Zhai Siming (born 5 November 1996) is a Singapore-based Chinese actor, model, and

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personality.

Life and career

Born in

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, China, and the only child of a single-parent family, Zhai moved to Singapore with his mother, at the age of seven. Zhai's mother has since relocated to

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, U.S. for her beauty business, when he was 19. She had initially planned for Zhai to join her after he completed his studies in Singapore, but his participation in the

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competition changed the plans. Growing up attending local schools, Zhai has been a basketball enthusiast since he was young. At the age of 17, while studying in Secondary 5 at Orchid Park Secondary School, he successfully auditioned for a role in the 2014 basketball film ''

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'', which was directed by

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and produced by

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. At 1.87m tall, Zhai is formerly a part-time model and an engineering student at

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. He began modelling after he was scouted for '' Hey! Gorgeous'' in 2015. Zhai has also acted in many small part roles on television and worked numerous part-time jobs, including selling ice cream door-to-door, waiting for jobs at banquets, and working in retail, prior to joining ''Star Search'' in 2019, where he was one of the top 12 contestants at the finals. In an interview, Zhai named Taiwanese actor

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as one of his "biggest inspirations" as he admired Peng's determination and passion in his numerous action movies. In 2021, Zhai, Herman Keh, and

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were teamed up as the group "HST" by

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's artiste management arm, The Celebrity Agency. The trio were previously signed to the same modelling agency and had known each other before joining the ''Star Search'' competition. Zhai is also a

personality who has accumulated more than 115K followers and 1.3 million "likes" to date.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety show

Discography

Compilation albums

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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