Known as a pioneer of stand-up comedy in Hong Kong, he is known for his stadium shows integrating political satire and social commentary.

[citation needed] He began his career in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in 1984, but he is best known for his works in live stand-up comedy which he started performing regularly since 1990.

[4] A year later, he reached a milestone as a lazy law firm assistant in War of the Genders,[5] winning the "My Favourite Television Character Award" in 2002.

[7] Though Chilam ended up winning the Most Popular Male Character, he sounded disappointed in his acceptance speech (the price is widely recognised as a consolation prize to The Best Actor Award).

Hong Kong residents need to have 13 to 14 times their current annual salary to finally be qualified for home ownership.

[11] However, this situation has changed recently with his last four movies namely, Agent Mr Chan (2018), The Grand Grandmaster (2020), Table for Six (2022) and A Guilty Conscience (2023) helping to break him out of the box-office poison moniker.