Zhu Houren

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhu .

Zhu Houren
Zhu at the Star Awards 2017
Born	Choo Hoh Yim [1] (1955-01-30) 30 January 1955 (age 70) Straits Settlements
Nationality	Singaporean
Other names	Jack Choo
Education	Chung Cheng High School
Occupations	Actor filmmaker
Years active	1980s−present
Spouse	Vera Hanitijo ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	Joel Choo and Jonathan Choo
Awards	Full list
Chinese name
Chinese	朱厚任
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhū Hòurèn

Zhu Houren (born Jack Choo Hoh Yim on 30 January 1955) is a Singaporean actor and filmmaker. In 2003, he made his feature film directorial debut with After School and in 2014 he produced the basketball film, Meeting the Giant . ^[2]

Life and career

Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School.

In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm After School , while taking on a role in the same film.

During the Star Awards 2010, Zhu won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as Liang Zhigao 梁志高, an old man who suffers from senile dementia for the drama Reunion Dinner . ^[3]

He is married to Vera Hanitijo ^[4] and has 2 sons, Jonathan, an independent director, and Joel, an actor. ^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Good Morning, Sir!	Yu Qingfeng
1993	The Unbeatables I	Long Tianguang		[7]
1995	Thunder Plot
1996	The Unbeatables II	Long Tianguang
	The Teochew Family	Fu Yongbing
1998	The Return of the Condor Heroes	Guo Jing
1999	Wok of Life	Zeng Nanhua(1990s)
2004	Oh Dad!
	House of Harmony	Chang Suyin
2005	Love Concierge	Guo Sen Miao
	The Green Pal
	Beyond the Axis of Truth II
2006	The Undisclosed	Longtou
	C.I.D.	Tang Jiannian
	Rhapsody In Blue	Ding Zhengda
2007	Let It Shine	Guo Yaoyao's Father
	Switched!	Qin Fuzhong
	Dear, Dear Son In Law	Jiang Wencai		[8]
2008	The Truth	Su Zhenyuan
	The Defining Moment	Tang Weiye
	By My Side	Lin Chunxiao
2009	Reunion Dinner	Liang Zhigao
	My Buddy	Li Jiyang
	Baby Bonus	Zheng Facai
2010	Precious Babes	Cui Guoyao
	Unriddle	Liu Daqing
2011	Prosperity	Tian Hongming
	Secrets for Sale	Zhou Youguo
	Bountiful Blessings	Huang Erhu
2012	Rescue 995	Shi Xinguo
	Pillow Talk	Zhang Qian
	Poetic Justice	Fang Renhou
	It Takes Two	Niu's Dad
2013	Start-Up!	Yin Tang
	96°C Café	Tang San
2014	Served H.O.T.	Zeng Jianwang
	In The Name Of Love	Wang Weiguo
	Blessings	She Xingcheng
	Three Wishes	Zhao Haiguang
2015	A Blessed Life	Wang Youguo
	Super Senior	Zhu Xiangdong
	Sealed with a Kiss	Du Zitong
	Life - Fear Not	Xiao Daren
2016	House of Fortune	Qian Laoshi
	Peace & Prosperity	Ouyang Yixiu
	Trapped Minds	Felix Tan
	Hero	Ou Sihai
	118 II	Liu Dagong
2017	Eat Already? 2	Zhu Hanjie
	My Teacher Is A Thug	Lian Guodong
2018	Doppelganger	Li Jianting
	Eat Already? 4	Zhu Hanjie
	Reach For The Skies	Hong Biao
	A Million Dollar Dream	Ba Ge
		Ba Di
	Till We Meet Again	Earth Deity
	Till We Meet Again – Prequel	Hua Jiudai
2019	How Are You?	Gong Jiaqiao
	The Play Book	Passer-by
	Dear Neighbours	He Fan
	Old Is Gold	Uncle Lottery
	Old Is Gold: The Bliss Keeper
2020	How Are You? 2	Gong Jiaqiao
	Recipe of Life	Qin Fen
2021	My Star Bride	Zhong Yongnian
	Key Witness	Johnny
	The Heartland Hero	Li Longchen
	The Peculiar Pawnbroker	Zhou Sihai
2022	My Star Bride - Hi, Mai Phương Thảo	Zhong Yongnian
	You Can Be An Angel 4	Yang Dachao
	Your World in Mine	Hong Xingwang		[9]
	Healing Hands	Professor Robert Baey
2023	Whatever Will Be, Will Be	Liu Dafu	Dialect series
	Till the End	Li Zhiyin

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	After School		As Film director
2010	Love Cuts	Sissy's doctor	Also producer
2014	Meeting the Giant	Mr. Long	Also producer, writer and executive producer
2022	Reunion Dinner	Huang Hailong	Main Antagonist of the film
	Deleted	Fan Dongtian (Four-Faced Buddha)

Discography

Compilation albums

Year	English title	Mandarin title
2020	MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 20	裕鼠鼠纳福迎春了

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
1995	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Thunder Plot(as Ren Yongang)	Nominated
1996	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Teochew Family (as Fu Guobin)	Nominated
1997	Star Awards	Best Actor	The Fall Guy(as Huaimin)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
1998	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
1999	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Wok of Life (as Zeng Nanhua)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2004	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2009	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Defining Moment (as Tang Weiye)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2010	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Reunion Dinner (as Liang Zhigao)	Won
		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
2013	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Pillow Talk (as Zhang Qian)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2014	Asian Television Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Served H.O.T.(as Zeng Jianwan)	Nominated
	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2015	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	In The Name Of Love (as Wang Weiguo)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2016	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2017	Asian Television Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Trapped Minds(as Felix Tan)	Won
	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2018	Star Awards	Best Evergreen Artiste	—	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2019	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Won
2021	Star Awards	Best Evergreen Artiste	—	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2022	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	My Star Bride (as Chung Yongnian)	Nominated
		Best Evergreen Artiste	—	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated	[10]
2023	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Your World in Mine (as Ang Heng Wang)	Nominated	[9]
		Best Evergreen Artiste	—	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2024	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Till the End (as Li Zhiyin)	Nominated	[11]
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated

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