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Li Nanxing

Acting Born Nov 7, 1964 Singapore 40 credits

Biography

Li Nanxing is a Chinese Mediacorp actor from Singapore. Li may be the best-known male actor in Singapore in modern times, and is widely regarded as the 'king' of Caldecott Hill, alongside Zoe Tay who is the 'queen', both having consistently been voted as the 'Top 10 Most Popular Artistes' for their respective genders in the annual Star Awards. Li has also won a couple of 'Best Male Actor' awards in the same award ceremony in his Television career which begun in 1987. Some of his more famous shows include The Unbeatables series and The Magnate; Li has also acted in 6 telemovies to date, and even sang the theme song of several of his shows. He mostly played in anti-hero roles. Li has an English name, Jonathan, which he seldom uses. He divorced his wife, Yang Libing in 2005, ending a marriage that had lasted 11 years.

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Known for

Film

Transporter 2

as Lu Liding

The Unbeatables

as Yan Fei

Frequent co-stars

Zoe Tay 1 shared title
Cassandra See 1 shared title
Richard Low 1 shared title
Weidong Liang 1 shared title
Yue Yang 1 shared title
Tony Kim 1 shared title
Yu Rongguang 1 shared title
Chew Chor Meng 1 shared title
Kenneth Tsang 1 shared title
Haijie Li 1 shared title

Career timeline

Uniquely Ours
I Want to Be A TowkayI Want to Be A Towkay · Creator
Everyone Wants to Meet YouThe Lockdown: One Month in Wuhan · Cinematography
The Fortune HandbookMy Teacher Is a Thug
The Dream MakersA Blessed Life
The Journey: A Voyage
BeyondImperfect
C.L.I.F.The Ultimate WinnerThe Ultimate Winner · Director
The Ultimatum
The Golden Path
A Million Treasures
A Child's HopeBaby Boom
Heroes in Black
扫冰者
天蝎行动
The Return of the Condor HeroesThe New Adventure of Wisely
What a Wonderful World
再世情缘Somewhere in TimeWounded TracksThorny Love
叱咤风云美梦成真
The UnbeatablesTHE GREAT CONSPIRACY
Terms of Endearment生活歌手
出人头地
窈窕淑女

Full filmography

  • Uniquely Ours (2024)
  • I Want to Be A Towkay (2022)
  • I Want to Be A Towkay (2022) Creator
  • Everyone Wants to Meet You (2020) as Zhang Jingzhong
  • The Lockdown: One Month in Wuhan (2020) Cinematography
  • The Fortune Handbook (2017) as Ren Haoxing
  • My Teacher Is a Thug (2017) as Jia Tian-Xiong 贾天雄
  • The Dream Makers (2015) as Lin Tao
  • A Blessed Life (2015) as Ye Daji
  • The Journey: A Voyage (2013) as Zhang Tianpeng
  • Beyond (2012) as Jiang Wei
  • Imperfect (2012) as Zhihua
  • C.L.I.F. (2011) as Wei Lum Tiam
  • The Ultimate Winner (2011) as Shin Tian Cai
  • The Ultimate Winner (2011) Director
  • The Ultimatum (2009) as Zhou Zhi-Da
  • The Golden Path (2007) as Ah Jin
  • A Million Treasures (2006) as Ma De
  • A Child's Hope (2003) as Hu Yiming
  • Baby Boom (2003) as Tim
  • Heroes in Black (2001) as 宋 斗/我来也
  • 扫冰者 (2000)
  • 天蝎行动 (1999)
  • The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998) as Lu Liding
  • The New Adventure of Wisely (1998) as Guo Ze Qing
  • What a Wonderful World (1996) as Inspector Lee
  • 再世情缘 (1995)
  • Somewhere in Time (1995)
  • Wounded Tracks (1995)
  • Thorny Love (1995)
  • 叱咤风云 (1994) as 宋志高
  • 美梦成真 (1994)
  • The Unbeatables (1993) as Yan Fei
  • THE GREAT CONSPIRACY (1993) as 沈冲
  • Terms of Endearment (1992) as Self
  • 生活歌手 (1992)
  • 出人头地 (1990) as 夏德建
  • 窈窕淑女 (1988) as 丁磊
  • 调色板 as 吴启凡
  • Good Morning, Sir! as 周文杰