Xie Shaoguang Artist
Xie Shaoguang (born 15 September 1961) is a Singaporean former actor best known for acting in many Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8.Since the start of his acting career in 1989 in his first drama A Mother's Love (亲心唤我心), Xie has received numerous accolades, including winning the Star Awards Best Actor award five times and the Best Supporting Actor award twice since the ceremony's inception in 1994. Xie went on to win one of the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste awards consecutively for 10 years, from 1995 until 2004. In 2005, he was awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste award, in recognition of his career.In 2005, he formalized his plans to retire from showbiz when he decided not to renew his contract which expired in September the same year, although his intentions to quit has been made known years earlier. He said that after retirement, he would be living in Malaysia, where he planned to open a refuge for stray dogs and cats.Xie's final appearance was in the drama series Baby Blues (谁家母鸡不生蛋), which ended its run on 9 September 2005. He is currently residing in Permas Jaya, Malaysia, and is an ordained monk, known as Shao Guang Shi Xiong ("brother" in Mandarin). Since leaving the entertainment industry, Xie has rejected all requests to appear in public events or on screen.
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| Career started | 1989 |
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| Career ended | 2005 |