Zhu Houren
Birthday: Born in 1955-01-30 in Singapore
Deathday: Alive
Zhu Houren is an established veteran artiste who has been in the entertainment scene since 1985. He has successfully left an indelible impression on audience both young and old with his convincing acting skill. In 1997, he received his first Best Actor nomination for his performance in “The Fall Guy” at Star Awards. And in 1999, he earned another Best Supporting Actor nod for his most notable role to date as Zheng Nanhua, the resident chef of a restaurant in the 50-ep drama “Wok of Life”. Houren has ventured beyond acting by taking up directing and producing roles too. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with “After School”, a film based on a true story that happened in Singapore about teenagers. In 2010, he clinched the Best Supporting Actor Award at the annual Star Awards with his brilliant performance as the adorable and yet heart-warming grandfather who suffers from senile dementia in “Reunion Dinner”. In 2012, besides acting in movies and drama serials, Houren was also the resident judge for Silver Carnival, a 34–episode variety programme, where talented senior citizens compete with one another with their talents and skills. In 2014, Houren returned behind the lens to produce a Singapore-China collaboration “Meeting the Giant”, a film that revolves around young Chinese basketball players trying to achieve their dreams in Singapore. In the same year, “Served H.O.T.” earned him a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 19th Asian Television Awards. In 2017, he successfully clinched the Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 22nd Asian Television Awards for his role in Toggle Drama Trapped Mind. In 2019, Houren won his first Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste.
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双天至尊
Character: Long Ting-Guang
The Unbeatables I is a Singapore drama series that was made by MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The popularity of the series led to the production of 2 follow-ups, The Unbeatables II and The Unbeatables III....
神雕侠侣1998
Character: Guo Jing
The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was broadcast from 2 June to 27 July 1998 on TCS Eighth Frequency in Singapore and was later released on other Asian television networks....
莲花争霸
Character: 南宫俊
TV series based on Gu Long's "Meteor Butterfly Sword" and Jin Yong's "Swordsman". Shen Chong (Li Nanxing), as the number one killer in the rivers and lakes, was tired of his killer career and took refuge in the Nangong family with a high status in the rivers and lakes. The Nangong family fought against Eagle Eagle for the Lotus Collection of Martial Arts Cheats. The young lady of Nangong family was severely controlled by her father Nangong Jun (Zhu Houren) and her brother Nangong Jian (Chen Tian...
96°C咖啡
Character: Ren Tang San
96°C Café is set against the backdrop of a homely café, owned by married couple Liqiao (Desmond Tan) and Xijie (Paige Chua). When Xijie meets with an accident, she stops working at the café and things start to change. As Xijie becomes more forlorn and withdrawn, Liqiao over time develops an unlikely affinity with Yuchen (Julie Tan), a fine arts student hired to help out in the café. With an unexpected twist at the end of the mini drama, this is a contemporary love story which brings cheers and t...
过江新娘
Character: Zhong Yongnian
Mei Fangcao, an ordinary girl from Vietnam, takes a leap of faith by coming to Singapore as a "bride", hoping to raise medical fees for her mother and find her long-lost sister. She meets Zhong Shijie, who was recovering from a devastating car crash. With her sincerity and resilience, she convinces Shijie to accept her as his bride. As their fates intertwine, Fangcao's life takes a dramatic turn...
好世谋
Character: Gong Jia Qiao
Gong Jia Qiao, 66 years-old, becomes wheelchair-bound after a car accident. He currently sells lottery and tissue packets for a living. Over 30 years ago, his neighbour Guo Mei Li puts Ah Dai under his care but has never returned since. With an intelligence similar to that of a six or eight year-old child, Ah Dai can only follow simple instructions and is thus easily cheated. Her ex-lover Pian Lang disappeared after she becomes pregnant with his child. One day, Ah Dai meets Xiao Gan Dang, a man ...
