Li Nanxing
Li Nanxing | |
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| Born | Jonathan Lee Nam Heng 7 November 1964 |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation | Actor & Film director |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | Star Awards 2002 : Best Actor Star Awards 2004 : All-Time Favourite Artiste Star Awards 2006 : Best Actor |
| Musical career | |
| Also known as | Big Brother of Caldecott Hill |
| Website | linanxing |
Jonathan Lee Nam Heng (born 7 November 1964), better known as Li Nanxing (Chinese: 李南星; Wade–Giles: Li2 Nan2 Hsing1), is a Singaporean actor and was named as 'Ahbang' (大哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill.
He has acted in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8. Li is also a Film Director and Film Producer. Li has also won several Best Actor awards and was nominated every single year from 1997 to 2004.
Career
Li began his career in 1986 after completing SBC's 6th drama training course and gradually rose to stardom in the 1990s. In 1993 he shot to fame for starring in The Unbeatables I alongside Zoe Tay, the first drama series ever produced in Singapore on gambling. For most of the 1990s, he, Tay and Chew Chor Meng were MediaCorp's three most popular actors and he was voted the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes ten years in a row and also won several Malaysia and Taiwan popularity polls at the Star Awards. In 2004 he was awarded the coveted " All-Time Favourite Artiste Award".
During the late 2000s, his career hit a rocky phase due to personal issues interfering with his work.[1] After a two-year hiatus, he made his comeback in On the Fringe 2011 and also directed his first film, The Ultimate Winner.[2] He produced his film, Imperfect, which he co-starred with Ian Fang and Kimberly Chia.
Some of his more famous shows include The Unbeatables trilogy and The Magnate; Li has also acted in 6 telemovies to date, and even sang the theme song of several of his shows. He mostly played in anti-hero roles such in The Vagrant, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Star Awards 2002 and On the Fringe 2011. In September 2012 it was announced that he will be cast in C.L.I.F. II as a police officer, which will be one of the few times he plays a protagonist.[3]
In 2004, Li founded his own talent management agency, LNX Global, named after his initials.[4] Constance Song was LNX's first artiste to be managed under LNX in 2015.[4][5]
Personal life
Li married Yang Libing, a fellow Singaporean actress, in 1994 after co-starring together in several drama series. They divorced in 2004 citing irreconcilable personality differences. Both have yet to remarry and they have no children from the marriage.[6]
Filmography
Drama Serials
| Year | Work | Role | Network/Channel | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Neighbours 芝麻绿豆 | Mediacorp Channel 8 | [citation needed] | ||
| Under One Roof 家和万事兴 | Lixin 李欣 | [citation needed] | |||
| Crossroads 红绿灯 之《红灯》 | Lu Rihua 卢日华 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1987 | Sunshine After Rain 雨过天晴 | Wu Jingtang 吴敬堂 | [citation needed] | ||
| Paint a Rainbow 调色板 | Wu Qifan 吴启凡 | [7] | |||
| Moving On 变迁 | Gao Xiaosheng 高晓生 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1988 | Airforce 空军 | Li Zhengting 李政庭 | [citation needed] | ||
| On the Fringe 边缘少年 | Chen Yong 陈勇 | [7] | |||
| Teahouse in Chinatown 牛车水人家 | Chen Dejian 陈得建 | [citation needed] | |||
| My Fair Ladies 窈窕淑女 | Ding Lei 丁磊 | [citation needed] | |||
| Song Of Youth 生活歌手 | Wei Jiahao 韦家豪 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1989 | Good Morning Sir 早安老师 | Zhou Wenjie 周文杰 | [citation needed] | ||
| Splash To Victory 绿水英姿 | Li Jiajun 李嘉俊 | [citation needed] | |||
| A Mother's Love 亲心唤我心 | Ye Jianhui 叶兆辉 | [7] | |||
| 1990 | Finishing Line 出人头地 | Xia Dejian 夏德建 | [citation needed] | ||
| Happy Family 开心家族 | Situ Zhengting 司徒正廷 | [citation needed] | |||
| Happy World 多多富贵多多情 | Wang Baiwan 王百万 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1991 | Private Eyes 妙探智多星 | Chen Ya Jin 陈亚锦 | [citation needed] | ||
| Black Phoenix 黑凤凰 | Wu Yunkai 巫云开 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1992 | Modern Romance 男欢女爱 | Li Junhao 李君豪 | [citation needed] | ||
| My Buddies 浪漫战场 | [citation needed] | ||||
| Mystery II 迷离夜II | Yang Tianwei / Wen Yufei 杨 天威/ 温宇飞 | [citation needed] | |||
