Chew Kin Wah

Chew Kin Wah
Chew Kin Wah
周堅華
Born	30 September 1965 (age 58); Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Chew Kin Wah (Chinese: 周堅華; born 30 September 1965) is a Malaysian actor of Chinese descent.^[1]^[2] In June 2018, he was listed as one of the 10 top Malaysian actors who gain recognition internationally by Harian Metro.^[3]

Born and raised in Ipoh, Perak, Kin Wah starting his acting career in 1993. He appear in ntv7's longest-running television sitcom Kopitiam, co-starring Joanna Bessey, Rashid Salleh, and Mano Maniam.

Kin Wah converted to Islam in 2013 and adopted the Muslim name Anuar Chew or Anuar Abdullah.^[4]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Snipers	Ah Wai
2005	Salon	Mr. Chin
2007	1957: Hati Malaya	H. S. Lee
2007	Blue Roof		Short film
2008	Susuk	Lee
2009	Setem	Piranha Lim
2009	At the End of Daybreak	Ying's father
2010	Belukar	TKO
2011	Kongsi	Jimmy
2012	Chantek	Sam O
	Cinta Kura Kura	Mr. Lim
	8 Jam	Chief Ah Long
	29 Februari	Mr. Ho
	Hantu Kapcai
	The Collector	Inspector Lim
2013	Tanda Putera	Tan Chong Chor
	Ular	JC
	Kolumpo	Kedai Mamak Customers 4 / DJ Radio	Special appearance
2014	Take Me To Dinner	Allan
	River of Exploding Durians	Ming's father
	In Between Floors	Voice of God
2015	Jejak Warriors	Foo Sai Yuk
2015	Bravo 5	Commander Lim Yatt
2016	Pekak	Doctor
	My Stupid Boss	Mr. Kho
	Interchange	Heng
	Cek Toko Sebelah	Koh Afuk
2017	Kimchi Untuk Awak
	Surat Kecil Untuk Tuhan	Bapa Martin
	Susah Sinyal	Ko Chandra
2018	Dukun	Angus Lim
	Terbang: Menembus Langit	Bapa Onggy
	Dimsum Martabak	Koh Ah Yong
	One Two Jaga	James
	A Man Called Ahok	Kin Nam
2019	My Stupid Boss 2	Mr. Kho
	This Earth of Mankind	Babah Ah Tjong
	Susi Susanti - Love All	Tong Sin Fu
	Rise to Power: KLGU	Dato' Francis Tan
2020	Prebet Sapu	Indonesian Passenger
2021	Hantu Bonceng 2.0	Mr. Wong
2022	Kongsi Raya	Long Feng
	The Assistant	Kuan
	Juang	Mr. Wu
	Seratus	Lorry Driver	Cameo appearance
	Cek Toko Sebelah 2	Koh Afuk
2023	Geng Sakau Vs Hantu Ting Tong
2024	Rain Town	Choo Kam Wah
2024	Baik Punya Ah Long
TBA	Buya Hamka Vol. III	Tan Ban Kie

Television series[edit]

Year	Title	Role	TV channel	Notes
1997–2003	Kopitiam	Kee Tat	NTV7
2007	KAMI The Series	Bapa Adii	8TV
2009	Tower 13		TV3	Guest star
2010	A gURLs wURLd	Mr. Lee	Nine Network	7 episodes
2013	Love You Mr. Arrogant	Raymond	TV3	Malay telenovela, based on the 2011 novel of the same name
2014	Kusinero Cinta	Chef Rio	Astro Mustika HD
2016	Marco Polo (Season 2)	Song Loyalist 1	Netflix	1 episodes
2017	Dendam Aurora	Michael	Astro Ria
2017	Mandatori	Captain David	Astro First Exclusive
2018	Gantung The Series	School Principals	Astro First Exclusive
2018–2019	Cek Toko Sebelah: The Series	Koh Afuk	HOOQ	2 episodes
2019	Aurora Aisyah	Ah Chong	TV1
2019–2020	Cek Toko Sebelah: Babak Baru	Koh Afuk	HOOQ, Netflix	Due to HOOQ's closure, the series moved to Netflix^[5]
2020	The Bridge (Season 2)	Wong Ping Chuan	Viu/HBO Asia
2021	Scammer	Wong	Astro Ria
2022	Cek Toko Sebelah the Series: Ada Lawan Baru	Koh Afuk	Prime Video
2023	Legenda Putri Qaseh	Tabib Chan Taik Tak	Astro Ceria
2023	Metro Crimes Series: Siapa Lelaki Itu?	Teon Chai	Tonton

Telemovie[edit]

Year	Title	Role	TV channel
2013	The Hong Kong Affair	Wai Jo	Das Erste
2014	Mentari Terbit Lagi	Simon	TV Alhijrah
2015	Solatku Hidupku Matiku		Astro Oasis
2016	Rongples Rongtaim	Alan	Astro Citra
2021	Hello Suria		Awesome TV

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	TV channel
2008	Malaysiantalents.com	Himself	Gua.com.my

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated works	Result
2014	Anugerah Skrin 2014	Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik (Drama)	Mentari Terbit Lagi	Nominated
2016	Anugerah i-Cinema	Aktor Peran Pendukung Terbaik	My Stupid Boss	Nominated
2017	Anugerah i-Cinema	Aktor Peran Pendukung Terbaik	Cek Toko Sebelah	Nominated
	Festival Film Tempo Jakarta	Aktor Pendukung Pilihan Tempo^[6]		Won
	Indonesian Box Office Movie Awards 2017	Pemeran Pendukung Pria Terbaik		Won

References[edit]

^ Bissme S. (18 December 2017). "Making nation proud". The Sun Daily. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ Amirul Haswendy Ashari (30 November 2017). "Rezeki bergolek Kin Wah". Harian Metro. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Amirul Haswendy Ashari (30 June 2018). "Harum di pentas dunia". Harian Metro. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Feride Hikmet Atak (9 November 2014). "Kurang Pelakon Cina Buatkan Kin Wah Tidak Perlu Bersaing". mStar Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ Laraswaty, Nuty (18 November 2020). "Cek Toko Sebelah: Babak Baru akan segera menyapa penonton". Cinemags. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "Kin Wah jadi pilihan pelakon pembantu terbaik Tempo". Malaysiakini. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

External links[edit]

Chew Kin Wah at IMDb

[1] Bissme S. (18 December 2017). "Making nation proud". The Sun Daily. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[2] Amirul Haswendy Ashari (30 November 2017). "Rezeki bergolek Kin Wah". Harian Metro. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[Harum_di_pentas-3] Amirul Haswendy Ashari (30 June 2018). "Harum di pentas dunia". Harian Metro. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[4] Feride Hikmet Atak (9 November 2014). "Kurang Pelakon Cina Buatkan Kin Wah Tidak Perlu Bersaing". mStar Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[5] Laraswaty, Nuty (18 November 2020). "Cek Toko Sebelah: Babak Baru akan segera menyapa penonton". Cinemags. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[6] "Kin Wah jadi pilihan pelakon pembantu terbaik Tempo". Malaysiakini. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

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v t e Maya Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2010s	Rio Dewanto (2012) Alex Komang (2013) Arifin Putra (2014) Donny Damara (2015) Adi Kurdi (2016) Chew Kin Wah (2017) Marthino Lio (2018) Baskara Mahendra (2019)
2020s	Totos Rasiti (2020) Reza Rahadian (2021)