Jerry Yeo Wee Lie (born 29 June 1986) is a Singaporean aircraft pilot and former actor and host. He was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2014.

Jerry Yeo
Born (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 38)
Education
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Aircraft pilot
  • actor
  • host
Years active2007−2014
(as entertainer)
AwardsStar Search 2007 : 1st Runner-up
Star Awards 2010 : Most Unforgettable Villain
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊偉烈
Simplified Chinese杨伟烈
Hanyu PinyinYáng Wěiliè

Early life

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Yeo was educated at Anglican High School and Victoria Junior College.[1] He graduated from the NTU Wee Kim Wee School of Communications in July 2012.[2][3]

Career

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Yeo joined Star Search 2007 whilst a freshman at Nanyang Technological University and was first runner-up. He was signed by MediaCorp but played only minor roles for some time due to his studies.

Yeo was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award in 2009. He garnered critical acclaim for his role as the unscrupulous, wealthy young villain Ye Rende in The Ultimatum despite the lukewarm reviews the series received. At the 2010 Star Awards he won the audience poll for the Most Memorable Villain and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor.[4] After graduating from NTU he signed with MediaCorp as a full-time artiste.

In August 2014, felt underrated, he left MediaCorp, but continued to take on ad-hoc acting jobs. In 2015, he joined Scoot and is presently a full-time commercial pilot. He has said that he would be happy to return to acting should the opportunity arise.[5]

Filmography

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Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2015 Love? Weilie
2014 Soup of Life Jin Mao
2012 Beyond Wang Shijie
It Takes Two Ryan
Poetic Justice Youren
2011 A Tale of 2 Cities Star
2010 Mrs P.I.
Unriddle Thomas Kok
The Illusionist Casper
Happy Family Shunshui
2009 Baby Bonus Ah Xiang
The Ultimatum Ye Rende Nominated - Best Supporting Actor, Star Awards 2010
Won - Most Unforgettable Villain, Star Awards 2010
Red Thread Peter Pereira
2008 Perfect Cut
Crime Busters x 2 Lin Zhengwei
Beach.Ball.Babes (球爱大战) Cai Guorong

Variety and reality show

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2012 30 Years of Drama Theme Song Concert (戏剧情牵30 – 我们的主题曲 演唱会) Guest performer
2008 Fly Me to Beijing 奥游北京 Guest co-host [6]
2010 Gatekeepers Guest
Don't Forget the Lyrics All-Stars Edition Guest
New City Beat II (城人新杂志2) Guest co-host (with Joey Feng)

Awards and nominations

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The Star Awards are presented by Mediacorp.

Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result
2009 15th Star Awards Ceremony Best Newcomer Nominated
2010 16th Star Awards Ceremony Best Supporting Actor The Ultimatum Nominated
Unforgettable Villain The Ultimatum Won
Favourite Male Character The Ultimatum Nominated
2014 20th Star Awards Ceremony Best Info-Ed Programme Host My Working Holiday Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Jerry Yeo". LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Jerry Yeo returns as villain in latest role". xin.msn.com. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  3. ^ "TV personalities graduate from NTU". ntu.edu.sg. 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Jerry Yeo, the not-bad looking villain". xin.msn.com. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ^ "李之晴+杨伟烈 转行圆梦!". 优1周 - UWeekly. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  6. ^ "Four Masters of Star Search". 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008.
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