Chua En Lai (born 25 November 1979) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and host, best known for his work on the

Mediacorp Channel 5 Channel 5 (Chinese: 五頻道) is a free-to-air, English-language television channel in Singapore. Owned by state broadcaster Mediacorp, it broadcasts general entertainment, news, and sports programming. The channel's logo is a big white number ...

sitcom '' The Noose''. He left Mediacorp due to his contract expiry.

Early life

Chua was born in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

and raised in

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. He lived in New Zealand for 12 years before moving back to Singapore. He has also expressed an interest in singing, having joined the

Singapore Armed Forces The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are the military services of the Republic of Singapore, responsible for protecting and defending the security interests and the sovereignty of the country. A military component of the Ministry of Defence (MINDE ...

Choir.

Career

Chua has worked on over 30 theatre productions with groups such as Wild Rice!, Toy Factory, Spell#7, SRT, TheatreWorks,

The Necessary Stage The Necessary Stage (previously known as M1 Theatre Connect and M1 Youth Connection) is a Singaporean non-profit theatre company with charity status. Formed in 1987 by Alvin Tan, The Necessary Stage was established with its own mission to creat ...

and

Action Theatre The Action Theater is a motion simulator ride that debuted in 1993. It is currently only operating at California's Great America. Located formerly at Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, Kings Dominion and Kings Island. The attraction was previously ...

. On television, Chua is known for his roles as B.B.See (See Beh Biang) and Jacques Ooi in the

sitcom '' The Noose''. Chua has worked with Krishen Jit on several productions, including ''Squeeze & Squeezability'', ''Plunge'' and ''The Visit of the Tai Tai''. In 2011, Chua starred as a platoon commander in ''

The Ghosts Must Be Crazy ''The Ghosts Must Be Crazy'' () is a 2011 Singaporean comedy horror film directed by Mark Lee and Boris Boo. It was released on 6 January 2011 for a sneak preview and was officially released the next day. The film marks Singaporean comedian Mark ...

'', a two-part comedy horror film directed by Mark Lee and Boris Boo. Chua has also made a cameo as a police officer in the comedy movie '' Taxi! Taxi!'', directed by

Kelvin Sng Kelvin Sng (born 28 April 1974) is a Singaporean film director. Education In 2003, Sng left his teaching position as a head of department and took up Ngee Ann Polytechnic's (NP) Advanced Diploma in Film Production (Directing) programme with ...

and starring

Gurmit Singh Gurmit Singh Virk Chainchal Singh (born 24 March 1965; pa, ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Gurmīt Siṅgh; ) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and television personality. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. A f ...

and Mark Lee. Chua is also a member of the Association of Singapore Actors. In 2013, Chua expressed an interest in moving to more dramatic roles. Despite his over the top acting and slapstick brand of humour, Chua has managed to find much success in the local market. Chua is currently managed by FLY Entertainment and is currently the ambassador for HealthHub's campaign.

Filmography

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chua, En Lai Living people Singaporean male actors Singaporean people of Chinese descent 1979 births