Affectionately dubbed the โKing of Chokโ โ chok being a Cantonese slang term that means trying to look cool or handsome, often to the point of being pretentious or cocky โ Raymond Lam Fung is one of Hong Kongโs most successful entertainers of the 2000s.
After training with Hong Kong broadcaster TVB at the beginning of his career, he made a name for himself as a television actor and cemented his status as a heartthrob through shows like La Femme Desperado, Moonlight Resonance and The Mysteries of Love.
In the following years, Lam also became a Cantopop singer โ music was his first love โ and later ventured into the mainland Chinese market in the 2010s.
Born in 1979 in Xiamen, in mainland China, Lam grew up as part of a wealthy family and moved to Hong Kong as a young child. As the eldest son of a property tycoon, he was expected to take over the family business when he became an adult.