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Shawn Lee (actor)

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Shawn Lee
Born
Shawn Lee Chuang Rui

(1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34)
OccupationActor
Years active2001–2012
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李創銳
Simplified Chinese李创锐
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLi Chuàngruì

Shawn Lee Chuang Rui (simplified Chinese: 李创锐; traditional Chinese: 李創銳; pinyin: Li Chuàngruì; born 11 February 1990), is a Singaporean who formerly worked as an actor. He first came into prominence for his award-winning performance alongside his friend and co-star Joshua Ang in the box office hit I Not Stupid.[1] and its sequel, I Not Stupid Too.

Career

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Lee was one of four child actors who successfully auditioned for the child lead roles in Jack Neo's hit film I Not Stupid.[2] His performance in the sitcom adaptation earned him a nomination for the Best Young Talent award, which he won, along with co-stars Joshua Ang and Huang Po Ju at the 2002 Star Awards.[3] He would continue starring alongside them in Neo's next successful period film Homerun and also the sequel to I Not Stupid, known as I Not Stupid Too respectively. He filmed his last movie alongside Huang in 2007 known as Colour of Hope before leaving the entertainment industry to concentrate on his A Levels.[4]

Lee made a brief return to acting in Neo's new film We Not Naughty, which was released in conjunction with Chinese New Year 2012 and features former I Not Stupid and I Not Stupid Too co-stars Ang and Xiang Yun.[5][6]

Personal life

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Lee studied at Unity Primary School, Bukit Panjang Government High School and subsequently completed his A Levels at Anglo-Chinese Junior College.[4][7][8] Lee graduated with a business degree at the National University of Singapore.[6]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Movie Role Notes Ref
2002 I Not Stupid Liu Kok Pin 刘国彬
2003 Homerun Chew Kiat Kun 周杰坤
2006 I Not Stupid Too Tom Yeo 杨学谦
2007 Colour Of Hope 再见阳光 Orange Light/Liu Chengguang [9]
2012 We Not Naughty Chen Weijie

Television

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Year Movie Role Notes Ref
2001 Beyond the Axis of Truth Chen Xueming (younger)
2002 I Not Stupid Liu Kok Pin
2006 I Not Stupid Too Tom Yeo

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2002 Star Awards Young Talent Award I Not Stupid Won

References

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  1. ^ "Star Awards Hall of Fame 2002". mediacorptv.sg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
  2. ^ "I Not Stupid cast". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Star Awards Hall of Fame". xinmsn.com. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b "I'm Not Stupid, really". AsiaOne. 9 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Naughty is Next". citynews.sg. 29 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Show Boys to Men" (PDF). The New Paper (courtesy of nus.edu.sg). 17 August 2011. pp. 22–23.
  7. ^ "'A'-Level students perform better in 2008 than in 2007". Channel News Asia. 6 March 2009.
  8. ^ "ACJC 2008 A Levels". Archived from the original on 9 March 2009.
  9. ^ "We're Kids No More". movieexclusive.com.
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