# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lam-ching-ying
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:56.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lam-ching-ying"
name: "Lam Ching-ying"
slug: "lam-ching-ying"
description: "Lam Ching-ying was a Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director. As a practitioner of martial arts Lam starred in a number of notable films that found recognition outside Hong Kong including Encounters of the Spooky Kind, The Prodigal Son, Heroes Shed No Tears, and his best-known role in Mr. Vampire."
tagline: "Hong Kong actor and choreographer (1952–1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Lam_Ching_Ying_profile_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-12-27"
deathDate: "1997-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.66
  momentum:             2.598425196850394
  historical:           21.01376933333334
  currentAttention:     14.43569553805774
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482580/"
    handle:    "nm0482580"
sources:
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    title: "林正英"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لام تشينج ينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching Ying"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching Ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lam Ching-ying"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лам Чинъин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "หลิน เจิ้งอิง"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лам Чінґ-Янґ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A2m_Ch%C3%A1nh_Anh"
    title: "Lâm Chánh Anh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%AD%A3%E8%8B%B1"
    title: "林正英"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724165"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62423"
    title: "Lam Ching-Ying"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump