Bowie Lam

Bowie Lam
Bowie Lam at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards 2012
Background information
Chinese name	林保怡 (traditional)
Chinese name	林保怡 (simplified)
Pinyin	Lín Bǎoyí (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Lam^4 Bou^2 Ji^4 (Cantonese)
Born	4 September 1965 Hong Kong
Other name(s)	God of Songs (歌神)
Occupation	Actor, singer, rapper
Genre(s)	Cantopop, Mandopop
Instrument(s)	drums
Years active	1985–present
Ancestry	Haifeng, Guangdong, China
Website	www.bowielam.cn
Awards TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actor 2004 War and Beauty My Favourite Television Character 2003 Vigilante Force 2004 War and Beauty Asian Television Awards Best Actor - Drama Series 2010 Sisters of Pearl

Bowie Lam (Chinese: 林保怡, Lam Bo-yee; born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including File of Justice and Healing Hands.

Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations, including serving in the Hong Kong Police Force for a short time. He made his acting debut in 1986 in Kiss Me Goodbye and his singing debut in 1989.

Lam's acting career took off after joining the major television network TVB in 1991. His first project was a supporting role in the 1992 drama The Greed of Man, which starred Sean Lau, Vivian Chow, Adam Cheng, and Amy Kwok. The Greed of Man as of 2011 remained one of TVB's highest-rated dramas. After The Greed of Man, Lam was featured in TVB dramas Files of Justice (1994–1997), Untraceable Evidence (1997 and 1999), and Healing Hands (1998, 2000, and 2005). His major break-out role is considered the 2004 War and Beauty, which was a huge success in Hong Kong and China.

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Awards
1991	The Lady of Iron
1992	The Greed of Man
	Twins
	Beyond Love
	The Undercover
1993	Can't Stop Loving You
	The Art of Being Together
	For Home's Sake
	Catwalk
1994	Eternity
	Files of Justice III
	Forty something
	ICAC Investigation 1994
	Mary's Choice
1995	File of Justice IV
	The Unexpected
1996	Once Upon a Time in Shanghai: The Victory
	Wong Fei Hong Series
1997	Untraceable Evidence
	A Recipe for the Heart
	File of Justice V
1998	Healing Hands	Dr. Henry Lai 黎國柱	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5)
	The Warmtime Lovers
1999	Untraceable Evidence II
	Ultra Protection
	The Disappearance
2000	Healing Hands II	Dr. Henry Lai 黎國柱	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5)
	The Green Hope
	The Sky is the Limit
2002	Fight for Love 談談情·練練武	Ng Ka-kit 吳家傑
	Invisible Journey 彩色世界	Cheung Ka-fat 張家發
	Deadly Sting
2003	Vigilante Force 智勇新警界	Fong Nga-chai 方瓦仔	Won - TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character Won - Astro Award for My Favourite Character
2004	War and Beauty 金枝慾孽	Suen Bak-yeung 孫白颺	Won - TVB Award for Best Actor Won - TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character Nominated - Astro Award for Best Actor (Top 10) Nominated - Astro Award for My Favourite Couple (Top 5) Nominated - Astro Award for My Favourite Theme Song
	Kung Fu Soccer
	Unbearable Heights
2005	Misleading Track 奪命真夫	Leo Law Lei-ho 羅理浩
	Healing Hands III 妙手仁心III	Henry Lai Kwok-chu 黎國柱	Nominated - Astro Award for Best Actor (Top 10) Nominated - Astro Award for My Favourite Character (Top 20)
	Always Ready 隨時候命	Benjamin Yip Ching-wan 葉青雲
2006	The Dance of Passion 火舞黃沙	Yim Man-Hei 閻萬曦	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 5) Nominated - TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 5) Nominated - Astro Award for Best Actor (Top 10) Nominated - Astro Award for My Favourite Character (Top 20)
	CIB Files 刑事情報科	Tony Chung Shun 鍾信
2008	Angry Angle
2008-2009	The Gem of Life	Calvin Ko Cheung-shing 高長勝	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 15) Nominated - TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 15)
2009	ICAC Investigators 2009	Ma Yat-ming
2010	Sisters of Pearl	Ho Cheung-Hing	Asian Television Awards for Best Drama Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
	Every Move You Make	Linus Yiu Hok-sum	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actor (Top 15)
2011	River of Wine	Leung Ching-yiu / Sung Ching-yiu
2011-2012	When Heaven Burns	Joe Lau Chun-hung
2012	Strangers 6	Fang Hai-lian
2014	Shianghai Tan Diexue Xiaoxiong	Gu Li-ming
2014	Tun Shu Xi Jiang	Zhang Han-yong
2016	Margaret and David: Green Beans[1]

