Nathaniel "Nat" Ho (, born 23 August 1984) is a

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an actor and singer.

Career

Ho was originally one of the Top 30 contestants in the inaugural season of

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in 2004. He was also awarded the 'Most Promising Artiste' in 2004, by the Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company. One of his first acting roles was in the Channel 5 drama '' Shooting Stars''. Following that, Nat was given the lead role in a local feature film, ''Smell of Rain''. While pursuing his diploma in Mass Communications, Ho dabbled in modeling after he was discovered by a modeling agent. His portfolio included clients like M1, Lipton Tea, KFC, Marina Square Shopping Centre and

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. He also did freelance work as a backup dancer for a few commercial jobs, which included Indian International Film Academy Awards'04 and Miss Singapore Universe'06 to name a few. During his modelling period, he also did freelance acting, and landed his first ever acting gig, in the independent Mandarin feature film
''Smell of Rain''
(雨之味). The following year, he was signed on with

MediaCorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

and cast in his first Chinese language drama series ''

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'' which earned him a Best Newcomer nomination at that

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. Ho left MediaCorp in 2010 to focus on his music career. He stated that music was his real passion and that he actually "never wanted to be an actor.

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came as a bonus". He released his first album ''Unleashed'' in April 2012 and an accompanying

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featuring actresses

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and Le Yao and blogger

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. In 2013, Ho announced that he would be moving to Taiwan to further his music career, after signing a nine-year music contract. In 2020, Ho left for Los Angeles to study music production for personal growth. This lasted for a year that allows Ho to focus on songwriting and production. In August 2022, Ho again announced he would be moving to South Korea to further his music career in the K-Pop market. He has also signed up for Korean language classes with Yonsei University.

Personal life

Ho attended the

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, and was a member of the school's award-winning choir for 4 years, and completed his A Levels at

Anglo-Chinese Junior College Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) is a Junior college (Singapore), junior college in Singapore that offers a two-year pre-university programme leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Established in 1977, Anglo-Chin ...

Filmography

Television

Film

*2005 **Smell of Rain 《雨之味》 *2008 **Heng Or Huat 《天降运财》 *2009 ** Autumn in March 《午夜烟花》 *2011 **

Already Famous ''Already Famous'' (Chinese:''一泡而红'': ''Yi Pao Er Hong'') is a 2011 Singaporean comedy film and the feature film directorial debut of Michelle Chong, who also starred in the film alongside Taiwanese idol Alien Huang. The movie was releas ...

Variety shows (appearing as a guest)

*2006 **Wish Upon A Star *2007 **Crime Watch ** Hey Gorgeous! 《校花校草追赶跑》 **President Star Charity 2007 《总统星光慈善2007》 **The Cancer Charity Show 2007 《癌过有晴天》 **

**Let's Party with Food V 《食福满人间V》 **The Mission 4 《创业无敌手4》 *2009 **Okto Live – 3 Feb 2009 **Hey Gorgeous! Finals 2009 《校花校草网上追赶跑》 – 7 March 09 **Go Live! 《综艺Go Live!》 – 27 Apr 09 **Result is All 《美就是一切》 – 22 August 2009

Radio interview

*2010 **93.3FM – (Co-Host with Pei Fen on 夜玩场) – 15 April 2010 to 14 May 2010 (9 – 11pm, every Thursday and Friday)

TV hosting

*2008 **National Science Challenge 2008 *2009 **National Science Challenge 2009 **Food Hometown 2 《美食寻根 2》 **Celebrate 2010 *2010 **Go! YOG 艺起青奥 – 25 March 2010 **Okto minute of fame – June to Sept 2010

Album/MTV

*2006 **December Stars *2007 **Sang sub-theme song for Mediacorp Ch 8 《百万宝》 **Sing- The Best Drama 《剧欣卉集》 – Theme song for Mediacorp Ch 8 《凡间新仙人》 – 《完美的爱情》 **December Stars 2 Compilation – Last Christmas *2008 **Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 《群星贺岁 – 金鼠庆团圆》 –　《恭喜大家过新年》
NDP 2008 Theme Song – MTV
*2009 **Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation 《群星贺岁 – 福牛迎瑞年》 – 《新年到》

Advertisement/TV commercial

*2004 **M1 Print Ad Campaign *2005 **Lipton Tea TVC (Vietnam) **Franklin Templeton TVC **Tiger Balm Print Ad + TVC **Canon Pixma Print Ad **KFC Fish Ole Burger TVC **Catalog Magazine (L’Oreal) **M1 Print Ad Campaign **Marina Square TVC *2007 **Speak Mandarin **Crocodile Print Ad (Spring/Summer Collection) *2008 **Crocodile Print Ad (Autumn/Winter Collection) **Audio Technica Print Ad **Nivea Men Print Ad + Bus Ad
Singtel MioTV Interstitial!

Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Christmas 2008 Interstitial
*2009 **Artiste MBlog **Channel 5 advertisement on Saving Gaia **Channel 5's Christmas Bonanza 21009 **Bossini TVC *2010
987FM Interstitial
**F&N Lunar New Year Celebration TVC **Dengue Fever Interstitial

Music video appearances

Accolades

Endorsements

*2007 **Crocodile *2008 **Crocodile **Audio Technica **Nivea Men

References

External links

Profile
on xin.msn.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, Nat 1984 births Singaporean people of Hakka descent Anglo-Chinese School alumni Anglo-Chinese Junior College alumni Singaporean television personalities Singaporean male television actors 21st-century Singaporean male actors Living people Singaporean male film actors Male web series actors