Patrick Tam (actor)

Hong Kong actor and singer

For other people named Patrick Tam, see Patrick Tam (disambiguation).

Patrick Tam

Born|  (1969-03-19) March 19, 1969 (age 56)

British Hong Kong

Occupation(s)| Actor, Singer
Years active| 1988—present
Spouse|

Fiona Chan

(m. 2003)​

Children| 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 譚耀文
Simplified Chinese| 谭耀文
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Tán Yàowén

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Tam.

Patrick Tam (Chinese: 譚耀文; born 19 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

## Career

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He first set foot into the entertainment industry after winning the 1988 New Talent Awards in Hong Kong alongside another notable Hong Kong singer, Sammi Cheng who was second runner-up.[1]

After an unsuccessful stint in the music industry, Patrick was about to give up a career in the entertainment industry when he was approached by a TVB representative thus embarking on a journey into the world of acting.[1]

He got his first break when he received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 18th annual Hong Kong Film Awards in 1999 for his role as Push Pin in Beast Cops.[2]

His next notable achievement was a Best Supporting Actor award at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival for his role as Man in Born Wild in 2001.[3][4]

## Personal life

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In 1996, Patrick met and eventually dated fellow TVB colleague, actress Astrid Chan before separating over personality differences.[5] In 2003, he married Fiona Chan on Christmas Eve which also happens to be her birthday.[6]

On December 18, 2006, Patrick and Fiona welcomed son, Daniel (譚皓哲) Tam to the family.[7]

On February 21, 2011, Patrick announced the birth of his second child Tamia (譚津如) Tam, with wife Fiona.[8][9]

## Filmography

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### Films

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* Cyber Heist (2023)
* Where the Wind Blows (2023)
* Breakout Brothers 3 (2022)
* Breakout Brothers 2 (2022)
* Raging Fire (2021)
* Breakout Brothers (2020)
* A Witness Out of the Blue (2019)
* Fatal Visit (2019)
* First Class Charge (2019)
* P Storm (2019)
* The Fatal Raid (2018)
* The Choice (2018)
* Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (2018)
* L Storm (2018)
* Dealer/Healer (2017)
* Kick Ball (2017)
* Witch Doctor (2016)
* Insomnia Lover (2016)
* Love in Late Autumn (2016)
* Ip Man 3 (2015)
* The Spirit of the Swords (2015)
* Wong Ka-Yan (2015)
* The Merger (2015)
* Port of Call (2015)
* Two Thumbs Up (2015)
* A Happy Life天天有喜(2014)
* Just Another Margin (2014)
* As the Light Goes Out (2014)
* Fiery Thunderbolt Qin Ming (2013)
* The House (2013)
* Triad (2012)
* Death Zone (2012)
* A Land without Boundaries (2011)
* The Detective 2 (2011)
* I Love Hong Kong (2011)
* Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
* Here Comes Fortune (2010)
* To Live and Die in Mongkok (2009)
* The Storm Warriors (2009)
* Lady Cop & Papa Crook (2009)
* Mr. Right (2008)
* Trivial Matters (2007)
* In Love with the Dead (2007)
* Naraka 19 (2007)
* Simply Actors (2007)
* Luxury Fantasy (2007)
* Eastern Legend (2007)
* Who's Next (2007)
* A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
* The Myth (2005)
* City of SARS (2003)
* The Story of Long (2003)
* My Troublesome Buddy (2003)
* The New Option (2002)
* The Wall (2002)
* Body Puzzle (2002)
* La Brassiere (2001) [cameo]
* The Legend of Zu (2001)
* Born Wild (2001)
* Comeuppance (2000)
* Crying Heart (2000)
* Killers from Beijing (2000)
* Homicidal Maniac (2000)
* The Duel (2000)
* The Legend of Speed (1999)
* Purple Storm (1999)
* My Loving Trouble 7 (1999)
* Century of the Dragon (1999)
* Love in the River (1998)
* Operation Billionaires (1998)
* Beast Cops (1998)
* Point of No Return (1990)

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### TV series

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Year  | Title  | Role

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1994 | The Swordsman Lai Bo Yee | Lai Bo Yee
File Of Justice III | John
1995 | File of Justice IV | Chris Yau Wing Hong
1997 | File of Justice V | Chris Yau Wing Hong
2000 | The Duke of Mount Deer (2000 TV series) | Kangxi Emperor
2003 | Seed of Hope | Nicholas Woo
2004 | Split Second | Yeung Kai Tung
Angels of Mission | Lee Kin Keung
2006 | Relentless Justice | Chin Tsz Kong
2010 | The Holy Pearl | Rong Di Huang
2011 | The Emperor's Harem | Wang Zhi
2012 | Liu Hai Plays with Gold Toad |
2013 | Earth God and Earth Grandmother | Zhang Fu De
A Happy Life | Jin Buhuan

