Nick Shen (born 26 August 1976) is a

Singaporean Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious origins, with the city-state itself being a multi-racial, multi-cultural, m ...

actor, businessman and host. He was a full-time

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ...

artiste from 1999 to 2012. In 2011, Shen started the company Tok Tok Chiang Wayang to promote

Chinese opera Traditional Chinese opera (), or ''Xiqu'', is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. It is an amalgamation of various art forms that existed in ancient China, and evolved gradually over more tha ...

in Singapore.

Early life

Shen has a younger brother. He attended St. Thomas Secondary School and had pursued a Diploma in Mass Communication at the

Management Development Institute of Singapore The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), founded in 1956, is the oldest non-profit vocational university for lifelong learning in Singapore. It offers a variety of Academic degree, degree programs such as business management, en ...

Career

Shen joined

MediaCorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ...

after winning the local edition of Star Search Singapore in 1999. Besides acting he has written and performed his own songs, some of which were used for MediaCorp drama theme songs. He left MediaCorp in early 2012 and has since been working on the promotion of Chinese opera in Singapore. Shen is the global winner for

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and JCI Cultural Achievement Honoure Award in 2014. Shen has appeared as a guest radio DJ on MediaCorp Capital 95.8FM. He is also a faculty member of the Singapore Media Academy where he lectures in the Diploma in Acting course. Since April 2013, Shen began performing the Chinese art of '' bian lian''. He is the first actor in Singapore to master the art, where he was trained by Chinese ''bian lian'' master Li Shuimin for two years.

Personal life

Shen shared on social media that he had a severe case of

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which began developing symptoms in July 2023, which in turn led to a diagnosis of

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. He was hospitalised for the illnesses for five days in September 2023.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Discography

Compilation albums

* ''Sing Singapore 2002'' (2002) * ''MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album'' (2003) * ''MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album'' (2004) * ''MediaCorp Music Christmas Album December Stars 2'' (2007)

Theatre

* ''The Glass Menagerie'' (2002) * ''Revelation'' (2003) * ''Opening The Doors Of Your Heart'' (2005) * ''Snakes & Lovers'' (2006) * ''Passage Of Time'' (2007) * ''Own Time Own Target'' (2008) * ''Beautiful Dreams'' (2009) * ''Expectations!'' (2010) * ''Don’t Forget To Say Good Bye'' (2011) * ''Water Repentance'' (2013)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
Profile
on xin.msn.com
Bio
on J Team website
Archived Bio
on MediaCorp TV website {{DEFAULTSORT:Shen, Nick 1976 births Living people Singaporean male television actors Singaporean people of Teochew descent Singaporean male film actors Singaporean male stage actors 20th-century Singaporean male actors 21st-century Singaporean male actors 21st-century Singaporean businesspeople 21st-century Singaporean educators Singaporean radio presenters Actors of Sichuan opera