吃饱没？
Character: Zhu Han Jie
Eat Already? is set in a coffee shop, and is centered around an elderly widow named Ah Niu Sao (Yinzhu Li) , who works as a cleaner as her sons Ah Bee (Elvin Ng) and Ah Qiang (Aden Tan) who still rely on her for their living expenses. Her elder son Ah Bee is a chronic gambler who is unemployed for a long time while her younger son Ah Qiang is an introvert who is wheelchair bound. Throughout the series, she manages to tide over various issues thanks to help from neighbours, friends and several su...
我家四个宝
Character: Colin
Baby Boom is a Singaporean TV series aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 in 2003....
野蛮亲家
Character: Yao Tian Xing
My Mighty-in-Laws is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. It made its debut on 17 November 2004 and ended its run on 14 December 2004....
老友万岁
Character: Ma Piao Shu
Centenarian Home is a nursing home and elderly day care centre managed by Aunty Shan (Sze Kei Lee). The residents come from all walks of life, each with their own stories to tell. What secrets does the model resident of the nursing home hide? Why is a cheeky grandfather with many grandchildren staying in the nursing home? What does a long lost son hope to gain from a father suffering from dementia? Why does an old architect with a seemingly good life keep telling lies? When Aunty Shan was diagno...
三个女人一个宝
Character: Cui Guo Yao
Precious Babes is a Singaporean Chinese family drama produced by MatrixVision, revolving around the lives of three women who are childhood friends. It made its debut on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8 on 9 June 2010 and ended on 6 July 2010. Consisting 20 episodes, the drama was screened on every weekday night at 9.00 pm. This drama made its rerun from 30 June 2011 and ended on 27 July 2011. This drama is also imported on one of Malaysia's free-to-air channel, NTV7, weekda...
千年虫
Character: Zhuang Bo Ting
As the world counts down to the year 2000, an evil conspiracy awaits to be uncovered. Can the cyber detective nail the hacker in time ? Will human emerge the bigger millennium 'bug' ? All is unveiled in this action thriller which highlights the repercussions of the Y2K phenomenon. Beautiful Jie is an outstanding cyber detective whose brief marriage to Yu ended over character differences. During an investigation, Jie runs into old pal Xuan and romance blossoms between them. Xuan is a computer pro...
祖先保佑
Character: She Xing Cheng
Set in the 1940s and then the modern world, this drama pits the traditional way against the modern. The story evolves around a popular traditional pastry shop called Xiji. Lian Wending, who is the only heir and has a gift in making pastries, is in love with a travelling songstress, Lin Xiaomei. But his father objects to the relationship and arranges for Wending to marry a rich merchant's daughter, Sun Xiulan. Bound by tradition, he accedes to his father's wish. On Mid-Autumn night, he falls into...
味之道
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Renowned chef Qin Fen came to Singapore with his father when he was young to escape the war in his home country. Father and son started their restaurant "Wu Shuang Lou" after much struggles and was renowned for their "Wu Shang Banquet". Qin fen took in four disciples, Nan Hua, Xi Hong, Dong Bai, Bei Fa, and they received different secret recipes from him individually. Nan Hua became the most successful among the disciples. However, he went into a coma due to an accident and his wife Chen Hui Yi...
钱来运转
Character: Qian Laoshi
Qian Renjie and Luo Shuping decide to sell their HDB flat and upgrade into a condominium. However, the upgrade comes with a hefty price, leaving the couple with no savings. Renjie’s sister, Qian Meiling, loves to purchase things on instalments. Her husband, Wu Guolun, is a spendthrift who is burdened with expensive car instalments. At work, Renjie is being oppressed by his superior and he resigns in a huff. Meanwhile, Shuping’s tactless nature gets the better of her and she soon finds herself un...
吉人天相
Character: Wang Youguo
Ye Daji meets an old classmate, Ming, who asks him out for coffee but makes him pay for a big meal instead. When a vagabond walks in and is chased away by the restaurant manager, Daji speaks up for him and even gives him a treat. Daji is sad when his girlfriend, Jiexi, turns down his marriage proposal again. Ye Da is a divorcee with a 10-year-old son, Xie Tingfeng. She lives with Daji and teaches martial arts for a living. As she has few students, Daji tries to stage fights to show off her skill...
