Shawn Lee (actor)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee (李).

Shawn Lee
Born	Shawn Lee Chuang Rui (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990 (age 34) Singapore
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–2012
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李創銳
Simplified Chinese	李创锐
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Li Chuàngruì

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.

Career

Lee first joined his acting career in 1999. He acted as a primary school student along with deceased actor Aloysius Pang in My Teacher, My Buddy.

In 2002, he 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 graduated with a business degree at the National University of Singapore.[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Movie	Role	Notes	Ref
2002	I Not Stupid	Liu Kok Pin 刘国彬
2003	Homerun	Chew Kiat Kun 周杰坤
2006	I Not Stupid Too	Tom Yeo 杨学谦
2007	Colour Of Hope 再见阳光	Orange Light/Liu Chengguang		[9]
2012	We Not Naughty	Chen Weijie

Television

Year	Movie	Role	Notes	Ref
1999	My Teacher, My Buddy	unknown
2001	Beyond the Axis of Truth	Chen Xueming (younger)
2002	I Not Stupid	Liu Kok Pin
2006	I Not Stupid Too	Tom Yeo

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2002	Star Awards	Young Talent Award	I Not Stupid	Won

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.

External links

• Shawn Lee at IMDb
• Profile on J-Team website