| Breaking Point 暴风边缘 | Bai Yufeng 白宇风 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1993 | Smouldering Heat 赤道谜情 | Lu Haojie 吕浩杰 | [citation needed] | ||
| Angel of Vengeance 暴雨狂花 | Qiao Kang 乔康 | [citation needed] | |||
| The Great Conspiracy 莲花争霸 | Shen Cong 沈冲 | [7] | |||
| The Unbeatables I | Li Jianfei / Yan Fei 林建飞/ 言飞 | [7] | |||
| 1994 | Dreams Come True 美梦成真 | Lu Wenyang 陆文杨 | [citation needed] | ||
| Twin Bliss 龙凤呈祥 | You Long 游龙 | [citation needed] | |||
| The Magnate 叱咤风云 | Song Zhigao 宋志高 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1995 | The Shadow Mission 地下猎人 | Chen Zhixin 陈志新 | [citation needed] | ||
| 1996 | The Unbeatables II | Yan Fei 言飞 | [7] | ||
| Dairy of a Teacher 老师日记 | Yu Mingxing 余明星 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1997 | Rising Expectations 长河 | Shi Guoying/Stone 石国英/石头 | [citation needed] | ||
| Crime and Tribulations 狮城奇案录 | Chen Zhenwen 陈振文 | [citation needed] | |||
| My Wife, Your Wife, Their Wives 101老婆 | Jian Qiang 健强 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1998 | The New Adventures of Wisely | Guo Zeqing 郭则清 | [citation needed] | ||
| The Return of the Condor Heroes | Lu Liding 陸立鼎 | [citation needed] | |||
| 1999 | Coup de Scorpion 天蝎行动 | Zheng Nanshun 郑南顺 | [citation needed] | ||
| Bright Future 同一片蓝天 | Haisheng 海生 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2000 | Dare to Strike 扫冰者 | Wang Shen 王深 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2001 | The Hotel 大酒店 | Cloudy | [citation needed] | ||
| Heroes in Black 我来也 | Song Dou/Wolaiye 宋斗/我来也 | [citation needed] | |||
| In Pursuit of Peace 何日军再来 | Sakagami Ichiro 坂上一郎 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2002 | The Unbeatables III | Yan Fei 言飞 | [citation needed] | ||
| The Vagrant 豹子胆 | Ah Bao/Liu Xiaoming 阿豹/刘小明 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2003 | Home in Toa Payoh 家在大巴窑 | Li Baomei 李保美 | [citation needed] | ||
| Baby Boom | Tim | [citation needed] | |||
| Romance De Amour | Huang Weide 黄维德 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2004 | A Child's Hope II 孩有明天 2 | Hu Yiming 胡逸名 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2006 | A Million Treasures 百万宝 | Ma Da 马达 | [citation needed] | ||
| Through It All 海的儿子 | Guo Xianghai 郭向海 | [citation needed] | |||
| The Undisclosed 迷云二十天 | Chen Musheng 程木胜 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2007 | The Homecoming 十三鞭 | Dong Weihong 董伟宏 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2007 | The Golden Path 黄金路 | Ah Jin/Jin Long 阿金/金龙 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2009 | Daddy at Home 企鹅爸爸 | Liu Bang 刘帮 | [citation needed] | ||
| The Ultimatum 双子星 | Zhang Feng/Zhou Zhida 章风/周志达 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2011 | On The Fringe 2011 边缘父子 | Tian Yibang 田一邦 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2012 | Beyond | Jiang Wei 江维 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2013 | The Journey: A Voyage 信约：唐山到南洋 | Zhang Tianpeng 张天鹏 | [7] | ||
| 2014 | The Journey: Tumultuous Times | Zhang Tianpeng 张天鹏 | Cameo | [citation needed] | |
| C.L.I.F. 3 | Wei Lantian 魏蓝天 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2015 | The Dream Makers II | Lin Tao 林韬 | [citation needed] | ||
| A Blessed Life | Ye Daji 叶大吉 | [citation needed] | |||
| 2016 | C.L.I.F. 4 | Wei Lantian 魏蓝天 | [citation needed] | ||
| 2017 | My Teacher Is A Thug | Jia Tianxiong 贾天雄 | [citation needed] |
Awards
References
- ^ "Li Nanxing once racked up S$2m in debt, thought of suicide". Channel News Asia. 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Li Nanxing's directorial debut may also be the last film he directs". Channel NewsAsia. 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Actors disappear as police drama CLIF returns". Channel NewsAsia. 28 September 2012.
- ^ a b hermes (5 August 2015). "Local actor Li Nanxing makes Taiwan debut". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Li Nanxing: If you want to be a good actor, try acting in Taiwan first". 8 Days. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Top Celeb Divorces: Hollywood vs Local". xin.msn.com. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Local actor Li Nanxing signs with Chinese actress Vicki Zhao's management agency".
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External links
- Official Website
- Profile on xin.msn.com
- Li Nanxing at IMDb
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