Chen Shucheng

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Chen Shucheng
Born
Tan Soo Seng [1]

(1949-10-21) 21 October 1949 (age 75)
Shantou, Guangdong, China
Nationality Singaporean
Occupations
Years active1971−present
Spouses
C N Lim
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(m. 1970;div. 1991)​
  • Huang Peiru
Children1
Awards Full list
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳澍城
Simplified Chinese 陈澍城
Hanyu Pinyin Chén Shùchéng

Chen Shucheng (born Tan Soo Seng on 21 October 1949) is a Singaporean actor and television host. [2] He is one of Mediacorp's few artistes still active from the "black and white TV" era.

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Career

Acting

Chen joined Mediacorp, then known as Radio Television Singapore (RTS), as an actor in 1971. Since then he has portrayed many different roles ranging from a young nerdy doctor in The Awakening , a rich flirting playboy in Pretty Faces, the famous philanthropist, Tan Kah Kee in the war drama, The Price of Peace to a strict and unbending father in Love at 0°C .

Chen's work was recognised in 2007 when he was awarded the "Evergreen Veteran" award at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. After being nominated many times, he won his first acting award in Star Awards 2012 for his role in The Oath and received a standing ovation from both colleagues and fans. [3] In Star Awards 2018 , he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the drama, Home Truly .

Chen has gotten 2 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in 2019 and 2021 respectively.

Hosting

During the late 1990s, Chen was best known as host of long-running variety shows Econ Nite (宜康之夜) and Weekend Delight (欢乐周末夜) for over a decade.

Singing

He also had an album to his name in the 1970s. He sang in the Teochew dialect.

Personal life

Chen and former actress Huang Peiru acted as a couple in the 1984 television series The Awakening and married after the drama aired. Chen and Huang had also starred in the series Enchanted Eyes. [4]

Chen previously had a 21-year marriage with C N Lim, which ended in 1991. Lim filed for divorce from Chen and had claimed that the actor had been ignoring her since 1979. Lim has the custody of their daughter. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearEnglish titleMandarin titleRoleNotesRef.
2000 2000 AD 公元2000
2005 The Maid 女佣Mr. Teo
2008A PromiseOld Mo
2011 It's a Great, Great World 大世界Towkay Lim
The Ultimate Winner 赢家Uncle Lim
2013Red Numbers红字

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1971The Trap
Autumn
Return of the Wild Goose
Parasite
1972The Story of Mr. Q
The World of Warmth
Repentance
Distress
Culprit
The Test
Silent Blessings
Survival
An Ill-Fated Girl
The Underground
Home Coming
1983 Double Blessings [6]
1984 The Awakening [4]
1990Pretty Faces
1993 The Unbeatables I
1994Crazy Duet
1995 The Teochew Family
Dream Hunters
Project B
Golden Pillow
1996Three In One Love
The Unbeatables II
1997 The Silver Lining
The Price of Peace
1998 The Return of the Condor Heroes
1999PI Blues
2002 The Unbeatables III
2003 Viva La Famille Sun Yongshun
Holland V Steven Seow
2004Room in My Heart
2005 Portrait of Home Zhou Dong
Zhang Guangyang
Portrait of Home IIZhou Dong
Zhang Guangyang
2006 Love at 0°C Hu Zhitao
Women of Times Chen Tianfa
2007 Live Again Zhang Bo
The Greatest Love of All Zhao Zhipeng
2008 Taste of Love Qiang Ge
Love Blossoms Tao Dashun
Love Blossoms II
A Promise
2009 The Ultimatum Ye Songnian
Your Hand In Mine Jason Fang
2010 Happy Family Dong Jianye
With You Zhang Yongsheng
2011 Secrets for Sale Chen Daohai
Devotion Zhuo Chensheng
The Oath Wu Zhixiong
2012 Double Bonus Jin Wentao
Pillow Talk He Guangming
Yours Fatefully Su Shuntian
Game Plan Pu Chengcai
2014 Yes We Can! Zhu Haitao
In The Name Of Love Bai Yongchun
Blessings Lian Mengyong
Spice UpCai Shi
2015 Good Luck Lin Xiaohe
Let It GoLittle Bee
Life Is Beautiful Cai Qingde
Super Senior Chen Yalai
2016 Life - Fear Not Zhuang Shuiqing
Fire Up Zhuang Dexian
2017 Home Truly Hong Shan
Eat Already? 2 Yuan Yongming
Have A Little Faith Zhou Fangdong
Eat Already? 3 Yuan Yongming
2018 Eat Already? 4
Reach For The Skies Fang Shouyi
A Million Dollar Dream Hu Tianhao
Love At Cavenagh BridgeWang Weiguang
Blessings 2Lian Mengyong
Heart To HeartYue Dazhong
2019 How Are You? Mr Ng
Hello From The Other Side - Its TimeGrandpa
Hello Miss DriverFang Yuancheng
Old Is GoldZhou Renfa
Old Is Gold: The Bliss KeeperTelemovie
2020 A Jungle SurvivorHe Guozhong
2021Old Soul Yet So YoungLi Youcai
Watch Out! AlexiusSun Jinfa
The Peculiar PawnbrokerChen Hongyi
The Heartland Hero Uncle Tan
2022I Want To Be A TowkayKam Chek
When Duty Calls 2Zeng Hechang
2023 Silent Walls Liang Zhiqin [7]
Shero Huang YudaiCameo
My One and Only Yang

