Xavier Ong (

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: ''Wang Sheng Yu'', born 20 April 1994) is a

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an actor.

Early life

Ong was born on 20 April 1994 in Singapore. Step son of Singapore actor

Wang Yuqing Tan Chooi Leong or better known as Wang Yuqing (, born 9 September 1961) is a Singaporean actor. Education Wang studied at Willow Avenue Secondary School. Career Prior to his acting career, Wang served out his NS days in the Aerodrome fire ...

. He attended

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but did not manage to graduate due to the widely controversial incident in 2010 while he was taking the national 'O' Level examinations.

Career

Early career

Ong's career began soon after he was signed on for guest roles on several local television programs. After a single episode stint on the documentary-drama

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, he made cameo appearances on several other documentary-drama series. Ong rose to fame with his role as "Alex" in local television drama

Don't Stop Believin' (TV series) ''Don't Stop Believin (simplified Chinese: 我们等你!) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 14 August 2012. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes a ...

after which he went on to make more appearances in local television programs and further branched out into film and movies before he was enlisted into the Singapore Armed Forces in late 2012.

2012-2015: Gushcloud Influencer

After achieving mild success with his early work, Ong was enlisted into the army and he wasn't allowed to further appear in television or film for the period of his service. In late 2012, Ong signed on to work with

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agency

Gushcloud International Gushcloud International is a global influencer, entertainment, and talent acquisition company. It is headquartered in Singapore and began in 2011. History Althea Lim and Vincent Ha are the co-founders of Gushcloud International, which has offi ...

where he started getting engaged in social media campaigns. Ong was involved in several online disputes involving

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and other Gushcloud influencers. Ong stepped out to apologise for his mistake after receiving backlash following the incident. Ong is said to have terminated his contract with Gushcloud in 2015.

2015-Present: Taiwan and Singapore

In 2015 after Ong finished serving the nation, he left Gushcloud and ventured into the Taiwan entertainment scene where he made frequent appearances on variety shows but returned to Singapore in late 2015. Ong ended up filming several other television dramas in Singapore with the last being

C.L.I.F. 4 C.L.I.F. 4 (Chinese: 警徽天职4, short-form for Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness, commonly pronounced as cliff) is a Singaporean police procedural series produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8 in collaboration with the Singapore Po ...

and has since returned to Taiwan to further his career. In January 2017, Ong made his silver screen comeback in the Chinese New Year movie

The Fortune Handbook ''The Fortune Handbook'' () is a 2017 Singaporean Chinese New Year-themed comedy film directed by Kelvin Sng and starring Christopher Lee, Li Nanxing and Mark Lee. It was released in cinemas on January 26, 2017, and is one of two films distribute ...

which also stars Christopher Lee, Li Nan Xing, Mark Lee and Vivian Lai. Also in 2017, Ong played "Alfred"; his first role as a Leading Male in StarHub telemovie ''Uplift'' which aired in August 2017 on Starhub ECity.

Filmography

TV Series

Movies

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ong, Xavier 1994 births Living people Singaporean male television actors Singaporean male actors