# Kaki Sham

Kaki Sham Ka-ki (Chinese: 岑珈其; born 1990) is a Hong Kong actor and a founding member of the sketch comedy YouTube channel Trial & Error. He gained public recognition for his supporting role as Chan Keung in the sports film Weeds on Fire (2016), and rose to prominence with leading roles in Distinction (2018), Limited Education (2019), Leap Day (2020), and Far Far Away (2021). In 2022, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the 4th Asia Content Awards for his performance in the ViuTV comedy series In Geek We Trust.

## Early life

Sham was born in 1990 in Hong Kong. He grew up in Tuen Mun and lived at San Wai Court with five siblings. He aspired to become an actor since primary school after watching the 1995 film Full Throttle, citing his desire to "try different lives". He attended San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School [zh], where he was classmates with actor Lam Yiu Sing. During his school years, he considered himself "deviant", having skipped classes, smoked, and even been arrested once. In 2007, Sham was discovered by film director Heiward Mak on a sports field when Mak was conducting field research for a feature film. Along with Lam Yiu Sing, he was invited by Mak to star in her film High Noon, released in 2008, marking his acting debut at age 16. This experience strengthened his interest to pursue an acting career, although he faced a two-year hiatus without any film roles, which he attributed to his young age making him unsuitable for many characters. During that time, he held various jobs, including truck driver, salesman, renovation worker, real estate agent, insurance agent, and shopkeeper of a barbecue park. At 18, Sham directed a short film Hope at Mak's suggestion, documenting the daily routines of him and his family after his Form 5 graduation, which won the Gold Prize in the 14th ifva Awards.

## Career

In 2012, Sham joined Mak's newly founded talent agency Dumb Youth, and began taking minor roles in RTHK television series and student film projects. In 2013, he starred in a lead role as Char Siu in the segment "Hide and Seek" of the horror film Tales of the Dark 2, directed by Lawrence Ah Mon, and appeared in Mak's 2014 romantic comedy Uncertain Relationship Society [zh]. He received his breakout role as Chen Keung, a talkative member of the protagonist baseball team, in the sports drama film Weeds on Fire, which brought him public recognition. Initially not cast in the film, he joined the cast's baseball training alongside his friend and the male lead Lam Yiu Sing, and impressed director Steve Chan, who created a character for him. In 2017, he had a supporting role in the crime film Dealer/Healer, and played a main role as Sing, a friendly young prisoner, in With Prisoners [zh]. He also began developing a television career with a recurring role in ViuTV romance series 3X1. In 2018, he landed his first male lead role in Distinction [zh] as Ka-ho, a student labeled problematic due to family issues. Kelly Ho of South China Morning Post praised the lead cast as "incredible" and "effortlessly brought [each character] to life", while Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter noted that Sham's performance compensated for the rapid character revelations in the script. He also portrayed younger versions of Eric Kot and Jordan Chan in Tracey and Golden Job respectively, and starred in the web series Hong Kong West Side Stories [zh] and Demon's Path [zh-yue].
In 2019, Sham received his first main television role in ViuTV's school-themed drama Limited Education [zh], playing an inept student running for student union president. The following year, he had a supporting lead role as Brazil Turtle in Leap Day, and starred as a real estate agent in Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong [zh]. He also portrayed Kevin, an autistic youth who serves as a plot device to break the fourth wall, in The Gutter (TV series) [zh], a role that director-screenwriter Norris Wong tailored specifically for him. The same year, he became one of six hosts of ViuTV's variety program be ON game [zh], which received positive viewership, and returned to host its second and third seasons in 2022 and 2023. He co-founded the sketch comedy YouTube channel Trial & Error at the invitation of Neo Yau in 2020, and became a recurring actor on the channel, debuting with a parody short film of Reservoir Dogs.
In 2021, Sham took on his first sole male lead role in the romance film Far Far Away, portraying a timid geek romantically involved with five women, which Edmund Lee acknowledged Sham's casting as an "unlikely ladies' man" in his South China Morning Post review. He also had leading roles in the romantic comedies Ready o/r Knot [zh] and P.T.G.F [zh]. In 2022, Sham starred as Kenneth Chiu in the ViuTV comedy series In Geek We Trust [zh], earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the 4th Asia Content Awards. He also reprised his role as Brazil Turtle in the sequel series 940920 [zh], appeared as the main villain in The Parents League [zh], and played a close friend of Keung To's character in the drama film Mama's Affair. In 2023, he returned in Ready o/r Knot's sequel Ready or Rot [zh] and portrayed the son of Simon Yam's character in the crime drama The Goldfinger, while also starring as mediator Chung Shun-lap in Beyond the Common Ground [zh] and as a solicitor in the legal drama Legal Affair [zh].

