Adam Pak

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Adam Pak
Pak in December 2023
Born
Pak Tin Nam

1982 (age 41–42)
Australia
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active2016–present

Adam Pak Tin Nam (Chinese: 栢天男, born 1982) is an Australian-born Hong Kong actor and model. Making his feature film debut as Thompson Yau in the action film L Storm (2018), Pak received a nomination for Best New Performer in the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. He has also starred in the crime film series Breakout Brothers trilogy (2021–2022), ViuTV drama series Ink at Tai Ping (2021), and the legal drama film A Guilty Conscience (2023).

Biography[edit]

Pak was born in 1982 in Australia and is of Chinese descent,[1] with his father being Mongolian and his mother being Shanghainese.[2] Pak's parents migrated to Australia before he was born.[3] Despite his background, he was not fluent in Chinese and had to learn the language from scratch after moving to Hong Kong.[4] Pak described his childhood as "unfortunate" and experienced serious bullying while growing up in Australia.[5] He later attended the University of New South Wales, where he studied arts and design and graduated with a Bachelor of Design.[2] After graduation, Pak interned in Amsterdam, Netherlands, working in decorative lighting design for a year.[1][2] He then returned to Australia and briefly worked as a designer before feeling disillusioned with the Western environment, which led him to Hong Kong on the recommendation of his father and uncle in 2011.[1][4] Upon arriving in Hong Kong, he opened an art gallery near Lan Kwai Fong and also worked as a banking salesman.[1] However, he struggled to make a living and eventually pursued a modeling career based on a friend's recommendation.[1] He began filming advertisements and gained public recognition for appearing in a dowry cake commercial with actress Annie Liu.[6] Soon after, he met filmmaker Raymond Wong while working as a model at a banquet, and Wong signed him as an actor of his artist agency.[2][4]

