Jeffrey Xu (born 3 October 1988) is a Chinese actor based in
Singapore
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and was named as one of the
8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill.
Career
Xu studied performing major at Shanghai Film Art Academy before being discovered through
the tenth season of ''
Star Search
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'' in 2010, in which he emerged winner.
He made his first drama appearance in ''
Devotion'', in which he played an autistic child, which gave him a nomination for
Best Newcomer during the
Star Awards 2012
Star Awards 2012 ( 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 for the two free-to-air channels, MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel U. ...
.
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. St ...
&
Star Awards 2017
Star Awards 2017 (also SA2017, Chinese: 红星大奖2017) is a 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. The Road to Star Awards ...
, Jeffrey gain a nomination for
Star Awards for Best Supporting Actor for respective dramas.
In 2013, Jeffrey clinched the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" award at the 18th
Asian Television Awards
The Asian Television Awards (launched in 1996), is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards comprises 56 categories across news, documentarie ...
(ATA) for his role in ''Marry Me''.
In 2015, Xu is involved in more dramas like
Crescendo
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,
Sealed with a Kiss,
The Journey: Our Homeland ,
Tiger Mum
''Tiger Mum'' ( Chinese: 虎妈来了) is a Singaporean family drama produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8. The drama began production in November 2014. The series ran from 9 April to 6 May 2015. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had ...
&
Life Is Beautiful
''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employ ...
has wrapped up a long form drama,
Life - Fear Not
''Life - Fear Not'' (Chinese: 人生无所畏, previously titled ''Life's Blessings'') ran for 120 episode series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Chen Shucheng , Aileen Tan , Rayson Tan , Felicia Chin & Aloysius Pang as the casts of t ...
.
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''. He has wrapped up a long form drama, ''
Life Less Ordinary'' with
Chen Liping
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and
Xiang Yun
Chen Cuichang (born 27 October 1961), better known by her stage name Xiang Yun, is a Singaporean actress & television host.
She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (Senior actress) for being among the first locally trained arti ...
, 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 gotten 1 out of 10
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 2016 respectively.
In December 2020, Xu, along with other Mediacorp artistes, were under investigation by MND for alleged breach of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ...
measures at Xu's birthday celebration.
In Star Awards 2022, Xu won the award for "Best Supporting Actor".
Personal life
On 22 October 2022, Xu married former Mediacorp artiste,
Felicia Chin
Felicia Chin Foong Ling (; born 24 October 1984), who was also once known by her Chinese stage name Chen Jing Xuan () from 2008 to 2013 is a Singaporean actress was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. In 2013, she decide ...
. They had been dating since 2015.
Filmography
Movies
TV series
TV hosting
Compilation album
Awards and nominations
References
External links
on toggle.sg
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Living people
1988 births
Male actors from Shanghai
Chinese male film actors
Chinese male television actors
21st-century Chinese male actors
Chinese expatriates in Singapore