Shawn Lee (actor)

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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee (李).
Shawn Lee Chuang Rui
Born (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990
Singapore
OccupationActor
Years active2001–2012
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李創銳
Simplified Chinese李创锐

Career

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

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 is currently studying business at the National University of Singapore.[6]

Filmography

Films
YearMovieRole Notes Ref
2002I Not StupidLiu Kok Pin 刘国彬
2003 Homerun Chew Kiat Kun 周杰坤
2006I Not Stupid TooTom Yeo 杨学谦
2007Colour Of Hope 再见阳光Orange Light/Liu Chengguang [9]
2012We Not NaughtyChen Weijie

Television
YearMovieRoleNotes Ref
2001Beyond the Axis of TruthChen Xueming (younger)
2002I Not StupidLiu Kok Pin
2006I Not Stupid TooTom Yeo

Awards and nominations
Year AwardCategoryNominated workResult Ref
2002 Star AwardsYoung Talent AwardI Not StupidWon

References
  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. "I'm Not Stupid, really". AsiaOne. 9 March 2009.
  5. "Naughty is Next". citynews.sg. 29 August 2011.
  6. "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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