Gordon Lam Ka Tung, one of today’s most versatile and prolific actors in the Hong Kong cinema, will receive the VARIETY STAR ASIA AWARD during NYAFF, which is showcasing an unprecedented four of his most recent films. Lam stars in Soi Cheang’s electrifying Limbo, a brutal thriller about the hunt for a serial killer, and Chan Kin Long’s gritty cross-border drug-runner bromance Hand Rolled Cigarette, makes a mandatory cameo in All U Need Is Love, in which many of Hong Kong’s movie stars are stuck in one hotel during the COVID pandemic, and serves as a producer on Ricky Ko’s Time, about three retired assassins who decide to get back in the game.

Gordon Lam Ka Tung was already a household name, having starred in over 60 TV series, when he caught the eye of director Andrew Lau and was cast in Love of a Dream (2001), followed by Infernal Affairs I & III (2002, 2003). In 2004, Lam starred in Johnnie To’s Yesterday Once More, which marked the beginning of a long-standing collaboration that has led to Election I & II (2005, 2006), Exiled (2006), Mad Detective (2007), Triangle (2007), Sparrow (2008), and Vengeance (2009). Lam’s other notable credits include Ip Man (2008), Cold War (2012), Firestorm (2013), and Trivisa (2016), for which he received the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, among other honors. NYAFF will present four of Lam’s 2021 films: he stars in Soi Cheang’s Limbo and Chan Kin Long’s Hand Rolled Cigarette, makes a mandatory cameo in All U Need Is Love, and serves as producer on Ricky Ko’s Time.