Jack Neo
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I Not Stupid, one of the successful films by Jack Neo. |
Jack Neo (梁智强;
pinyin: Liáng Zhìqiáng) is a
Singaporean
actor,
host and
film-maker.
Neo started his TV career in
1980 and has become one of the most successful TV celebrities in
Singapore, well known especially for his comic cross-dressing roles, one as a fiesty eighty-something granny (
Liang Popo), another as a fortyish woman homemaker (
Liang Ximei) with two adolescent sons.
In 1998, he received the Best Director Award at the Silver Screen Awards for his short film. He has also recorded and produced several albums.
He started directing features, although he had starred in a number of movies, in
That One Not Enough (1999). He has also set up his own artiste management company J Team Productions which nurtures some of Singapore's better known comedians such as
Mark Lee and Henry Thia, John Cheng.
His movies, especially
Money No Enough and
I Not Stupid are recognized for having touched an emotional chord in Singaporeans. In 2004, he became the first local film-maker to be honoured with a National Day Award.
On
October 21 2005, Jack Neo was presented
Singapore's
Cultural Medallion, together with other talents like
Dick Lee.
* Comedy Night (搞笑行动)
* Top Fun (欢乐巅峰)
* Comedy Night Party (搞笑行动派)
* Singtel Fun Nite (新"信新发现)
* Singtel Connection (心跳爆笑夜)
* Journey to Jurong Piont (Jurong Point 西游记)
* StarRun (跑吧! 艺人)
Comedy Night
In comedy night, Jack cross-dressed to play Liang Po Po, and old lady and even Liang Xi Mei, a middle-aged lady who always nitpicks at her sons.
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12 Storeys (1997) - actor
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Money No Enough '不够" (1998) - writer, actor
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Liang Po Po: The Movie 梁婆婆重出江湖 (1999) - writer, actor
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That One Not Enough 那个不够 (1998) - writer, director
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I Not Stupid 小孩不笨 (2002) - writer, director
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Homerun 跑吧,孩子 (2003) - writer, director, (the movie is an adaptation of
Majid Majidi's "
Children of Heaven")
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The Best Bet 突然发财 (2004) - writer, director
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I Do, I Do 爱都爱都 (2005) - director
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One More Chance 3个好人 (2005) - writer, director
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I Not Stupid Too 小孩不笨2 (2006) - writer, director
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Just Follow Law 我在"府部门的日子 (2006) - writer, director
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J Team Productions