In 2016, Pak began his acting career with a minor role in the ViuTV romance series 3X1.[7] He then gained recognition for his breakthrough role as Thompson Yau, a mole in a money laundering cartel within a bank, in the 2018 crime film L Storm,[8][9] which earned him a nomination for Best New Performer in the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards.[10] He also had a minor role in the action film Master Z: Ip Man Legacy in the same year,[7] and reprised a different character, Wong Ka-on, in L Storm's 2019 sequel, P Storm.[5] After filming P Storm, Pak took an acting course taught by Liu Kai-chi,[5] and he was featured in Raymond Wong's 2020 comedy film All's Well End's Well 2020 [zh],[11] and landed a leading role as Shinichi Kitamura in the 2021 ViuTV drama series Ink at Tai Ping [zh], co-starring with Chrissie Chau.[12] He played Mak Kin-tin, one of the four protagonists and cellmates attempting to break out of prison, alongside Patrick Tam, Louis Cheung, and Justin Cheung in the 2021 crime film Breakout Brothers, and reprised his role in the sequels Breakout Brothers 2 and Breakout Brothers 3 [zh] in 2022.[13] In 2023, Pak starred in a lead role as Desmond Chung in the legal drama film A Guilty Conscience,[14] which currently holds the record as the highest-grossing domestic film in Hong Kong.[15]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2018 L Storm Thompson Yau (游子新) [10]
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy Wang Yung (王勇) [7]
2019 P Storm Wong Ka-on (王家安) [5]
The Queen's Corgi Nelson Cantonese voice dub[16]
2020 All's Well End's Well 2020 [zh] Adam [11]
Hell Bank Presents: Running Ghost [zh] Lee Chun Sek (李俊碩) [17]
2021 Breakout Brothers Mak Kin-tin (麥建天) [13]
2022 Breakout Brothers 2
Breakout Brothers 3 [zh]
Love Suddenly [zh] Jerome [18]
2023 A Guilty Conscience Desmond Cheung (鍾京頤) [14]
2024 Crypto Storm [zh] Pak Yui (柏睿) [19]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 3X1 Eric Guest role[7]
2019 Sexy Central [zh] Geoff Guest role[20]
2020 Iron Ladies [zh] Howard Guest role[21]
2021 Ink at Tai Ping [zh] Shinichi Kitamura (北村真一) Main role[12]
2022 Inevitable [zh] Sam Pang (彭森) Main role[22]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 38th Hong Kong Film Awards Best New Performer L Storm Nominated [10]
2022 AEG 2022 [zh] Actor with Excellent Performance (Film) Breakout Brothers Won [23]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c d "鮮肉男神栢天男回流香港，夥古天樂《L風暴》首次登場" (in Chinese). Cosmopolitan. September 22, 2018. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "栢天男 夢想大男孩" (in Chinese). Sky Post. September 10, 2018. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c 邱愛霖 (June 17, 2022). "專訪 栢天男澳洲回港被當眾辱罵受文化衝擊：西人諗法未必正確" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "毒舌大狀·專訪丨栢天男澳洲成長「不幸」回憶致個性內斂 遭欺凌掟石仔啞忍瞞父母：而家面皮厚好多" (in Chinese). Sing Tao Daily. February 2, 2023. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "毒舌大狀｜栢天男鍾愛越野車 曾拍汽車廣告 仲有一原因決心考埋電單車牌" (in Chinese). Sing Tao Daily. February 2, 2023. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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  8. ^ Seo, Kit Yan (August 27, 2018). "Newbie actor Adam Pak gets lots of action in 'L Storm'". The Star. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  9. ^ 羅偉強 (June 16, 2018). "【L風暴】「風暴系列」新作大推跨境合作　ICAC靠中國反貪局破案" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Lee, Edmund (February 12, 2019). "Hong Kong Film Awards 2019 nominations: Project Gutenberg leads a race dominated by first-time filmmakers". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "陳靜柏天男無懼肺炎赴大馬宣傳 Dada受疫情影響工作：最重要健康" (in Chinese). Hong Kong Economic Times. February 18, 2020. Archived from the original on April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  12. ^ a b "【太平紋身店】周秀娜+姜濤齊列陣 黃德斌過檔ViuTV首作" (in Chinese). TOPick. January 8, 2021. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  13. ^ a b 陳穎思 (May 19, 2022). "《逃獄兄弟3》系列最終章登場 陳豪加入惡鬥黑化黃德斌" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Lee, Edmund (January 17, 2023). "A Guilty Conscience movie review: Dayo Wong plays an acid-tongued lawyer in court drama showing Hong Kong filmmaking at its best". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  15. ^ Hawkins, Amy (January 4, 2024). "Courtroom drama is Hong Kong's highest grossing Chinese-language film ever". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  16. ^ 葉詩 (April 18, 2019). "【女皇哥基大冒險】栢天男初試啼聲扮老狗：導演第六Take先收貨！" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  17. ^ "《冥通銀行特約：翻生爭霸戰》:全片予人印象就如袁富華的假髮一樣:廉價、唔夠錢搞的感覺" (in Chinese). Cinespot. August 7, 2021. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  18. ^ "忽然心動丨湯洛雯首次拍電影七日起貨嗌爽 栢天男演出租男友堅食蟲？" (in Chinese). Sky Post. November 6, 2022. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  19. ^ Lee, Edmund (January 25, 2024). "Crypto Storm movie review: anti-corruption thriller is an OK watch – albeit wholly unrealistic about how Hong Kong graft-busters operate". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on March 17, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  20. ^ 葉詩 (May 8, 2019). "【性敢中環】何珮瑜歎角色命運與自己一樣：錯嘅時間遇上對嘅人" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  21. ^ "【熟女強人】傅穎拍完熱吻戲 投訴被栢天男刺痛" (in Chinese). Ming Pao. September 18, 2020. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  22. ^ "【冥冥之中】40歲栢天男首做男一 從澳洲來港發展：香港人喜歡用激將法" (in Chinese). Hong Kong Economic Times. June 7, 2022. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  23. ^ "《#她和她的戀愛小動作》奪最佳網絡原創迷你劇 林千渟興奮三主角獲新演員獎 栢天男 張建聲要組「後欄男孩」？" (in Chinese). Now TV. December 11, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.

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