK SAR. The aim was to bring back confidence to the HK popuation. The running-time is 1 to 2 minutes for each short.12 Short films: 1-"Rhapsody", director: Johnny To and Wai Ka-fai; 2-"My Sow Is Not Feeling Well", director: Fruit Chan; 3-"Smile", director: Teddy Chen; 4-"Of a Cause" (Animation) director: Tsui Hark; 5-"Hong Kong - A Winner", director: Stephen Chow; 6-"Who's Miss Hong Kong?", director: Joe Ma; 7-"Family of Heroes", director: Alex Law and Mabel Cheung; 8-"Until Then", director: Gordon Chan and Dante Lam; 9- "McDull 1:99" director: Brian Tse; 10-"Spring, 2003", director: Peter Chan; 11-"A Glorious Future", director: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak; 12-"Making of 1:99", director: Wong Shou-Ping.

1:99 Shorts

2003

Over My Dead Body poster
5.8

A group of residents in an apartment block attempt to smuggle a body out of their building to prevent their properties dropping in value.

Over My Dead Body

2023

Film credits

2010s · 10 titles

Break Up 100 poster
6.3

Sam and Barbara have been together for eight years, but the key to their relationship is breaking up. Each time Barbara threatens to leave, Sam would give in and beg her to come back, giving her an increasing upper hand. After their 99th breakup, the couple finally decides to stick through with their relationship and not break up so easily. They plan a future together by running their own café. Ironically, the success of the café starts driving Sam and Barbara apart, and the 100th breakup between Sam and Barbara seems to be just around the corner.

Break Up 100

2014

Weeds on Fire poster
6.3

Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. In the 1980s, two childhood friends join the Shatin Martins, a Band 3 school baseball team managed by the school principal. From these humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.

Weeds on Fire

2016

She Remembers, He Forgets poster
6.8

A wonderfully charming and bittersweet story about teenage friendship, idealist dreams and a city that transcend changing times, this rare Hong Kong-produced gem influenced by Hayao Miyazaki and Shunji Iwai sweeps with nostalgia. In search of an answer for her broken marriage, Gigi journeys into her shiny high school year memories only to discover a deeply hidden secret that will transform her life.

She Remembers, He Forgets

2015

29+1 poster
7.0

A story of two women, Christy Lam and Wong Tin-lok, who are both turning 30.

29+1

2017

Love Off the Cuff poster
6.9

Shawn Yue and Miriam Yeung reprise their popular roles as a star-crossed couple who strive to stay together happily ever after, only to find their already precarious relationship further strained, when Jimmy’s childhood friend asks him to donate sperm, and Cherie is troubled by the re-marriage of her father.

Love Off the Cuff

2017

Hello Babies poster
5.1

The rich merchant Lui Ming and a his old opponent Yeung Wai fight for everything for years. This time they compete for first to be grandpa! Yeung is going have a grandson from his son Alex and daughter in law Shan. Lui therefore threat his grandnephew couple Scallop and Snowy who live off his money to have baby, or will cut off all financial supports. Lui also hire the Super Star midwife Gong San to supervise and urge Scallop and Snowy. The couple’s life turns upside down, but recalls their romantic passion of the beginning of love…

Hello Babies

2014

Hot Summer Days poster
6.1

A chauffeur and a foot masseuse romance through text messages, unaware of each other's identities. An innocent factory girl asks her admirer to stand outside in the heat for 100 days to prove his love. A sushi chef prepares the perfect meal so that the food critic he loves will stay with him. A blinded photographer must locate the beautiful model he insulted...

Hot Summer Days

2010

No artwork available
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The Great War: Director's Cut (2013)

The Great War: Director's Cut

2013

林海峰是但噏廣東話(2016) poster
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No synopsis available yet.

林海峰是但噏廣東話(2016)

2016

林海峰是但噏我好驚(2012) poster
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No synopsis available yet.

林海峰是但噏我好驚(2012)

2011

2000s · 16 titles

1:99 Shorts poster
6.3

Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the Information Service Departement of the Government of HK SAR. The aim was to bring back confidence to the HK popuation. The running-time is 1 to 2 minutes for each short.12 Short films: 1-"Rhapsody", director: Johnny To and Wai Ka-fai; 2-"My Sow Is Not Feeling Well", director: Fruit Chan; 3-"Smile", director: Teddy Chen; 4-"Of a Cause" (Animation) director: Tsui Hark; 5-"Hong Kong - A Winner", director: Stephen Chow; 6-"Who's Miss Hong Kong?", director: Joe Ma; 7-"Family of Heroes", director: Alex Law and Mabel Cheung; 8-"Until Then", director: Gordon Chan and Dante Lam; 9- "McDull 1:99" director: Brian Tse; 10-"Spring, 2003", director: Peter Chan; 11-"A Glorious Future", director: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak; 12-"Making of 1:99", director: Wong Shou-Ping.

1:99 Shorts

2003

McDull, the Alumni poster
5.7

In McDull, the Alumni, our protagonist has grown up. He is no longer the little boy who banters with his mates at school. How he wishes he could just go on bantering all day long with his mates at the renowned Flower on the Spring Field Kindergarten. But that is not to be. Like all grown-ups, he has to grapple with harsh reality. McDull and his mates are scattered all over the place. Each one of them has to find his or her own path. In each of their hearts, they know they have failed. Meanwhile, life goes on in the kindergarten. Someone strums a guitar and the pupils chime in to the song: Puff the magic dragon, lives by the sea… A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys. With hindsight, McDull believes this could well be the maxim of the Flower on the Spring Field Kindergarten alumni.

McDull, the Alumni

2006

McDull, Prince de la Bun poster
7.5

To secure a better future, Mrs Mc sends her son McDull (who is a piglet attending kindergarten) to many different classes and she has also bought her grave on mortgage. Inspired by J K Rowling, Mrs Mc tries her hand at writing. At bedtime, she tells McDull the story she wrote although McDull keeps asking her to read him Harry Potter instead. The story she wrote is actually the story of McDull's father, McBing, Prince de la Bun

McDull, Prince de la Bun

2004

Marry a Rich Man poster
6.1

Mi, a propane delivery girl, declares to the heavens that she must marry a rich man. On a flight to Milan Me meets Christmas, a cute, rich Hong Kong resident who immediately takes a shine to Mi. She thinks she’s hit the jackpot, but as soon as they land the two are pick-pocketed by a local. Undaunted, they go on a “poor man’s date” making the run of Milan without a penny. And the two get along famously, leading Me to the conclusion that her cynical gold-digging plans have worked.

Marry a Rich Man

2002

Trivial Matters poster
5.9

7 Short Story Collection from Hong Kong popular director, Elmond Pang. All about social problem in Hong Kong, delivered in a satirical way.

Trivial Matters

2007

Divergence poster
6.5

A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.

Divergence

2005

Leave Me Alone poster
5.5

Gay fashion designer Yiu Chun Man (Ekin Cheng) is visited in Hong Kong by his straight twin brother, Yiu Chun Kit (also Ekin Cheng). Kit borrows his brother’s driver’s license, and is then involved in a car crash in which a woman dies (see also Ab-normal Beauty), and Kit falls into a coma. With no ID card, Man is unable to prove his identity, so he assumes the identity of his brother, and takes up with Kit’s girlfriend, Jane, (Charlene Choi), and goes with her to Thailand. Jane, however, is having some money problems, and is deeply indebted to a loan shark (Dayo Wong), who pursues Man and Jane. Kit comes out of his coma and finds himself struggling to fend off the amorous advances of Man's boyfriend (Jan Lamb), who is a high-ranking Hong Kong police officer.

Leave Me Alone

2004

McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten poster
6.0

As the 18th descendant of an extremely insignificant philosopher and inventor from ancient China, McDull is fortunate that he does not have a lot to live up to. However, his mother has higher aspirations for him and decides to send him to a martial arts school in China. Overweight and slow on his feet, McDull is the last of his classmates to run away when the headmaster needs to choose someone to represent the school in an international children's martial arts competition.

McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten

2009

Bug Me Not! poster
5.6

Moon is a young misfit who has the ability to talk to bugs. Moon has always been perceived as a "misfit" because she spoke baby talk too long. She has a crush on a boy named Hyland who works in a store across the street from her house. Unknown to Moon, Hyland has a serious problem with body contact with other people. Moon also meets Coochie, an endearing ladybug who speaks to her and becomes part of her daily life, advising her. Moon meets a band of kids who also has abilities, including telekinetic twins, a high jumping teen, a fortune teller, a boy with x-ray vision that is a semi-pervert. Leading these misfits is a woman named Auntie who looks early to mid 20s but her actual age is 70. Auntie wants both Moon and Hyland to join her band of misfits because of Moon's abilities and Hyland's ability to dodge other people's attacks.

Bug Me Not!

2005

My Life as McDull poster
7.0

McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continuously tries to do his best to please his mother. Still it seems he may not be destined for great things like she wishes, but McDull strives to try anyway.

My Life as McDull

2001

Heroes in Love poster
3.7

"Heroes in Love" is a collection of short films about young love in Hong Kong.

Heroes in Love

2001

林海峰是但噏求其大合唱 poster
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No synopsis available yet.

林海峰是但噏求其大合唱

2008

林海峰是但噏發花癲 poster
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No synopsis available yet.

林海峰是但噏發花癲

2005

软硬天师Long Time No See 2006演唱会 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

软硬天师Long Time No See 2006演唱会

2006

林海峰是但噏我願意 poster
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No synopsis available yet.

林海峰是但噏我願意

2009

林海峰是但噏踎低噴飯(2006) poster
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No synopsis available yet.

林海峰是但噏踎低噴飯(2006)

2006

1990s · 18 titles

City Hunter poster
6.6

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

City Hunter

1993

The Banquet poster
5.8

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.

