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Lawrence Wong (actor)
Singaporean actor (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lawrence Wong (born 5 August 1988) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean actor. After his role in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018), Wong was ranked 35th in the list of most influential artistes in China.[3]
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Early life
Wong was born on 5 August 1988 in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia to a Singaporean father.[4][5] Wong studied at RMIT University in Australia, and graduated with a degree in mass communications.[6] Wong acquired Singaporean citizenship c. 2016.[4]
Career
In his early years as an actor since 2002, Wong's early roles were limited to minor roles in dramas. Wong had also portrayed real-life convicted murderer Lee Chor Pet, who kidnapped and murdered a rich businessman's teenage son in Singapore in 1968 and later executed in 1973, for which Lee's case was re-enacted and featured in Singapore's local crime show True Files.[7]
Wong's notable minor roles in his career came from dramas like Three Wishes, 118, The Dream Job and Zero Calling .[8]
In The Promise, a Channel U telemovie, he played a rebellious teen who falls in love with an intellectually-disabled girl. Lawrence was nominated for "Favourite Male Character" at the Star Awards 2010.
In 2016, he signed on with a Chinese management company run by Chinese actress Qin Lan and was selected for a role in Love And Passion, a remake of the 1982 TVB classic.
He was cast in Story of Yanxi Palace which aired in 2018, as Hai Lan Cha, for which he received two international awards.[9]
Wong appeared in My One in a Million on Mediacorp Channel 8 in a lead role, replacing Aloysius Pang who died in a military accident.[10]
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Filmography
Television series
Film
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Discography
Album
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Endorsements
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Awards and nominations
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