Nick Shen
Born (1976-08-26) 26 August 1976
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
EducationSt. Thomas Secondary School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • businessman
  • host
  • educator
  • radio presenter
  • singer
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Parents
  • Sim Soo Guan (father)
  • Tan Bock King[2] (mother)
AwardsStar Search 1999 : Singapore Male Champion
Stage name
Traditional Chinese沈煒竣
Simplified Chinese沈炜竣
Hanyu PinyinShěn Wěijùn
Birth name
Traditional Chinese沈偉峻
Simplified Chinese沈伟峻
Hanyu PinyinShěn Wěijùn

Nick Shen (born 26 August 1976) is a Singaporean actor, businessman and host. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2012. In 2011, Shen started the company Tok Tok Chiang Wayang to promote Chinese opera in Singapore.

Early life

Shen has a younger brother.[3]

He attended St. Thomas Secondary School and had pursued a Diploma in Mass Communication at the Management Development Institute of Singapore.[4]

Career

Shen joined MediaCorp after winning the local edition of Star Search Singapore in 1999.[5] 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[6] and has since been working on the promotion of Chinese opera in Singapore.[4] Shen is the global winner for Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World and JCI Cultural Achievement Honoure Award in 2014.[7]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Personal life

Shen shared on social media that he had a severe case of shingles which began developing symptoms in July 2023, which in turn led to a diagnosis of Bell's palsy.[8] He was hospitalised for the illnesses for five days in September 2023.[9][3]

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 Mr OK (OK先生)Xiaodong
My Grandpa (公公,你的名字好难叫)Fang Zhenhua
S.N.A.G. (新好男人)
2000 Right Frequency II
The Stratagem (世纪攻略)
2001 Beyond the Axis of TruthZhuge Fei
Three Women and a HalfJeffrey
Growing UpMeng
The ReunionSan Wan
The HotelHuang Dajun
2002 First TouchWee Teck Meng
Kopi-O IIHong Jinbao
2003 First Touch IIWee Teck Meng
My Love, My Home (同一屋檐下)
Always on My Mind 无炎的爱
Lobang King
A Toast of LoveDavid Pan Weiwen
2004 An Ode to LifeZhang Ruiming
2005 Beautiful Illusions
Beyond the aXis of Truth IIZhuge Fei
A Promise for TomorrowTang Weihong
2006 CIDFly
Family MattersShi Baobao
I Not Stupid TooHao Letian
2007 Like Father, Like DaughterCoconut / Ah Gui
MetamorphosisZhang Shaoqi
2008 Taste of Love
Crime Busters x 2Sun Jiaqing
2009 Perfect Cut II
2010 The PupilDPP Lawrence Khoo
The Illusionist (魔幻视界)James's father (young)
New BeginningsZhen Xiong
The Family CourtWu Baoming
2011 In Time with YouWoody
2017 Legal EaglesZhou Xiongwei
Eat Already? 3Ken
2018 118 Reunion (118大团圆)George
Doppelganger – Prequel (入侵者- 前传)Billy
Say CheesePan Heping
2019 Walk with Me (谢谢你出现在我的行程里)Prof Dong
2020 Titoudao: Inspired by the True Story of a Wayang StarGwee Boon [10]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 The Casuarina CoveShort film
2009 Tanjong RhuKelvinShort film
2012 Filial HavenRickShort film
Ah Boys to Men
My Ghost Partner
2013 Red Numbers
Time No Enough
2016 Zi CharTelemovie
MotherShort 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

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated workResult
1999Star Awards 1999Best NewcomerMy GrandpaWon
2001Star Awards 2001Best Supporting ActorThree Women and A Half
(as Jeffrey)		Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes—Nominated
2002Star Awards 2002Best Supporting ActorThe Reunion
(as San Wan)		Nominated
2004Star Awards 2004Best Supporting ActorAlways on My Mind
(as Tang Xinhai)		Nominated
2007Star Awards 2007Best Supporting ActorLike Father, Like Daughter
(as Gui)		Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NICK SHEN 沈炜竣". TOK TOK CHIANG. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "My Mother Benefitted from Palliative Care by Singapore Hospice Council". Giving.sg. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 "患带状疱疹"像被火烧"右脸瘫 沈炜竣：康复后会打疫苗 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 Lee, Jocelyn (12 November 2014). "Nick Shen was caned for pursuing Chinese opera". The New Paper. Singapore. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "才华横溢出新秀狮城之星出笼" (in Chinese). Lianhe Zaobao. 12 April 1999. Archived from the original on 9 August 2002.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "Nick Shen doing well after leaving MediaCorp". Yahoo! News. 16 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Celebrity eats: Nick Shen on his daily eats". AsiaOne. 23 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "患带状疱疹后首次公开表演 沈炜竣康复进度良好 | 联合早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "'The pain is beyond description': Actor Nick Shen shares his experience battling shingles". AsiaOne. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  10. ↑ ""My Doctor Says I Can't Return To Acting… Unless I Play A Stroke Victim": Ex Mediacorp Actor Nick Shen On Getting Shingles And Then Bell's Palsy". 8days. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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