## Personal life

In November 2020, Sham married after dating for five years. In January 2021, the couple welcomed their son.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | High Noon | Chan Ka-ho (陳家浩) | |
| 2013 | Tales from the Dark 2 | Char-siu (叉燒) | Segment: Hide and Seek |
| 2014 | Uncertain Relationship Society [zh] | Lee Wing-kin (李永健) | |
| 2016 | Weeds on Fire | Chan Keung (陳強) | |
| 2017 | Dealer/Healer | Hung (阿洪) | |
| 2017 | With Prisoners [zh] | Sing (趙溢星) | |
| 2017 | Our Time Will Come | Guerilla member | |
| 2018 | Napping Kid [zh] | Wong Chiu (王朝) | |
| 2018 | Distinction [zh] | Ka-ho (吳珈豪) | |
| 2018 | When Sun Meets Moon [zh] | Siu Ming (小明) | |
| 2018 | Men On The Dragon [zh] | Bao Seed (爆Seed) | Cameo |
| 2018 | Tracey | Young Chi Chun (池俊) | |
| 2018 | Golden Job | Young Crater (火山) | |
| 2019 | The Lady Improper [zh] | Fatty (阿肥) | Cameo |
| 2019 | Fagara | Real estate salesman | Cameo |
| 2019 | My Prince Edward | Keung (強仔) | |
| 2021 | My Indian Boyfriend [zh] | Kong | |
| 2021 | Ready o/r Knot [zh] | Cheng Wai-kin (鄭偉健) | |
| 2021 | One Second Champion | Policeman | Cameo |
| 2021 | P.T.G.F [zh] | Leung (良仔) | |
| 2021 | Far Far Away | Hau (邱志厚) | |
| 2022 | Mama's Affair | Ka Kei (家麒) | |
| 2022 | Let It Ghost [zh] | Director | |
| 2023 | Ready or Rot [zh] | Cheng Wai-kin | |
| 2023 | Time Still Turns the Pages | Father on street | Cameo; deleted scenes |
| 2023 | The Goldfinger | Johnny Tsang (曾永年) | |
| 2024 | Deliverance [zh] | Ho Ka-kei (何珈其) | Cameo |
| 2024 | The Last Dance | Dominic's brother | Deleted scenes |
| 2025 | My Best Bet | Kei (阿奇) | Cameo |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Below the Lion Rock | Lee Wing-kin (李永健) | Guest role |
| 2016 | 3X1 | Fai (輝哥) | Recurring role |
| 2018 | Hong Kong West Side Stories [zh] | Koo | Main role |
| 2018 | Demon's Path [zh-yue] | Yu Yik-sham (余亦琛) | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Haters Gonna Stay [zh] | Chau's friend | Cameo |
| 2019 | Limited Education [zh] | Mak Ho-yin (麥浩賢) | Main role |
| 2020 | Leap Day | Pak "Brazil Turtle" Sai-kai (白世繼/巴西龜) | Recurring role |
| 2020 | The Gutter (TV series) [zh] | Kevin | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong [zh] | Tang Man-ying (鄧文英) | Recurring role |
| 2022 | In Geek We Trust [zh] | Chiu Ka-chun (趙家俊) | Main role |
| 2022 | 940920 [zh] | Pak "Brazil Turtle" Sai-kai | Recurring role |
| 2022 | The Parents League [zh] | Johnny Leung (梁嘉進) | Main role |
| 2022 | Lovesignal [zh] | Keung (阿強) | Recurring role |
| 2022 | We Got Game [zh] | Richard | Co-starring |
| 2023 | Killing Procedures [zh] | Kyle | Guest role |
| 2023 | Beyond the Common Ground [zh] | Chung Shun-lap (鍾信立) | Main role |
| 2023 | Tales at the Corner [zh] | Cheung Tsz-chun (張子俊) | Main role |
| 2023 | Legal Affair [zh] | Benni | Main role |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | 4th Asia Contents Awards | Best Supporting Actor | In Geek We Trust [zh] | Nominated | |