Host

Year	Title	Awards
2006	Homeland Beauty
2008	Two on the Road
2010	Duanhuang
	Health Oddities	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Host (Top 5)

Filmography

• Kiss Me Goodbye (1986)
• People's Hero (1987)
• On the Run (1988)
• Give From Heaven (1989)
• Bachelor's Swan Song (1989)
• Doctor Vampire (1991)
• It's Now or Never (1992)
• Rogues From The North (1992)
• Now You See Love, Now You Don't (1992)
• Gun n' Rose (1992)
• The Sting (1992)
• Hard Boiled (1992)
• Once a Cop (1993)
• Man of the Time (1993)
• Rose Rose I Love You (1993)
• Cop Image (1994)
• A Fatal Jump (1994)
• Modern Romance (1994)
• Beginner's Luck (1994)
• The Most Wanted (1994)
• Those Were the Days... (1995)
• The Day That Doesn't Exit Part A... (1995)
• Heaven Can't Wait (1995)
• Faithfully Yours (1995)
• The King Of Robbery (1996)
• Wild (1996)
• Rich For One Night (1996)
• Passionate Night (1997)
• Lost Control (1997)
• Lawyer Lawyer (1997)
• Evil Instinct (1997)
• Oh! My God (1998)
• Hong Kong X File (1998)
• The Sniper (2009)
• I Corrupt All Cops (2009)
• Better and Better (2013)
• Caught in Trap (2014)
• The Crossing (2014)
• Massagist (2015)
• Z Storm 2 (2016)

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TV series theme songs

• "Unsuspectingly" (不知不覺), with Kit Chan, opening theme song for Healing Hands II (2000)
• "Love Does Not Leave" (愛不出口), insert song for Healing Hands II (2000)
• "Escape to Life Sky" (逃出生天), opening theme for Fight for Love (2002)
• "Cover Your Eyes to See the World" (闔上眼睛看世界), opening theme for Invisible Journey (2002)
• "Don't Fear the Dark" (不要怕黑), insert song for Invisible Journey (2002)
• "Split" (一字馬), opening theme song for Vigilante Force (2003)
• "If You Were My Lover" (如果你是我的愛人), insert song for Vigilante Force (2003)
• "Children" (兒女), opening theme song for War and Beauty (2004)
• "Arsenic" (砒霜), insert song for War and Beauty (2004)
• "The Eagle Soars" (飛鷹翱翔(完整)), ending theme for Always Ready (2005)
• "With You Every Day" (和你的每一天), theme song for Healing Hands III (2005)
• "The Wrong Gray Is Correct" (灰色錯對), opening theme song for Misleading Track (2005)
• "Intelligence" (情報), opening theme song for CIB Files (2006)
• "Wind Sand" (風沙), opening theme song for The Dance of Passion (2006)
• "The Two Words of Love" (相戀兩個字) with Gigi Lai, ending theme song for The Gem of Life (2008)
• "Sam Chung Yau So" (心中有數) opening theme song for Every Move You Make (2010)
• "Youthful Ignorance" (年少無知) with Moses Chan and Kenny Wong, ending theme song for When Heaven Burns (2011)

References

1. "Bernice Liu Returns to Hong Kong for ViuTV's "Margaret and David"". JayneStars. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
2. "Bowie Lam". imdb.com. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
3. "Bowie Lam". chinesemov.com. Retrieved April 18, 2010.

External links

• IMDb entry
• Official Blog