Full Name Ng Chin Poo Name Wilson Ng | Years active 2008–present Role Actor | |
Born September 21, 1962 (age 62) ( 1962-09-21 ) Singapore Occupation Actor / Emcee / Host / Sale People also search for Jack Neo, Sugan Kartthi, Yuvaraj Dhayalan Movies Moondraam Ullaga Por, Ah Boys to Men, Ah Boys to Men 2, Tenaliraman | ||
Local Singaporean actors Wilson Ng & Rio Tylor having a go at MOFO CHILI
Wilson Ng Chinese: 黄振富 (born September 21, 1962) is a Singaporean actor, emcee and host, best known for portraying Sergeant Major Sng in Jack Neo's army movie Ah Boys to Men and Ah Boys to Men 2. The film was a commercial success, despite mixed critical reviews. In 2013, Wilson reprise his role in its sequel, Ah Boys to Men 2. As of January 2013, Ah Boys to Men has grossed $6.18 million and Ah Boys to Men 2 has grossed $7.9 million domestically. Ah Boys to Men 2 by Jack Neo, remains the biggest local box office and the highest grossing Singaporean film to date.
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Career
Wilson started his acting career by accident. He was asked to help out in some student short film projects back in 2002, and it led to him being an extra for the feature film Perth. He took a break from acting to concentrate on his sales until in 2008 when he chance upon a casting call for a short film called Steadfast. It was after the Steadfast wrapped that Wilson caught the acting bug, which started his acting career.
Wilson was involved in many local TV dramas like Mediacorp Channel 5, Crimewatch, Mata Mata, On the Edge, Code of Law, and in In Cold Blood he plays the lead actor, Beng Sim in episode 9, which stretches his acting abilities and won good reviews. In Mediacorp Channel 8 drama, he participated in Missy 先生, 唐山到南阳, 92度C咖啡, 警徽天职2, 花样人间, Mediacorp Channel U drama Secret Garden(祕密花園) & Channel News Asia's docu-drama Crimson as well as MediaCorp Vasantham's Award winning drama series Vijayanthi as a Japanese soldier.
Foreign TV drama includes Japan's NHK TV drama - Second Virgin where he plays a triad member and Taiwanese Idol Drama - In Time with You 他可能不會愛你 where he plays the manager of Skypark shot at Marina Bay Sands.
Besides working with Jack Neo in Ah Boys to Men & Ah Boys to Men 2, he had also appeared in Michelle Chong's Already Famous (一炮而红), as well as Meng Ong's A Fantastic Ghost Wedding, Imperfect which was directed by Steve Cheng and many other Singapore & foreign films.
In 2014, Wilson was involved in two South India feature films - Tenaliraman & Moondraam Ullaga Por. In Tenaliraman he played the role of General Wang alongside two other Singapore actors. In the second South India feature film, Moondraam Ullaga Por he co-starred as the antagonist; Chinese Colonel Lim Bai Huai. Moondraam Ullaga Por is due to release in early 2015.
Wilson is also known to had done many TV commercials locally and for oversea markets like China, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Beside acting, Wilson is also the Admin for two closed groups on Facebook - Actors Guild of Singapore and Casting Call Singapore.
On November 6 & 9, Wilson was featured in The New Paper and The Straits Times Sunday Times' Recruit page as a Freelance Talent.