John Shum Kin-Fun
Date of birth: 1952-01-01
Place of birth: Enping, Jiangmen, China
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Shum, 岑建勋, John Sham
Biography
John Shum Kin-Fun (Chinese: 岑建勳) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. His English name is sometimes written as John Sham. Whilst known primarily for his comedic acting roles in Hong Kong cinema, he also spent time as a political activist. He is easily recognisable from his spectacles and curly hair.
Movie Credits
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984-01-25
A master thief is duped by lookalikes for James Bond and the Queen of England into stealing a valuab
Bodyguards and Assassins
2009-12-18
In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to ove
Winners & Sinners
1983-07-07
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind th
A Simple Life
2012-03-09
The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman who has been the family's helper fo
Pedicab Driver
1989-02-11
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen
Yes, Madam!
1985-11-30
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidde
The Lunatics
1986-06-05
A psychiatrist donates his time to help the mentally ill street people of Hong Kong. A reporter who
Three
2002-07-09
An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-w
The Banquet
1991-11-30
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer
The Eighth Happiness
1988-02-11
Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in t
I Love Maria
1988-03-10
RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their kille
Where's Officer Tuba?
1986-03-20
Tuba is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding t
Painted Faces
1988-11-10
This is a story about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Samo Hung and Yuen Biao attended as
Double Impact
1991-07-31
Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their pare
Lucky Encounter
1992-06-10
Two inventors encounter a friendly little ghost, and stumble onto a plot to capture the ghost's uncl
Sealed with a Kiss
1981-08-13
A romance between two mentally handicapped youngsters.
Happy Sixteen
1982-12-01
Starry Is the Night
1988-10-13
As Cai Mei, a single 40 year old woman and a social worker starts a relationship with a teen-ager Ti
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
1989-06-15
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady.
Pom Pom
1984-02-22
Chau and Beethoven, two Hong Kong police detectives, go through misadventures to protect a young gir
McDull, the Alumni
2006-01-22
In McDull, the Alumni, our protagonist has grown up. He is no longer the little boy who banters with
It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!
1985-12-19
An illegal dealing of a soda-canned bomb between a crooked Hong Kong cop and two Japanese trafficker
Guns of Dragon
1993-09-24
a HK cop (Mark Cheng) comes to New York City to try and patch things up with his estranged wife (Yvo
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985-08-15
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. T
Curry & Pepper
1990-05-23
Two best friends and cop partners become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The
Mr. Cinema
2007-06-15
Zhou Heung Kong (Anthony Wong) runs the film projector in a Hong Kong cinema and staunchly embraces
Double Trouble
1984-09-07
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicio
Mr. Boo Meets Pom Pom
1985-09-03
Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven join forces with Mr. Boo in a daring mission involving a jew
The Return of Pom Pom
1984-06-22
Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven return in this sequel to "Pom Pom." This time out, they join
Pom Pom Strikes Back
1986-08-14
The Hong Kong detectives, Chau and Beethoven, are back once more. This time, their mission is to pro
Little Cop
1989-03-25
Ever since he was a child, Lee Chi-kin has been determined to become a police officer, despite the f
Wheels on Meals
1984-08-17
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling
New Police Story
2004-09-23
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgr
Edge of Darkness
1988-11-17
A Hong Kong cop's first undercover assignment sends him on a psychological downward spiral, unable t
The Island
1985-10-11
John Shum leads an expedition to an supposedly deserted island only to find out that it's inhabited
Friendly Ghost
1985-01-31
Male chauvinist Ah Wai often boasts of his wife's submission to him. He even persuades her to preten
The Goofy Gang
1987-02-19
Wai is a waiter in a country club. One day at work he is humiliated by the wife of a millionaire Har
From Here to Prosperity
1986-01-09
In Thailand in the 1950s, Detective Au Wei is shot to death by Cha Tin-Hung in a raid because of Cha
A Complicated Story
2013-03-26
Needing money for her brother’s medical treatment, Liu Yazi agrees to become a surrogate mother for
To Hell with the Devil
1982-04-08
A shmo makes a deal with the devil so he can become a great Pop star just to impress his dream girl.
All the Wrong Clues
1981-07-23
A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting
King of Chess
1991-09-06
Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chine
Moving the Mountain
1994-09-15
ON JUNE 4th 1989, CHINA WAS CHANGED FOREVER. Beijing, May, 1989. the world watched as a hundred stu
The Miracle Box
2004-04-08
Joanna wanted to become a physician. After she meets Albert, a cancer survivor and fellow doctor, he
Mr. Sunshine
1989-07-13
Shop assistant in the electronics store, May Bao (Kent Cheng) - good-natured fat man, always ready t
Goodbye Darling
1987-10-22
Tai (Raymond Wong), a loving and caring husband and Josephine (Cherrie Chung), his sweet and darling
Charlie's Bubble
1981-12-01
The poetry of teenagers in love is one of the most endearing and enduring traditions in cinema. Phil
18 Times
1988-11-03
Gigi is a young woman with no shortage of potential husbands to choose from. The big problem: every
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
1980-12-04
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young gir
Sisters of the World Unite
1991-12-05
Two sisters seek diversion after repeat disappointments with men.
Gun Is Law
1983-01-01
Hong Kong crime movie from 1983
Going Home
2002-05-01
A cop and his son move into a worn-down apartment building. The boy is first menaced by a neighbor g
Papa
2024-12-05
A 15-year-old boy murders his mother and sister. The father, Nin Yuen, returns to his cafe, haunted
Warlords of the Golden Triangle
1987-06-25
A documentary directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Peter Yung.