Yao Wenlong (, born 14 November 1970) is a Singapore based Malaysian actor.

Career

Yao entered the local television scene after winning the

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1993 (Male category) organised by then

Singapore Broadcasting Corporation 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 ...

(now

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). Within a year, he won the Most Popular Newcomer award in ''Star Awards 1994'' and the ''Best Supporting Actor'' award in

Star Awards 2001 Star Awards 2001 is a television awards ceremony telecast on 25 November 2001 as part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp to honour its artistes who work on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It is the first awards ceremony presented by the ne ...

for his role as a

sissy ''Sissy'' (derived from ''sister''), also ''sissy baby'', ''sissy boy'', ''sissy man'', ''sissy pants'', etc., is a pejorative term for a boy or man who does not demonstrate masculine, and shows possible signs of fragility. Generally, ''sissy'' i ...

in drama ''

Looking for Stars ''Looking For Stars'' is a MediaCorp-produced drama serial that starred celebrity couple Fann Wong and Christopher Lee. It tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who have to live with each other's quirks, idiosyncrasies and foibles after a on ...

''. Besides television dramas, he appeared in the popular sitcom, ''My Genie'' alongside

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and

Huang Yiliang Ng Aik Leong (Chinese: ), better known by his Chinese name Huang Yiliang, is a former veteran Singaporean television actor and director. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1980 to 2006, after which he decide not to renew after the contrac ...

. Yao starred in the 80 episode long ''

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'' series in 2007, where he collaborated with

Jesseca Liu Jesseca Liu () (刘芷绚/劉芷絢; ; pinyin: "''Liu Zhi Xuan''" was her previous Chinese stage name) (born 13 February 1979) is a Malaysian actress, who is based in Singapore and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006 ...

Elvin Ng Elvin Ng Choon Siong (; born 23 December 1980) is a Singaporean actor and former model. Early life Ng attended Jurong Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He graduated with an honours degree in English literatu ...

Ann Kok Ann Kok (; born 11 January 1973) is a Singaporean actress. She started her acting career in 1993 after emerging as a finalist in the local talent-search competition ''Star Search'', where she won a contract to work on Chinese-language TV chan ...

Cynthia Koh Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974), also known as Xu Mei Zhen 许美珍, is a Singaporean actress. She is best known for acting in many television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8. Early life Koh has one younger sister. Her father works i ...

and

Xiang Yun Chen Cuichang (born 27 October 1961), better known by her stage name Xiang Yun, is a Singaporean actress & television host. She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (Senior actress) for being among the first locally trained arti ...

. In 2008, he played butcher Liu Yidao in the highly acclaimed serial

The Little Nyonya ''The Little Nyonya'' ( zh, c= ) is a 2008 drama serial on Singapore's free-to-air MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It stars Jeanette Aw, Qi Yuwu, Dai Xiangyu, Lin Meijiao, Pan Lingling, Cynthia Koh, Pierre Png, Joanne Peh, Desmond Sim, Eelyn Kok, Andi ...

, garnering him yet another ''Best Supporting Actor'' nomination.

Personal life

Yao is married to Jenny Tsai and has a son and daughter.

Filmography

Film

Television

Compilation album

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Profile
on xinmsn {{DEFAULTSORT:Yao, Wenlong Living people Singaporean male television actors Malaysian people of Hokkien descent Malaysian people of Chinese descent 1970 births People from Johor