Max Loong

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Max Loong
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Occupation(s)Actor, host
Website www.maxloong.com

Max Loong is an actor and TV host.

Swiss entertainment magazine Schweizer Illustrierte ranked him as one of the top 100 most important and influential Swiss personalities in 2007.

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In the same year, Elle Magazine Singapore awarded him the ‘Breakout Star of the year’ award.

Among some of his most recognisable works, he has been the host of Musicstar  [ de ] the Swiss equivalent of American Idol, and also filled a role as the lead character (Michael Wong) of Singapore's Emmy nominated comedy First Class.

TV career

At the age of 20, he beat more than 400 other competitors to become the host for the first Swiss music channel, VIVA Schweiz. This was his first foray into hosting.

Shows he has hosted in Europe include Fanta Fiesta (teleprompter), McMusic (requestshow), FreaX (gameshow), Popschau (newsshow), Sunrise (latenightshow) and his own produced hit show Interaktiv (liveshow) where he has interviewed famous artistes such as Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Usher, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Robert Downey Jr. and Pierce Brosnan to name a few.

He has also hosted MTV Southeast Asia, "MTV Mobbed" Gamepad (gameshow), Pop 10 (chartshow), Pop Inc. (life-style show) and red carpet coverage of the MTV Asia Awards 2006 in Bangkok (Thailand).

In 2007, Loong was chosen as the Musicstar host, which is the Swiss equivalent of American idol.

In 2008 and 2009, Loong also hosted reality- and entertainment shows such as the S-Factor and Mitsubishi Challenge. In 2009, he signed on for the fourth season of Musicstar in Switzerland.

Film career

In 2003 he acted in leading roles in Swiss movies such as in “Piff Paff Puff”, a movie about gangsters with different racial backgrounds, playing the role of a drug addict.

While in Snow White, a film about the high society party scene of Zurich, being a DJ, and in his controversial hit movie Breakout  [ de ], a movie about violent kids locked up in a Swiss youth jail, he played the role of a rapist.

He also had a television drama series named after him, Adventure Max. He appeared in the first two seasons of the French television series Deja Vu and other television shows.

Loong landed a starring role in the Asian dramedy series After Hours , which ran for 13 episodes. He starred in Singapore's Emmy nominated number 1[ clarification needed ] comedy series First Class (season 1&2) as a young teacher at a dysfunctional school and the 2010 drama “Perfect Deception”.

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Lion MomsRichard LeeLead Role (Singapore)
2017Lion Mums 2
2013 Who Killed Johnny MaxLead Role
2011 Perfect Deception LucasSupporting Role (Asia)
2009 First Class 2 Michael WongLead Role (Asia)
Déjà Vu 2 MingSupporting Role (France)
2008 First Class 1 Michael WongLead Role (Asia)
Maggie & Me RichSupporting Role (Singapore)
Déjà Vu 1 MingSupporting Role (France)
2007 Lifestory Lionel De SouzaLead Role (Singapore)
After Hours Danny MerelesLead Role (Asia)
Breakout BladeSupporting Role (Europe)
2006Syndicate:ZeedZeedLead Role (USA)
2006The InterventionGaySupporting Role (USA)
2005SnowwhiteDJSupporting Role (Europe)
2004Piff Paff PuffMingSupporting Role (Switzerland)

Host

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 MusicStar HostSF1 Swiss National TV
S-FactorHost Mediacorp Channel 5 Singapore
2008Sport Of KingsHost Mediacorp Channel 5 Singapore
Mitsubishi ChallengeHost Mediacorp Channel 5 Singapore
2007 MusicStar HostSF1 Swiss National TV
New Year's Eve CountdownCo-Host Mediacorp Channel 5 Singapore
2006MTV MobbedHost MTV Asia
MTV Pop Inc.Co-Host MTV Asia
MTV GamepadCo-Host MTV Asia
MTV Asia Awards Red CarpetHost MTV Asia
2004VIVA InteraktivHost VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
VIVA Comet AwardsHost VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
2003VIVA PopschauCo-Host VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
VIVA FreaXHost VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
2002VIVA McMusicHost VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
2001VIVA Sunrise Late NightCo-Host VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
VIVA Abenteuer MaxLead VIVA Music Channel Switzerland
2000VIVA Fanta FiestaHost VIVA Music Channel Switzerland

Awards

References

  1. "Max Loong". Kosmic Film Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-07-28.