## References

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1. ^ a b "Patrick Tam's Life Philosophy" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.
2. ^ "Official Hong Kong Film Awards Site" (in Chinese).
3. ^ "Official Taipei Golden Horse Award site" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-04-26.
4. ^ "Born Wild at Love HK Film site".
5. ^ "Taking stock of celebrity couples whose relations don't last" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2013-01-06.
6. ^ "Patrick Tam is getting married on Christmas Eve which is also the bride's birthday" (in Chinese).
7. ^ "Patrick Tam's one year old son always looks for pretty girls" (in Chinese).
8. ^ "The Happiness of one's family is a man's greatest achievement" (in Chinese).[permanent dead link]
9. ^ "Patrick Tam has 'Year of the Rabbit' baby girl" (in Chinese).
10. ^ "Patrick Tam Yiu Man". imdb.com. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
11. ^ "Patrick Tam Yiu Man". chinesemov.com. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

## External links

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* Patrick Tam Yiu Man's Bilingual Forum
* Patrick Tam at IMDb

Preceded by

Hui Hong Fong 方曉紅

|  New Talent Singing Awards winner
1988  | Succeeded by

Mei Kwan Tong 湯美君

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Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

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* Mang Hoi (1986)
* Paul Chun (1987)
* Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1988)
* Jacky Cheung (1989)
* Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1990)
* Ng Man-tat (1991)
* Kwan Hoi-san (1992)
* Liu Kai-chi (1993)
* Paul Chun (1994)
* Jordan Chan (1995)
* Law Kar-ying (1996)
* Eric Tsang (1997)
* Jiang Wen (1998)
* Patrick Tam (1999)
* Ti Lung (2000)
* Francis Ng (2001)
* Wong Yat-fei (2002)
* Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2003)
* Tony Leung Ka-fai (2004)
* Yuen Wah (2005)
* Anthony Wong Chau-sang (2006)
* Gouw Ian Iskandar (2007)
* Andy Lau (2008)
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* Nicholas Tse (2010)
* Teddy Robin (2011)
* Lo Hoi-pang (2012)
* Ronald Cheng (2013)
* Zhang Jin (2014)
* Kenneth Tsang (2015)
* Michael Ning (2016)
* Eric Tsang (2017)
* Philip Keung (2018)
* Ben Yuen (2019)
* Cheung Tat-ming (2020)
* Mason Fung (2021/2022)
* Michael Hui (2023)
* David Chiang (2024)

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Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor

* Chung Fu-tsai (1962)
* Ma Chi (1963)
* Ching Miao (1964)
* Wu Chia-hsiang (1965)
* Tsui Fu-sheng (1966)
* Ching Miao (1967)
* Sun Yueh (1968)
* Yi Ming (1969)
* Wang Jung (1970)
* Wei Lung-hao (1971)
* Jimmy Wang Yu (1972)
* Yi Ming (1973)
* Sihung Lung (1976)
* Pai Ying (1977)
* Ku Ming-lun (1978)
* Han Su (1979)
* Hsiang Yun-peng (1980)
* George Wang (1981)
* Ku Feng (1982)
* Ku Feng (1983)
* Chang Feng (1984)
* Chen Bor-jeng (1985)
* Paul Chun (1986)
* Wu Ma (1987)
* Stephen Chow (1988)
* Chang Shih (1989)
* Jacky Cheung (1990)
* Kwan Hoi-san (1991)
* Ku Pao-ming (1992)
* Sihung Lung (1993)
* Berson Wang (1994)
* Law Kar-ying (1995)
* Wang Chi-tsan (1996)
* Chen Ching-hsin (1997)
* Eric Tsang (1998)
* Leon Dai (1999)
* Tai Bo (2000)
* Patrick Tam (2001)
* Anthony Wong (2002)
* Anthony Wong (2003)
* Daniel Wu (2004)
* Anthony Wong (2005)
* Ian Gouw (2006)
* Tony Leung Ka-fai (2007)
* Ma Ju-lung (2008)
* Wang Xueqi (2009)
* Wu Pong-fong (2010)
* Bokeh Kosang (2011)
* Ronald Cheng (2012)
* Li Xuejian (2013)
* Chen Jianbin (2014)
* Michael Ning (2015)
* Austin Lin (2016)
* Bamboo Chen (2017)
* Ben Yuen (2018)
* Liu Kuan-ting (2019)
* Lin Yu-Chih (2020)
* Liu Kuan-ting (2021)
* Berant Zhu (2022)
* Akio Chen (2023)
* Shih Ming-shuai (2024)

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