Shedding from the “youthful boy” to the “sophisticated man”, Raymond’s image in the “All About Men” album displays another side to this versatile actor, but can it also mean another path to his blossoming career.
Raymond’s start
Currently at the age of 25, standing at 5’11, Raymond Lam started his acting career at the early age of 19, his first step into the entertainment circle began when he signed up for TVB’s 13th annual acting class. After graduating from the course, his first offer was a host for a Mandarin-based program. Not long after, he was given rather minor roles in series like “Life for Life”, “Incurable Traits”, and “At the Threshold of an Era.” His first break came when he was offered a role in “A Taste of Love” starring as the young and stubborn “Ha Tau” opposite Lawrence Ng and Flora Chan.
Dubbed as the “Louis Koo look-a-like”, Raymond was offered more major roles such as in “A Step into the Past” opposite Louis Koo himself, and “Golden Faith” opposite TVB’s leading man Gallen Lo. Soon, he began to take on his own male lead roles in series such as “Eternal Happiness”, “Lofty Waters Verdant Bow”, and “Survivor’s Law”. Winning the “Most Improved Male Actor” in TVB’s 2003 Anniversary for his role as the “big brother” Ben Lok in “Survivor’s Law”, Raymond was finally getting recognized for his performance. But it was not until his role as the ambitious and determined Kau Jung in “Twin of Brothers” did Raymond receive the general acceptance from the audience, gaining him the award of “Most Favorite Character” in TVB’s 2004 Anniversary.
Raymond then goes on to continue to film upcoming series such as “Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion”, “Yummy Yummy”, and the soon to be filmed “Simple Soothsayer”. “Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion” is the second grand-production of TVB to be filmed entirely outdoors and in real backdrop following “Twin of Brothers”, defining Raymond’s role as TVB’s ambassador in the Mainland.
Known to be the “King of Ancient Costume” Raymond has filmed several ancient series and has spent a great deal of his time in Mainland. Though he does look dashing in ancient costumes, Raymond actually prefers to film modern series, and is hoping in the time to come to be able to film more modern series for the audience to see.
Another break
Though never having released his own album, Raymond is known for his masculine and captivating voice. Having studied music in his school years, Raymond’s first taste of the music world started when he sang the themesong “If You were Here” for his first movie “Stolen Love’” opposite up and comer female singer Rain Lee in 2001. From there he has sang in a few children’s song for the children’s channel before breaking into singing for series in his first sub song “Remember to Forget” for his first male lead series “Eternal Happiness”. Attracting many with his soothing voice, Raymond began singing themesongs for his own series such as “Lofty Waters Verdant Bow”, “Survivor’s Law”, “Twin of Brothers”, and my personal favorite “The Last Breakthrough”. As well, Raymond has sung for multiple events such as the “SARS Foundation” and the “2004 Olympic Games”.
His “Survivor’s Law” themesong “Forget the Pain” gained him an award for “Most Favorite Themesong” at the annual Astro awards celebration. His latest release is the sub song for costume drama “Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion” titled “Realize”. Hitting the “Jade Solid Gold” charts with this song, it can be seen that there are to be many more songs to be heard from Raymond, and hopefully the release of his own solo album.
