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Hossan Leong
Born	10 July 1969 (1969-07-10) (age 40) Singapore
Occupation	Stage and screen actor
Years active	1993–present

Hossan Leong (simplified Chinese: 梁荣耀; pinyin: Liáng Róngyào; born 10 July 1969) is an international stage and screen actor from Singapore.

Contents 1 Educational background 2 Career beginning 3 Stage work 4 Directorial 5 Ambassador 6 Appearances on the screens 7 Other work 8 Current job 9 Filmography 10 External links

[edit] Educational background

Leong studied at Anglo-Chinese School. Upon graduation, Leong was active in many stage productions even before he left the school system and embarked on a 2 year diploma course in electronics at the Singapore-French Institute, now part of Nanyang Polytechnic.

Leong is fluent in English and French. Leong also performs in Mandarin and Cantonese with the help of a dialect coach.

[edit] Career beginning

Leong started his career on the stage with one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies, The Necessary Stage in 1993. His first professional acting role with the company in the play Off Centre, led to further collaborations in plays such as Waiting, WWW, 1+1=3, Asian Boys Vol.1, Mardi Gras and Top or Bottom. He was also in ACTION Theatre’s Prelude To A Kiss and the 2004 Christmas hit, The House of Flying Chestnuts. He was in Army Daze and The Magic Fundoshi.

[edit] Stage work

Leong won an array of awards and reviews, including Best Ensemble Acting in the 2000 Life! DBS Theatre Awards and a nomination for Best Actor in 2005 and Best Supporting Actor for the 2006 and 2003 Life! Theatre Awards respectively. To date, he has performed in more than 50 plays and numerous television programs.

Leong is well known in Singapore for his stand-up comedy routines. These include Hossan, LIVE!, It Takes Two (with Selena Tan), and The Singapore Boy. The latter became the moniker by which he is well known in Singapore. He performs regularly with the Dim Sum Dollies and was also part of Chestnuts.

Leong has also included musical theatre in his repertoire and has worked on productions from the States, London, Australia and Singapore. Musical theatre credits include: Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderellah, Honk!, The Forbidden City, Chang and Eng, Fiddler On The Roof, Twist Of Fate, Beauty World, Corporate Animals and Sing To The Dawn.

Leong staged his one-man stand-up act, Multiple Personalities Disorder in February 2007 at the Drama Centre.

March 2007, Leong narrated the life of Edith Piaf in No Regrets - A Tribute to Edith Piaf.

His overseas performances have also included a one-hour stand-up routine in Chicago for Citylights Chicago in February 2007, and being invited to host and perform for Singapore Day in Central Park, New York City.

In July 2007, he teamed up again with the Dim Sum Dollies at the Espalanade Theatre to remake the History of Singapore.

Leong is also well known among some Singaporean students for singing 'I live in Singapura'. Hossan Leong

Esplanade's Late Nite Series features Leong from the 27 to 29 June 2008.

In 2008, Leong directed W!ld Rice's Pantomime, Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs.

[edit] Directorial

Leong made his directorial debut in Sydney in 2003. Leong directed Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song for AHA! Productions in their inaugural production. He produced, directed and starred in Best Served Cold, a murder-mystery dinner theatre piece for the 2004 World Gourmet Summit. He conceived, produced and directed On This Island, a musical revue, for the APAO Congress 2006. Together with Paul Carr, Hossan wrote, directed and acted in a play for the launch of the 2006 Speak Good English Movement in Singapore.

His Singaporean directorial debut is W!ld Rice's Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs (November 2008).

[edit] Ambassador

Leong's fluency in the French language has led him to work with the Alliance Française on a Tribute to Edith Piaf. He represented the Singapore Actors in Paris at the Asian Film Festival. This year he has been named Ambassador for Paris 2012 and was awarded the Prix des Ambassadeurs francophones (Francophone Ambassador Award). Leong is also the Speak Mandarin Campaign's Ambassador for 2005/2006.

Leong is an honoree winner in The Top Outstanding Young Persons Award 2007 for his contributions to the Arts and Entertainment scene in Singapore, inspiring the youth of Singapore to strive towards excellence in whatever they undertake.

[edit] Appearances on the screens

On television, Leong has starred in many programs. Leong was also on Hallmark Entertainment’s The Monkey King. He most recently guest-starred in Chase and was on Channel 8’s award-winning drama series You Fu. His other television roles were Under One Roof, Can I Help You? The Donny Lee Show, Shiver amongst others.

On the silver screen, Leong worked on a Hong Kong-Singapore co-production, One Last Dance (Cannes 2006). Other film credits include One Leg Kicking and I Not Stupid.

Leong is also a well known host and emcee, having hosted dinners and corporate events in Singapore, Bangkok and Brunei, for Starhub, UBS, Vickers Ballas, TNT, IDA, government ministries, SIA amongst many others.

[edit] Other work

Other work include being a producer/presenter for radio and a voice-over artist for radio and television commercials as well as for television programs like Extreme Gourmet, Extreme Japan, ABC DJ and Bring Your Toothbrush.

[edit] Current job

He runs a consultancy creating Media Training Programs, Voice Coaching Courses, providing creative direction and entertainment services for Corporate Events, Product Launches and Entertainment. Hossan co-hosts The Lush Life, noon2three with Angel Teo on Lush 99.5 FM

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2005	One Last Dance	Treesan
2002	I Not Stupid	Ben
2001	One Leg Kicking	Eugene
	The Lost Empire	Spectacles Demon

[edit] External links

• Hossan Leong at the Internet Movie Database
• Agency's profile
• Paul Carr Media