不平凡的平凡
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The story centres round the inhabitants of small neighbourhood who work in an enrichment school and a minimart. From ex-criminal to middle-aged workers who lost their jobs to technology, and elderlies with a seemingly disillusioned life, can there still be hopes and dreams for these everyday folks who live at the edge of society ? A light-hearted drama bursting with colourful characters, watch how Zhong Ling the founder of Hope Training Centre, and Hong Da Cai the boss of ‘Tian Tian Lai’ minima...
三个愿望
Character: Zhao Hai Guang
Yao Zong, an assistant horse trainer who is not doing well in his career, is inadvertently sucked into its realm. Despite being bullied at work, he puts up a brave front daily to preserve the respect from his family. But one night, in a drunken stupor, he bumps into an old woman who grants him three wishes. He is skeptical but uses them anyway when he faces difficulties in his life. When he realises that the wishes do indeed come true, he wants more. But this time, he has to pay a price for the ...
再见单人床
Character: Zhang Maoshun
What is the true meaning of marriage? Qiu Xue (Joanne Peh), a believer in romance, marries Ting Kai (Pierre Png), a conservative and practical man. However, the newlyweds are far from happy. Qiu Xue's parents get divorced and the couple is financially strapped when Tingkai gets retrenched. Will kinship and love overcome Ting Kai's sense of inferiority and Qiu Xue's pride? In the meantime, the married couple Qiu Yu (Thomas Ong)) and Chu Ning (Michelle Chia) has a six-year-old daughter, Duo Duo. T...
微笑正义
Character: Fang Renhou
It depicts the lives of a group of people doing investigative journalism. Unlike most locally produced series about crime, this series departs from the traditional police procedural style and focuses more on investigative journalism and the media....
早安老师
Character: 余清风
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深網
Character: Superintendent Chen
"Deep End" is a psychological crime thriller exploring the world of internet porn in Asia. In this series, "technology" is depicted as a tool that is both liberating and dangerous, filled with limitless information, images and videos that breed all kinds of ideas. The series presents sensory stimulation and outlines how the cybercrime law enforcement stays vigilant in the world of internet pornography....
陪你到最后
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2023 Singaporean romantic comedy drama series starring Boon Hui Lu, Richie Koh, Romeo Tan, Kym Ng, Bonnie Loo, Zhu Houren and Ryan Lian. The series revolves around the lives of undertakers and the subject of death and separation....
对对碰
Character: Niu's dad
It is the beginning of a new day. Ziqiang, aka Fish Prince, is a fishmonger who gets along well with everyone. Niu Ji and Hao Ji are two rival fishball noodle stalls in the hawker centre. Business at Niu Ji is brisk because its fishballs are freshly made every day. Hao Ji is run by Hao Youcai and his wife, Luo Na. He is an honest man. An unreasonable woman, Luo Na often picks on Niu Wuyin of Niu Ji. A maid buys tofu from Amy and leaves her trolley at the stall. While she is in the toilet, an old...
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The Gathering
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"The Gathering" tells the story of Xiao Mei who has a crush on one of her schoolmates, Fang Tai. However, her mother disapproves of the puppy love between the two. After her mother`s death, Xiao Mei starts attending the yearly gathering with her old schoolmates in hope of meeting Fang Tai once again....
Reunion Dinner
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Co-workers Chaoyang and Zi Hong have been dating for more than a year, with marriage on the cards. When a client requests for a livestream of their reunion dinner to promote his products, the couple realises that neither have met the other’s family. Zi Hong is excited to finally get to meet Chaoyang’s mother, unaware of the latter’s estranged relationship with his mother. Embarrassed by his mother Yan Ling’s occupation as a mama-san, Chaoyang decides to engage the help of a friend, Wei, to “ren...
Meeting the Giant
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“Meeting the Giant” traces a young teen’s encounter with a group of young Chinese basketball players who are brought to Singapore and groomed to play to win. After his initial resentment, he learns to look beyond the superficial veneer of the players’ nationality and understand their private struggles as well as the sacrifices their families had to make to give them a chance at a better life. As the young players gradually integrate and adapt to the local culture, the teen forms close bond with...
