| Zhu Houren | |||||||||||
| Other Names: | Jack Choo | ||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Choo Hoh Yim[1] | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1955 1, df=yes | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Straits Settlements | ||||||||||
| Education: | Chung Cheng High School | ||||||||||
| Nationality: | Singaporean | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1980s−present | ||||||||||
| Children: | Joel Choo and Jonathan Choo | ||||||||||
| Awards: | Full list | ||||||||||
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Zhu Houren (born Jack Choo Hoh Yim on 30 January 1955) is a Singaporean actor and filmmaker. In 2003, he made his feature film directorial debut with After School and in 2014 he produced the basketball film, Meeting the Giant.[2]
Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School.
In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm After School, while taking on a role in the same film.
During the Star Awards 2010, Zhu won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as Liang Zhigao 梁志高, an old man who suffers from senile dementia for the drama Reunion Dinner.[3]
He is married to Vera Hanitijo[4] and has 2 sons, Jonathan, an independent director, and Joel, an actor.[5] [6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Good Morning, Sir! | Yu Qingfeng | |||
| 1993 | The Unbeatables I | Long Tianguang | [7] | ||
| 1995 | Thunder Plot | ||||
| 1996 | The Unbeatables II | Long Tianguang | |||
| The Teochew Family | Fu Yongbing | ||||
| 1998 | The Return of the Condor Heroes | ||||
| 1999 | Wok of Life | Zeng Nanhua(1990s) | |||
| 2004 | Oh Dad! | ||||
| House of Harmony | Chang Suyin | ||||
| 2005 | Love Concierge | Guo Sen Miao | |||
| The Green Pal | |||||
| Beyond the Axis of Truth II | |||||
| 2006 | The Undisclosed | Longtou | |||
| C.I.D. | Tang Jiannian | ||||
| Rhapsody In Blue | Ding Zhengda | ||||
| 2007 | Let It Shine | Guo Yaoyao's Father | |||
| Switched! | Qin Fuzhong | ||||
| Dear, Dear Son In Law | Jiang Wencai | [8] | |||
| 2008 | The Truth | Su Zhenyuan | |||
| The Defining Moment | Tang Weiye | ||||
| By My Side | Lin Chunxiao | ||||
| 2009 | Reunion Dinner | Liang Zhigao | |||
| My Buddy | Li Jiyang | ||||
| Baby Bonus | Zheng Facai | ||||
| 2010 | Precious Babes | Cui Guoyao | |||
| Unriddle | Liu Daqing | ||||
| 2011 | Prosperity | Tian Hongming | |||
| Secrets for Sale | Zhou Youguo | ||||
| Bountiful Blessings | Huang Erhu | ||||
| 2012 | Rescue 995 | Shi Xinguo | |||
| Pillow Talk | Zhang Qian | ||||
| Poetic Justice | Fang Renhou | ||||
| It Takes Two | Niu's Dad | ||||
| 2013 | Start-Up! | Yin Tang | |||
| 96°C Café | Tang San | ||||
| 2014 | Served H.O.T. | Zeng Jianwang | |||
| In The Name Of Love | Wang Weiguo | ||||
| Blessings | She Xingcheng | ||||
| Three Wishes | Zhao Haiguang | ||||
| 2015 | A Blessed Life | Wang Youguo | |||
| Super Senior | Zhu Xiangdong | ||||
| Sealed with a Kiss | Du Zitong | ||||
| Life - Fear Not | Xiao Daren | ||||
| 2016 | House of Fortune | Qian Laoshi | |||
| Peace & Prosperity | Ouyang Yixiu | ||||
| Trapped Minds | Felix Tan | ||||
| Hero | Ou Sihai | ||||
| 118 II | Liu Dagong | ||||
| 2017 | Eat Already? 2 | Zhu Hanjie | |||
| My Teacher Is A Thug | Lian Guodong | ||||
| 2018 | Doppelganger | Li Jianting | |||
| Eat Already? 4 | Zhu Hanjie | ||||
| Reach For The Skies | Hong Biao | ||||
| A Million Dollar Dream | Ba Ge | ||||
| Ba Di | |||||
| Till We Meet Again | Earth Deity | ||||
| Till We Meet Again – Prequel | Hua Jiudai | ||||
| 2019 | How Are You? | Gong Jiaqiao | |||
| The Play Book | Passer-by | ||||
| Dear Neighbours | He Fan | ||||
| Old Is Gold | Uncle Lottery | ||||
| Old Is Gold: The Bliss Keeper | |||||
| 2020 | How Are You? 2 | Gong Jiaqiao | |||
| Recipe of Life | Qin Fen | ||||
| 2021 | My Star Bride | Zhong Yongnian | |||
| Key Witness | Johnny | ||||
| The Heartland Hero | Li Longchen | ||||
| The Peculiar Pawnbroker | Zhou Sihai | ||||
| 2022 | My Star Bride - Hi, Mai Phương Thảo | Zhong Yongnian | |||
| You Can Be An Angel 4 | Yang Dachao | ||||
| Your World in Mine | Hong Xingwang | [9] | |||
| Healing Hands | Professor Robert Baey | ||||
| 2023 | Whatever Will Be, Will Be | Liu Dafu | Dialect series | ||
| Till the End | Li Zhiyin |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | After School | As director | |||
| 2010 | Love Cuts | Sissy's doctor | Also producer | ||
| 2014 | Meeting the Giant | Mr. Long | Also producer, writer and executive producer | ||
| 2022 | Deleted | Fan Dongtian (Four-Faced Buddha) |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Thunder Plot | ||||
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | The Teochew Family | |||
| 1997 | Star Awards 1997 | The Fall Guy | |||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1999 | Wok of Life | ||||
| 2004 | |||||
| 2009 | The Defining Moment | ||||
| 2010 | Reunion Dinner | ||||
| 2011 | |||||
| 2012 | |||||
| 2013 | Pillow Talk | ||||
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Served H.O.T. | |||
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | In The Name Of Love | |||
| 2016 | |||||
| 2017 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Trapped Minds | |||
| 2018 | |||||
| 2019 | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | Star Awards 2022 | My Star Bride | |||
| [10] | |||||
| 2023 | Your World in Mine | ||||
| 2024 | Till the End | [11] | |||