Elvin Ng facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Elvin Ng
Ng in May 2017
Born	(1980-12-23) 23 December 1980 (age 43) Singapore
Education	Jurong Primary School Catholic High School National Junior College
Alma mater	National University of Singapore
Occupation	Actor model
Years active	2005–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃俊雄
Simplified Chinese	黄俊雄
Hanyu Pinyin	Huáng Jùnxíong

Elvin Ng Choon Siong (born 23 December 1980) is a Singaporean actor and former model.

Early life

Ng attended Jurong Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He graduated with an honours degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore.

Career

Ng was discovered through a talent search programme School Belle and the Beau hosted by MediaCorp DJ and Host, Dennis Chew and Belinda Lee, during his university days. They were filming the variety show at National University of Singapore where Ng studies at and his performance and looks caught the attention of the producers at MediaCorp. Ng was then given a supporting role in the 2005 series A Life of Hope where he acted alongside Joanne Peh, and after the airing of the series, MediaCorp offered Ng a contract with them.

Subsequently, Ng received two nominations at the Star Awards 2006, but lost the Most Popular Newcomer award to Kelvin Tan Weilian.

He won the Rocket Award for the biggest breakthrough at the Star Awards 2010 after earning a Best Actor nomination for his performance as a young man with autism in the series Breakout and also he was nominated for best on-screen couple with Zhou Ying in the same year.

In 2008, Dai Xiangyu replaced him, who was originally selected but was injured just prior to the filming, to play the role of Yamamoto Yousuke, in the drama series, The Little Nyonya.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Awards and nominations