Nick Shen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shen (沈).

Nick Shen (born 26 August 1976) is a Singaporean actor, businessman and host. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1999 to 2012. In 2011, Shen started the company Tok Tok Chiang Wayang to promote Chinese opera in Singapore.

Nick Shen
Born	(1976-08-26) 26 August 1976 (age 48) Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Education	St. Thomas Secondary School
Occupations	Actor businessman host educator radio presenter singer
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Parents	Sim Soo Guan (father) Tan Bock King[2] (mother)
Awards	Star Search 1999 : Singapore Male Champion
Stage name
Traditional Chinese	沈煒竣
Simplified Chinese	沈炜竣
Hanyu Pinyin	Shěn Wěijùn
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	沈偉峻
Simplified Chinese	沈伟峻
Hanyu Pinyin	Shěn Wěijùn

Early life

Shen has a younger brother.^[3]

He attended St. Thomas Secondary School and had pursued a Diploma in Mass Communication at the Management Development Institute of Singapore.^[4]

Career

Shen joined MediaCorp after winning the local edition of Star Search Singapore in 1999.^[5] Besides acting he has written and performed his own songs, some of which were used for MediaCorp drama theme songs. He left MediaCorp in early 2012^[6] and has since been working on the promotion of Chinese opera in Singapore.^[4] Shen is the global winner for Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World and JCI Cultural Achievement Honoure Award in 2014.^[7]

Shen has appeared as a guest radio DJ on MediaCorp Capital 95.8FM. He is also a faculty member of the Singapore Media Academy where he lectures in the Diploma in Acting course.^[1]

Since April 2013, Shen began performing the Chinese art of bian lian. He is the first actor in Singapore to master the art, where he was trained by Chinese bian lian master Li Shuimin for two years.^[1]

Personal life

Shen shared on social media that he had a severe case of shingles which began developing symptoms in July 2023, which in turn led to a diagnosis of Bell's palsy.^[8] He was hospitalised for the illnesses for five days in September 2023.^[9][3]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Mr OK (OK先生)	Xiaodong
	My Grandpa (公公,你的名字好难叫)	Fang Zhenhua
	S.N.A.G. (新好男人)
2000	Right Frequency II
	The Stratagem (世纪攻略)
2001	Beyond the Axis of Truth	Zhuge Fei
	Three Women and a Half	Jeffrey
	Growing Up	Meng
	The Reunion	San Wan
	The Hotel	Huang Dajun
2002	First Touch	Wee Teck Meng
	Kopi-O II	Hong Jinbao
2003	First Touch II	Wee Teck Meng
	My Love, My Home (同一屋檐下)
	Always on My Mind 无炎的爱
	Lobang King
	A Toast of Love	David Pan Weiwen
2004	An Ode to Life	Zhang Ruiming
2005	Beautiful Illusions
	Beyond the aXis of Truth II	Zhuge Fei
	A Promise for Tomorrow	Tang Weihong
2006	CID	Fly
	Family Matters	Shi Baobao
	I Not Stupid Too	Hao Letian
2007	Like Father, Like Daughter	Coconut / Ah Gui
	Metamorphosis	Zhang Shaoqi
2008	Taste of Love
	Crime Busters x 2	Sun Jiaqing
2009	Perfect Cut II
2010	The Pupil	DPP Lawrence Khoo
	The Illusionist (魔幻视界)	James's father (young)
	New Beginnings	Zhen Xiong
	The Family Court	Wu Baoming
2011	In Time with You	Woody
2017	Legal Eagles	Zhou Xiongwei
	Eat Already? 3	Ken
2018	118 Reunion (118大团圆)	George
	Doppelganger – Prequel (入侵者- 前传)	Billy
	Say Cheese	Pan Heping
2019	Walk with Me (谢谢你出现在我的行程里)	Prof Dong
2020	Titoudao: Inspired by the True Story of a Wayang Star	Gwee Boon		[10]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	The Casuarina Cove		Short film
2009	Tanjong Rhu	Kelvin	Short film
2012	Filial Haven	Rick	Short film
	Ah Boys to Men
	My Ghost Partner
2013	Red Numbers
	Time No Enough
2016	Zi Char		Telemovie
	Mother		Short film

Discography

Compilation albums

• Sing Singapore 2002 (2002)
• MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album (2003)
• MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album (2004)
• MediaCorp Music Christmas Album December Stars 2 (2007)

Theatre

• The Glass Menagerie (2002)
• Revelation (2003)
• Opening The Doors Of Your Heart (2005)
• Snakes & Lovers (2006)
• Passage Of Time (2007)
• Own Time Own Target (2008)
• Beautiful Dreams (2009)
• Expectations! (2010)
• Don’t Forget To Say Good Bye (2011)
• Water Repentance (2013)

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	Star Awards	Best Newcomer	My Grandpa	Won
2001	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Three Women and A Half (as Jeffrey)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2002	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Reunion (as San Wan)	Nominated
2004	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Always on My Mind (as Tang Xinhai)	Nominated
2007	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Like Father, Like Daughter (as Gui)	Nominated