Christopher Lee Ming-Shun

Christopher Lee Ming-Shun

1971-07-23

Biography

Lee joined TCS on a contract in 1995 after emerging as 1st runner-up in the male category of the Star Search programme in 1995. He worked as a factory worker, salesman and part-time model before joining star search in 1995. Lee first started acting in Chinese-language television dramas produced by Channel 8. Lee rose to prominence in his career after winning the Best Actor award at the Star Awards 1997 for his role as a hanjian in the television drama The Price of Peace, set in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II. In 1998, he starred as Yang Guo in The Return of the Condor Heroes, an adaptation of Louis Cha's novel of the same title. He was voted in as Taiwan's Most Popular MediaCorp Male Artiste at the Star Awards 1998 for his performance. Since then, Lee has acted in many television series jointly produced by Singapore and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, co-starring with actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as Nadia Chan, Vincent Chiao, Jimmy Lin and Jordan Chan. Apart from acting, Lee also recorded the theme songs of MediaCorp's television dramas. He released his first solo album in 1999 and another one in 2002. At the 2010 Star Awards, Lee was awarded the coveted All-Time Favourite Artiste Award after winning the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award from 1997–1998, 2000, 2002-2009 respectively with long-time colleague Mark Lee. He became the first non-Singaporean artiste to win the award. More recently, Lee has also ventured into hosting and has hosted several travel and food programmes. He was nominated for the Best Info-Ed Show Host award at the Star Awards 2012.

Also appears in

Wet Season

Wet Season

6.5

Fall in Love at First Kiss

Fall in Love at First Kiss

6.6

Who Killed Cock Robin

Who Killed Cock Robin

7.0

The Soul

The Soul

7.1

Black & White: The Dawn of Justice

Black & White: The Dawn of Justice

6.4

Workers The Movie

Workers The Movie

8.0

When a Peking Family Meets Au Pair

When a Peking Family Meets Au Pair

4.5

Who Is Undercover

Who Is Undercover

6.0

The Best Bet

The Best Bet

6.0

The Master Swordsman Returns

The Master Swordsman Returns

10.0

Kidnapper

Kidnapper

6.7

All My Goddess

All My Goddess

10.0

The Wedding Game

The Wedding Game

4.2

Love Knows No Bounds

Love Knows No Bounds

Not yet rated

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

Not yet rated

Filial Party

Filial Party

2.5

Sweetheart Chocolate

Sweetheart Chocolate

Not yet rated

The Fortune Handbook

The Fortune Handbook

1.0

If Thoughts Can Kill

If Thoughts Can Kill

2.0

Forgotten

Forgotten

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