The Banquet

1991

Brief Encounter In Shinjuku poster
7.7

The hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit The Yuppie Fantasia, Brief Encounter in Shinjuku brings back Lawrence Cheng as a thirty-something Hong Kong yuppie finding misadventures in love and marriage. Leung Foon and Ann reunite after the events of The Yuppie Fantasia, but issues still exist. Ann works overtime to be a better wife, and Leung Foon attempts mightily to be a model, upright husband.

Brief Encounter In Shinjuku

1990

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation poster
6.1

A young man falls in love with a ghost and must avoid a variety of ghostbusters out to eliminate her and each other.

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

1997

To Spy with Love!! poster
6.4

Terry (Teddy Robin), a diminutive rock enthusiast and manager of all-girl band The Playgirls, finds himself caught up in a chaotic espionage caper. After two bumbling Japanese hitmen tear apart a rock bar in search of the spy Yap and a hidden treasure map, Terry is wrongly blamed and storms out. He soon discovers the dying Yap in his car, and with her last breath she conceals the map on one of his posters. As the police close in, Terry falls for Inspector Nina, convinced that she shares his feelings, while spy chief Mak and his incompetent assassins continue their frantic pursuit of the missing map.

To Spy with Love!!

1990

Teaching Sucks! poster
7.8

A new teacher’s dream job turns out harder than expected. When he and his single-father friend both fall for a cheerful colleague, he quietly steps back, caught between friendship and love.

Teaching Sucks!

1997

The World of Treasure poster
6.3

South Africa’s diamond king, Jue Gung, neglected his loved ones and decided to return to Hong Kong for the New Year. His family attempts to gain favor with him, in hopes of inheriting some of his wealth.

The World of Treasure

1995

Black Rose II poster
8.5

Heroine Black Rose disappeared from the world 30 years ago. Actually she was rejected by the man she loves, Lui Kei, and thus trapped him in a house. 30 years later, Black Rose meets a young man Ah Mo. The girl he loves Tic Tac is kidnapped by the evil Suen Mui Tong (Sour Plum Soup), so he asks Black Rose to help. Lui Kei while trying to talk Black Rose into saving Tic Tac finally falls in love with her. Suen Mui Tong discovers Black Rose is still alive, which brings up the history of hate between Black Rose and her mother...

Black Rose II

1997

Cause We Are So Young poster
6.0

Cause We Are So Young is a Hong Kong Comedy Drama

Cause We Are So Young

1997

Mary from Beijing poster
6.2

Ma Lei which sounds like "Mary" is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. She wishes for two things: to get her Hong Kong Identity Card, which will enable her to get work as a legal immigrant; and to marry her boyfriend.

Mary from Beijing

1992

Tricky Business poster
6.7

Happy specializes in playing tricks. But he refuses to work for Shi, a rich man, as the job is against his principle, Shi is very angry and asks for the help of Ling, the enemy of Happy. By coincidence, Happy meets Moon, a blind girl suffering from cancer. Happy feels pity and also falls for her. However, he isn’t aware that it is just a trick…

Tricky Business

1995

A Tale from the East poster
6.2

The Little Princess and her bodyguard Jiang travel 200 years from the past to the present day, relentlessly pursued by the evil General Shea Hai, a vicious and seemingly indestructible demon who is after the princess' magic pearl.

A Tale from the East

1990

In Between poster
4.3

Three flatmates share a luxury flat. A philandering hairdresser meets his match. A young stockbroker meets his boss's soon-to-be-ex-wife. A pregnant lady unsure over the identity of the baby's father.

In Between

1994

4 Faces of Eve poster
8.0

Made up of four short stories. One, a lonely hooker can't stop crying whenever she has sex with her clients. She approaches a shrink and ends up stalking him. Two, a long suffering wife and the mistress of her husband bonds. Three, a weird tale of a lesbian avenging her comatose twin sister by killing her unfaithful boyfriend. And lastly, a woman one day suddenly decides that she had enough of her failing marriage and desperately seeks a reinvention of her life.

4 Faces of Eve

1996

Out of the Blur poster
8.5

14 vignettes without dialogue.

Out of the Blur

1996

Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke poster
8.2

Three friends begin a contest to find Karen, a particular girl they all like. The limits: one month, and no advertising or radio. The prize: the losers withdraw and the winner gets free reign to woo her.

Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke

1997

Run poster
7.5

A lonely and broken hearted Hall (Leon Lai) settles down in a rustic cats town in Mexico hope to start a new life. Unfortunately his striking resemblance to the town's notorious killer known as Guitar Killer will change his plans. A continuous action-packed bloody attack by the Guitar Killer's enemies will ensue. This is the Hong Kong remake of the classic El Mariachi.

Run

1994

Out of the Blue poster
NR

An experimental film directed by Jan Lam. It is reminiscent of Wong Kar-wai films like Fallen Angels and has an homage to Edward Yang's The Terrorizers.

Out of the Blue

1995

Series credits

Behind the camera