Kam Hing-yin

Biography

Kam Hing-yin was born in British Hong Kong in 1950, with ancestral roots in Liaoning. He graduated from Maryknoll Secondary School in 1971 and joined the first TVB Artist Training Course that same year. He began his acting career in the 1970s, appearing in classic TV dramas such as 民間傳奇, 家變 and 奮鬥, as well as Shaw Brothers films. He left TVB in 1982 due to a contract dispute and moved to the film industry before joining ATV, where he starred in series like 霍東閣 and 四大名捕重出江湖. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards for his role in the film 邊緣人 in 1982. In 1988, he co-founded the 艺進同學會 with Chow Yun-fat and Johnnie To. He returned to TVB in 1995 and appeared in dramas including 刑事侦缉档案III and 天地豪情. After gradually retiring from acting post-2000, he went to Florida to obtain a golf coaching license and returned to Hong Kong to work as a golf instructor, occasionally taking cameo roles. He has been married twice, first to dancer Chin Yau-ling in 1979, with whom he has a son.