Jeffrey Xu
Jeffrey Xu (born 3 October 1988) is a Chinese actor based in Singapore and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill.[1]
Jeffrey Xu | |||||||
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| Born | Jeffrey Xu Ming Jie 3 October 1988 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||
| Years active | 2011-present | ||||||
| Agent | The Celebrity Agency | ||||||
| Spouse | |||||||
| Awards | Star Awards: | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 徐鸣杰 | ||||||
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| Musical career | |||||||
| Origin | China | ||||||
Career
Xu studied performing major at Shanghai Film Art Academy[2] before being discovered through the tenth season of Star Search in 2010, in which he emerged winner.
He made his first drama appearance in Devotion, in which he played an autistic child, which gave him a nomination for Best Newcomer during the Star Awards 2012.
In Star Awards 2013 & Star Awards 2017, Jeffrey gain a nomination for Star Awards for Best Supporting Actor for respective dramas.
In 2013, Jeffrey clinched the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" award at the 18th Asian Television Awards (ATA) for his role in Marry Me.[3]
In 2015, Xu is involved in more dramas like Crescendo, Sealed with a Kiss, The Journey: Our Homeland , Tiger Mum & Life Is Beautiful has wrapped up a long form drama, Life - Fear Not.
In Star Awards 2016, Xu gained his first award called Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes.
In 2017, Xu has been involved in a few dramas which are Have a Little Faith & Mightiest Mother-in-Law. He has wrapped up a long form drama, Life Less Ordinary with Chen Liping and Xiang Yun, which was first broadcast on October 2, 2017. In 2018, Xu have been involved in 2 Toggle series drama called Love at Cavenagh Bridge & Blue Tick.
Xu has gotten 1 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 2016 respectively.
In December 2020, Xu, along with other Mediacorp artistes, were under investigation by MND for alleged breach of COVID-19 measures at Xu's birthday celebration.[4]
In Star Awards 2022, Xu won the award for "Best Supporting Actor".
Personal life
On 22 October 2022, Xu married former Mediacorp artiste, Felicia Chin.[5] They had been dating since 2015.[6]
Filmography
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Young & Fabulous 最佳伙扮 | Chen Jun 陈俊 | |
| 2018 | Republic Of Food | Zhang Yimao | |
| 2018 | Oh! Squints III | Yang Daorong 杨道荣 | |
| TBA | Fat Hope 超磅名模 |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Let's Play Love | Nicholas | ||
| Devotion | Zheng Yimin 郑逸民 | |||
| Bountiful Blessings | Huang Fuyuan 黄福圆 | |||
| 2012 | Poetic Justice | Paul | ||
| 2013 | Marry Me 我要嫁出去 | Dave Xu 徐晓东 | ||
| The Recruit Diaries 阿兵新传 | Chen Jiexi 陈杰熙 | |||
| Gonna Make It | Ah Hui 阿辉 | |||
| 2014 | Scrum! 冲锋 | Xiao Yizhan 萧一展 | ||
| Three Wishes | Volunteer Lin 林义工 | |||
| 2015 | Life Is Beautiful | Lin Zhongken 林忠恳 | ||
| Tiger Mum | Zhang Guoqiang 张国强 | |||
| The Journey: Our Homeland | Hong Rui 洪锐 | |||
| Sealed with a Kiss | Xu Zhicheng 徐志成 | |||
| Crescendo | Xu Wenjie 徐文杰 | |||
| Life - Fear Not | Try Toh | |||
| 2016 | Don't Worry, Be Healthy | Handsome Guy 帅哥 | ||
| The Queen | Liu Zhenyang 刘振阳 | |||
| Peace & Prosperity | Lu Xiaoqiang 鹿小强 | |||
| The Dream Job | He Jiazheng 何家政 | |||
| 2017 | Mightiest Mother-in-Law | Chen Jian 陈健 | ||
| Have A Little Faith | Zhou Jiannan 周建南 | |||
| Life Less Ordinary | Xu Tao 徐涛 | |||
| 2018 | Love at Cavenagh Bridge 加文纳桥的约定 | Zhu Jiangchun 朱将纯 | ||
| Blue Tick 已读不回 | Zhou Daowen 周稻文 | |||
| Magic Chef 料理人生 | Zhang Youming 张友名 | |||
| 2019 | Playground 游乐场 | Guo Nanyou 郭男友 | ||
| My One In A Million 我的万里挑一 | Kent Ye Jianxian 叶见贤 | |||
| I'm Madam 我是女官 | Hulk Tan 陈哲展 | |||
