Richard Low
Biography
A household name in Singapore, Richard Low was already acting within the theatre circle when he took up the Professional Drama Performers’ Training Course organised by the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now MediaCorp). His outstanding performance subsequently clinched him an artiste contract in 1986.
In the early stages of his acting career, he mainly starred in baddie roles. Undeterred from being possibly typecasted, he worked twice as hard as any of his fellow colleagues. Through toil and sweat, Richard finally garnered the Best Supporting Actor Award in Star Awards ’97 for his role in The Silver Lining.
In 1999, when Richard was cast as the male lead of Mr. OK and handled the role admirably, audiences sat up and noticed him in a new way. They changed their perception of him as merely a supporting actor. Producers too took note of his performance and were soon asking him to act in their shows.
His second breakthrough came in the form of a movie where he played a wealthy ‘ba gua’ (barbeque pork) boss in I Not Stupid, a 2002 box office hit directed by Jack Neo. The film received positive reception at several film festivals and it is still one of the top 5 grossing movie in Singapore. Following the success of the film, a TV version was developed the same year. Since then, Richard has participated in several local feature films including The Best Bet and Singapore Dreaming.
In 2012-2013, Richard again played a key role in Jack Neo’s box office hit Ah Boys To Men. This two-part comedy film which revolves around a group of army recruits is currently the highest-grossing Singaporean film of all time and it even returned in the form of a live musical in 2014. In the same year, Richard is nominated for the Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress (Spouse For House) at the 19th Asian Television Awards.
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- The Old Man and His Car (2026)
- Timeless Memories (2026) as Qian Youduo
- Old and Dangerous (2026)
- We Are Number 1 (2025) as Ma Wencai
- Hungry Souls (2024) as Mr. Teo
- Moments (2024) as Gu Chunfa
- I Not Stupid 3 (2024) as Jerry Khoo
- Home Again (2022)
- Daybreak (2019)
- How Are You? (2019) as Ma Sai
- Old Is Gold (2019) as An Dong Ni
- Zombiepura (2018) as RSM Lee
- Say Cheese (2018) as Pan Renyi
- The Big Day (2018) as Ah Guan
- Goodbye Mr. Loser (2017) as Principal Bao
- Eat Already? (2016) as Chen Zhi Wen
- Tanglin (2015) as Lim Kwong San
- Second Chance (2015) as Chen Guo
- The Dream Makers (2015) as Zhao De
- Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen (2015) as Ken's Father
- King of Mahjong (2015) as Tiger
- Spouse for House (2014) as Tan Kok Wee
- re:solve (2014) as Wallace Chan
- Everybody's Business (2013) as New Minister of Restrooms
- Ah Boys To Men 2 (2013) as Ken's Father
- Judgement Day (2013) as Ah Lim
- Ah Boys To Men (2012) as Ken's Father
- The In-Laws (2011) as Wang Du (2011)
- Happy Go Lucky (2010) as Hock Lee Poh
- New Beginnings (2010) as Cai Fu Lin
- The Score (2010) as Luo Zhibin
- Where Got Ghost? (2009) as Cai
- Beach.Ball.Babes (2008) as Wang Weixiong
- The Truth (2008)
- Ah Long Pte Ltd (2008) as Chen Jun
- Metamorphosis (2007) as An Guo Xiong
- Singapore Dreaming (2006) as Poh Huat
- Man at Forty (2004) as Bao Qing Tian
- Spice Siblings (2004) as Fang Ya Zheng
- The Best Bet (2004) as Richard
- Homerun (2003) as Provision Shop Owner
- I Not Stupid (2002) as 邱先生
- Springs of Life (2002)
- I Not Stupid (2002) as Mr. Khoo
- The Legendary Swordsman (2000) as Ren Woxing
- The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998) as Ouyang Feng
- The New Adventure of Wisely (1998) as Uncle Cai
- God of Fortune (1998)
- A Different Life (1996) as Liu Ding Xia
- The Unbeatables (1993) as Huang Wu
- Strange Encounters (1987) as Gang's Brother-in-law