Jeffrey Xu Mingjie (born 3 October 1988) is a Chinese actor and host based in

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Career

Xu studied performing major at Shanghai Film Art Academy before being discovered through the tenth season of ''

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'' in 2010, in which he emerged winner. He made his first drama appearance in ''

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'', in which he played an autistic child, which gave him a nomination for Best Newcomer during the

Star Awards 2012 Star Awards 2012 (Simplified Chinese, Chinese: 红星大奖 2012) was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp, MediaCorp for the two free-to-air channels, Channel 8 (Singap ...

. In

Star Awards 2013 Star Awards 2013 ( Chinese: 红星大奖 2013) was a double television award ceremony held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for the two free-to-air channels, Mediacorp Channel 8 and Mediacorp Channel U. S ...

and

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, Jeffrey gained a nomination for

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for respective dramas. In 2013, Jeffrey clinched the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" award at the 18th

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(ATA) for his role in ''Marry Me''. In 2015, Xu is involved in more dramas like

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, Sealed with a Kiss, The Journey: Our Homeland, Tiger Mum and

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has wrapped up a long form drama,

Life - Fear Not ''Life - Fear Not'' (, previously titled ''Life's Blessings'') ran for 120 episode series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Chen Shucheng, Rayson Tan, Felicia Chin, Aloysius Pang and Chen Liping as the casts of this series. The show ...

. In

Star Awards 2016 Star Awards 2016 (also SA2016, Chinese: 红星大奖2016) is a double television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channels Channels 8 and U. This was the fir ...

, Xu gained his first award called Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. In 2017, Xu has been involved in a few dramas which are '' Have a Little Faith'' & ''

Mightiest Mother-in-Law ''Mightiest Mother-in-Law'' () is a 24 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Chen Liping, Thomas Ong, Paige Chua, Tong Bingyu, Jeffrey Xu and Bonnie Loo as the casts of this series. Plot Qi Hongzh ...

''. He has wrapped up a long form drama, '' Life Less Ordinary'' with

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and Xiang Yun, which was first broadcast on October 2, 2017. In 2018, Xu have been involved in 2 Toggle series drama called ''Love at Cavenagh Bridge'' & ''Blue Tick''. Xu has won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award in 2016. In December 2020, Xu, along with other Mediacorp artistes, were under investigation by MND for alleged breach of

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measures at Xu's birthday celebration. In

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, Xu won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Lin Jinxiong in ''The Takedown''. In Star Awards 2023, Xu won the Most Hated Villain award in the MYPICK! awards category for his role in ''Dark Angels'' as Gu Wangming but did not win the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award.

Personal life

On 22 October 2022, Xu married former Mediacorp artiste,

Felicia Chin Felicia Chin Foong Ling (born 24 October 1984) is a Singaporean actress, host and content creator who was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. In 2013, Chin decided to use her given Chinese name instead for her acting c ...

. They had been dating since 2015.

Filmography

Film

Television series

TV hosting

Discography

Compilation albums

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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