Patrick Tam's photoshoot for Men's Vogue (December issue)

Many of you might not be be familiar with Patrick Tam because he is not an artist under TVB Corporation. A former actor of TVB has now joined the ATV Corporation to play many drama's lead roles. Recently I have watched one of his old dramas, Relentless Justice and I was amazed of how good his acting skills were. Many artists left TVB to join another agency for obvious reasons, unrealistic contract requirements and unfair assignment allotment. However, I feel that talented actors and actresses deserved to be promoted no matter which company they are with.

Here is Patrick Tam's recent photoshoot with China's Men Vogue in their December issue.

Biography

Patrick Tam Yiu-Man has been recognized as a solid character actor in recent years, but his career encountered a few bumps along the way. Born on March 19, 1969, Tam fell in love with performing at a very young age. When he was sixteen, he joined an acrobatic troupe and learned to do somersaults before being lured away by a growing interest in music.

In 1988, he won TVB’s 7th New Talent Singing Competition (Sammi Cheng placed third), and was accepted by Anita Mui as her second official student shortly thereafter. Tam was initially well received by audiences but his later experimentation with non-mainstream music, like jazz, was too radical for them. His record flopped and Warner Music decided not to renew his contract in 1992.

A dejected Tam turned to acting in the mid-nineties. He did a couple of television serials to pay the rent before exploding onto the movie scene with his performance in Beast Cops (1998). His role as Pushy-Pin won him a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Suddenly, the offers for movies and television came rolling in. He has appeared in almost twenty films since Beast Cops, including Purple Storm (1999), The Legend of Zu (2001) and the underrated Milkyway film, Comeuppance (2000). Tam proved to be the best thing about Born Wild (2001), garnering himself a second Hong Kong Film Award nomination and winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.

TV Series

The Spirit of the Sword (2007)
Project A A计划 (2007)
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006)
Relentless Justice (ATV, 2006)
Legend of Fang De and Miao Cui Hua (ATV, 2006)
Seven Swordsmen as Emperor Shun Zhi (CCTV, 2006)
Chinese Paladin (CTV/TCS, 2005)
Split Second (TVB, 2004)
Angels of Mission (TVB, 2004)
Eighteen Springs (2003)
Westside Story (SETTV, 2003)
Seed of Hope (TVB, 2003)
To Where He Belongs (ATV, 2001)
The Duke of Mount Deer (CTS, 2000)
Flaming Brothers (ATV, 1998)
Detective Investigation Files III (TVB, 1997)
File of Justice V (TVB, 1997)
File of Justice IV (TVB, 1995)
A Stage of Turbulence (TVB, 1995)