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Zhu Houren
Zhu at the Star Awards 2017
Born	Choo Hoh Yim (1955-01-30) 30 January 1955 (age 69) Straits Settlements
Nationality	Singaporean
Other names	Jack Choo
Education	Chung Cheng High School
Occupations	Actor filmmaker
Years active	1980s−present
Spouse	Vera Hanitijo ​(m. 1985)​
Children	Joel Choo and Jonathan Choo
Awards	Full list
Chinese name
Chinese	朱厚任
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhū Hòurèn

Zhu Houren (born Jack Choo Hoh Yim on 30 January 1955) is a Singaporean actor and filmmaker. In 2003, he made his feature film directorial debut with After School and in 2014 he produced the basketball film, Meeting the Giant.

Life and career

Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School.

In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm After School, while taking on a role in the same film.

During the Star Awards 2010, Zhu won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as Liang Zhigao 梁志高, an old man who suffers from senile dementia for the drama Reunion Dinner.

He is married to Vera Hanitijo and has 2 sons, Jonathan, an independent director, and Joel, an actor.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Discography

Compilation albums

Awards and nominations

References

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• Singaporean people of Chinese descent
• Living people
• Singaporean male film actors
• Singaporean male television actors
• Singaporean television personalities
• 1955 births
• 20th-century Singaporean male actors
• 21st-century Singaporean male actors
• Singaporean film directors
• Singaporean film producers