A
veteran musician, Sin Lap-Man is regarded as one of the
top bass guitarists in Hong Kong. He was a member of two
of the more interesting bands to come out of the 80s band
explosion, Chyna and Blue Jeans. Sin appeared with his
two Blue Jeans band mates in the quirky ensemble comedy
Carry On Hotel (1988), in which they also performed
briefly. He’s written and produced songs for Kelly Chen
and can often be found jamming onstage with artists like
Candy Lo and Joey Tang. Because Blue Jeans disbanded in
1990, most people probably only know Sin from his hammy
acting in movies and television, and his many appearances
in costumed Category III skin flicks. The role he has
played more times than any other is that of the Simon
Hsing, the infamous villain and wife-usurper from classic
Chinese literature. Sin first played the role in Clara
Law’s Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (1989) for
which he earned a Hong Kong Film Award Best New Performer
nomination. He reprised the role in various Category III
movies with “Lotus” in the title (some of them directed
by the late Li Han-Hsiang), and also in a TVB series.
Sin has also played smarmy villains in God of Gamblers
II (1990) and Fire Dragon (1994). These days
he mostly appears in B-movies and TVB serials, which seem
to take up much of his time, as Sin Tan was notably absent
from the recent 2004 Blue Jeans reunion. (Yinique 2005)