Han
Character: Hoh Yim
After his son inadvertently killed a Korean girl in a hit and run accident, Hoh Yim travels to South Korea to reconcile with the victim's parents but learns far more about himself than he ever expected to....
re:solve
Character: Bai Shouren
Singapore’s first crime thriller follows Serious Crimes Unit Inspector Chen Shaoqiang as he tries to figure out a series of daring armed heists and seemingly unrelated murders. Shaoqiang must revisit his troubled past as a member of the elite Special Tactics Unit, after a botched raid seven years earlier that shattered the unity of his team, taking the life of his mentor Wu Tianle. The resulting cover up destroys his relationship with Tianle’s sister Wu Qizhen.Shaoqiang’s past collides with the ...
Reaction
Character: Father
Real-life father and son acting duo, Choo Hou Ren and Joel Choo, team up in this meta-narrative on familial collaborations and behind-the-scenes frustrations....
Rehearsal
Character: Dad
An actor discovers his son’s university application in the boot of his car, which was supposed to be mailed out a while ago. This film follows him around in his car as he attempts to come up with an excuse and solve this problem....
My Dog Dou Dou
Character: Loan Shark
Ming, a single parent, is forced to bring up his kid Xing because his wife left - no thanks to his gambling habit. That vice is still not kicked, and father and son spend occasional days on the run from loan sharks. Serendipity strikes when the runaway dog Dou Dou gets rescued by Xing, and despite his dad's disdain for canines, brings him home. Through a series of oh-so-cute-inducing scenes, Xing finally gets to keep his current best friend....
Deleted
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The Singapore Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) has received an order to wipe out all illegal activities of the organised criminal group. During the mission, Four-faced Buddha`s son Shawn was killed by an identified person, and a kidney that was intended to be illegally sold was stolen as well. Four-faced Buddha is a notorious human trafficker. STAR member Vincent hates Four-faced Buddha`s dehumanisation, and he joins the Singapore Special Investigation Division to destroy Four-faced Buddha. In ...
The Wedding Game
Character: Jack's Father
A black comedy centered on a recently engaged celebrity couple and the fans who have been following every stage of their romance....
Love Cuts
Character: Doctor
Forty-something Cecilia better known as Sissy to her friends is a cheery and vivacious seamstress. Wai Mun, her husband of many years is the captain of an acclaimed Chinese restaurant. Although somewhat discontented with life since his migration from Hong Kong to Singapore, he and Sissy are a loving couple and enjoy a blissful marriage. They have a 15-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter who has a very close relationship with Sissy and is a source of great cheer and comfort to her. In a twi...
The Wedding Diary 2
Character: Collin Chong
The Wedding Diary 2 picks up two years after the marriage of Wei Jie (Aniu) and Zhixin (Elanne), when they welcome a new and unexpected addition to their family. However, all is not well for Wei Jie's in-laws when Zhixin's father, Colin (Jack Choo) suffers a stroke, which puts a strain on the couple's relationship as Zhixin has to step up to handle her father's business and at the same time, ensure that her mother (Kara Hui) does not fall into depression and anxiety due to her husband's conditio...
The Wedding Diary
Character: Collin Chong
Daniel and Tina are a couple who decides to get hitched. Daniel is an engineer working in Singapore, who comes from a humble Hokkien Malaysian family, while his wife-to-be Tina, comes from a well-to-do Cantonese Singaporean family. What follows the happy decision to tie the knot is a series of problems involving both families - the disparity in perceived wealth and the countless differences between Singaporean and Malaysian, Hokkien and Cantonese cultures....
My Teacher Is a Thug
Character: Lian Guo-Dong 连国栋
Jia Tianxiong (Li Nanxing) is a gambler and addicted to drinking. He was asked to do a mission to spy on someone and disguised himself as a teacher in SCP school. He met Zeng Kaixin (Bonnie Loo), a teacher in the school. But, on Kaixin's birthday, her foster father told her that he is not her biological father. Kaixin was devastated and felt angry with her biological father for not reuniting with her and her mother who had passed away. Will Kaixin ever find her biological father?...