| 2020 | A Quest to Heal | Duke Gong 龚王爷 | ||
| City Rhapsody 都市狂想曲 | ||||
| The Little Nyonya | Huang Tianbao 黄天宝 | 2020 remake of The Little Nonya | ||
| 2021 | My Mini-Me & Me 很久以后的未来 | Wu Shixiong 吴世雄 | ||
| Watch Out ! Alexius 小心啊！谢宇航 | Chen Junfeng 陈俊峰 | |||
| A Whole World Difference 都市狂想 | Piggy | |||
| The Heartland Hero 邻里帮 | Lin Shuhao 林书豪 | |||
| The Takedown 肃战肃绝 | Lin Jinxiong 林金雄 | |||
| 2022 | Sisters Stand Tall 快跑吧，丽娇 | Shen Jianming 沈建明 | ||
| Healing Hands 医生不是神 | Addy King | |||
| Dark Angel 黑天使 | Gu Wangming 顾旺明 | |||
| 2023 | Strike Gold 黄金巨塔 |
TV hosting
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 我的小小发明 | |
| 2012 | Super IQ IQ超人 | |
| Body SOS 小毛病大问题 | Resident host | |
| Style Check-in 潮人攻略 | ||
| Japan Eats 日本美食通 | ||
| Weekend Getaway 周末自由行 | ||
| 2013 | Style: Check-In 2! 潮人攻略2 | |
| Heritage Hunters 知新小玩家 | ||
| Style: Check-In 3! 潮人攻略3 | ||
| 2014 | Shoot It 2 哪里出问题2 | |
| Body SOS 3 小毛病大问题3 | Resident guest | |
| Love Travels | ||
| Property SOS 3 小房子大投资 | Resident guest |
Compilation album
| Year | English title | Mandarin title |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 15 | 新传媒群星金羊添吉祥 |
| 2016 | MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 16 | 新传媒群星金猴添喜庆 |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Star Awards | Best Newcomer | Devotion (as Zheng Yimin) | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Asian Television Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Marry Me (as Xu Xiaodong Dave) | Won | |
| 2014 | Asian Television Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Gonna Make It (as Ah Hui) | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Scrum! (as Xiao Yi Zhan) | Nominated | |||
| Star Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Marry Me (as Xu Xiaodong Dave) | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Star Awards | Toggle Outstanding Duke Award | — | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Star Awards | Toggle Most Beloved Celebrity BFF Award (with Ian Fang) | — | Nominated | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | — | Top 10 | |||
| 2017 | Star Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Peace & Prosperity (as Lu Xiaoqiang) | Nominated | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | — | Top 20 | |||
| 2018 | Star Awards | Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award | — | Nominated | |
| Best Theme Song | Life Less Ordinary | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Star Awards | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | — | Top 30 | |
| 2022 | Star Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Takedown (as Lin Jinxiong) | Won | [7] |
| Most Hated Villain | Nominated | [8] | |||
| Asian Television Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
References
- ^ . Toggle. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Jeffrey Xu 徐鸣杰, Artistes". MediaCorp Advertising. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ . The New Paper. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "MND investigating alleged breach of Covid-19 measures at actor Jeffrey Xu's birthday celebration". TheStraitsTimes. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "I need to call you 'Mum': Jeffrey Xu marries Felicia Chin, apologises for calling mother-in-law 'auntie'". AsiaOne. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ "Felicia Chin and Jeffrey Xu to marry in October". CNA Lifestyle. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (2022-04-24). "Star Awards 2022 host Chen Hanwei clinches Best Actor award | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "Star Awards 2022: Chantalle Ng and Xu Bin nominated for Favourite CP, Top 40 Most Popular Artistes revealed". AsiaOne. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
External links
- on toggle.sg