Discography

Compilation albums

YearEnglish titleMandarin title
2014MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 14新传媒群星金马献万福
2015MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 15新传媒群星金羊添吉祥
2016MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 16新传媒群星金猴添喜庆
2017MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 17新传媒群星咕鸡咕鸡庆丰年
2020MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 20裕鼠鼠纳福迎春了

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated workResultRef
1995Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Strange Encounters(as Cai Hong)Nominated
1997Star Awards Best Supporting Actor The Price of Peace (as Tan Kah Kee)Nominated
2000 Star Awards Best Variety Show HostPSC NightNominated
2001 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Beyond the Axis of Truth (as Wu Mingwei)Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
Best Variety Show HostWeekend DelightNominated
2002 Star Awards Special Achievement Award—Won
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
Best Actor Viva Le Famille (as Wu Yongsun)Nominated
Best Supporting Actor The Wing of Desire(as Hu Tie)Nominated
2003 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2004 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Room in My Heart(as Li Ashun)Nominated
2005 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2006 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2007 Star Awards Evergreen Veteran Award—Won
2009 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2010 Asian Television Awards Best Supporting Actor With You (as Zhang Yongsheng)Nominated
Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2011 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2012 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
Best Supporting Actor The Oath (as Wu Zhiyong)Won
2013 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2014 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2015 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Blessings (as Lian Mengyong)Nominated
2016 Star Awards Best Evergreen Artiste Super Senior (as Chen Yalai)Won
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2017 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Fire Up (as Zhuang Dexian)Nominated
Best Evergreen Artiste Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2018 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Home Truly (as Hong Shan)Nominated
Best Evergreen Artiste —Won
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Supporting ActorHello From The Other Side - Its Time(as Ye Ye)Won
Star Awards Best Supporting Actor A Million Dollar Dream (as Hu Tianhao)Won
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Won
2021 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Old is Gold(as Zhou Renfa)Nominated
Best Evergreen Artiste —Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Won
2022 Star Awards Best Evergreen Artiste —Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated [8]
2023 Star Awards Best Evergreen Artiste —Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated
2024 Star Awards Best Programme Host Foodie Trio 三吃客Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes —Nominated

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References

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  2. ↑ Loh, Genevieve (20 December 2010). "A world of wonder". Channel News Asia . Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Chen Shucheng and Vivian Lai bag their first acting honours". xin.msn.com. 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 Yang, Sarah (24 March 2017). "Looking back at Singapore's first on-screen kiss on The Awakening - Channel NewsAsia". Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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