Ix Shen
{{Short description|Singaporean actor (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Shen|lang=Chinese}}
{{infobox person
| name = Ix Shen
| image = File:My firsthand experience of the Ukraine war (ft. Ix Shen) -DailyKetchup EP375 25-24 screenshot (cropped).png
| alt =
| caption = Shen in 2024
| native_name = 沈倾
| native_name_lang = zh
| pronunciation =
| birth_name = Shen Qingshan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|03|11}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| death_date =
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film production crew|writer}}
| years_active = 1995−present
| othername = {{ubl|Shen Qing|Shen Qingshan}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Natalia|2015}}
| awards = Star Search 1995 : Male Champion
| module = {{Infobox Chinese |child= yes|hide= no |headercolor=lightblue
| name1 = Stage name
| t = 沈傾
| s = 沈倾
| p = Shěn Qīng
| altname = Birth name
| s2 = 沈倾掞
| t2 = 沈傾掞
| p2 = Shěn Qīngshàn
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Ix Shen (born 11 March 1972), also known as Shen Qing, is a Singaporean actor and film production crew. He was based in Ukraine when Russia invaded the country in 2022, and was known to provide first-hand accounts via the Internet.
Career
Shen began his acting career in TCS (now Mediacorp) in 1995 after emerging the male winner of Star Search, a televised talent search competition.{{Cite news |date=23 April 1995 |title= |script-title=zh:沈倾掞郑秀珍夺"才华横溢"男女冠军 |trans-title=Ix Shen and Jacelyn Tay crowned as the male and female winners of "Star Search" |pages=9 |work=Lianhe Zaobao}} In 2000, he joined SPH MediaWorks not long after the latter was established. In late 2004 SPH MediaWorks was merged into MediaCorp and Shen was one of the 20 artistes who rejoined MediaCorp.
The 2007 television series Honour and Passion, produced by MediaCorp Channel 8 and sponsored by Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), featured Shen in the role of a terrorist named Wu Chengyi, who holds the lives of Singaporeans to ransom. Metamorphosis, another MediaCorp Channel 8 television series aired in 2007, also featured Shen as being involved in terrorism activities.
In 2009, he starred in 2 ntv7 shows: Lion Hearts and My Destiny which was shown in Malaysia. Shen had a small role in the 2010 film Old Cow Vs Tender Grass.{{cite web|url=http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Movies/EDC100721-0000038/Simply-bovine|title=Simply bovine|last=Seah|first=May|date=21 July 2010|work=Today|accessdate=8 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724064542/http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Movies/EDC100721-0000038/Simply-bovine|archive-date=24 July 2010|url-status=dead}}
In 2011, Shen returned to local screens where he starred in the series The Oath alongside Christopher Lee, Jesseca Liu and Ann Kok. As of 2017, The Oath is Shen's last television role, but he has not ruled out a return to television.{{cite news |last1=Zhang |first1=Xiaopeng |date=2 August 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:中国发展7年 沈倾当上《战狼2》执行导演 |language=zh-hans |trans-title=Developing his career in China for seven years, Ix Shen became the executive director for Wolf Warrior 2 |work=Shin Min Daily News |url=http://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/movies-and-tv/story20170802-783964 |accessdate=7 October 2017}}
He served as an executive director for the Chinese film Wolf Warrior 2.{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Boon|title=Local actor Ix Shen was executive director of Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior II|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/local-actor-ix-shen-was-executive-director-of-chinese-blockbuster-wolf|accessdate=7 October 2017|work=The Straits Times|date=14 August 2017}}
Personal life
It was reported by Shin Min Daily News in 2017 that Shen has removed the "{{linktext|lang=zh|掞}}" ({{transliteration|zh|shàn}}) from his Chinese name, after he relocated to China.
Shen married his Ukrainian wife Natalia, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, in 2015 and moved to Kyiv, Ukraine in 2021. When the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine first started, he did not intend to leave the city along with his family.{{cite news|last1=Devaraj|first1=Samuel|title=S'porean ex-actor Ix Shen, who lives in Ukraine, has no plans to leave amid Russian attack|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/no-plans-to-leave-kyiv-amid-russian-attack-actor-ix-shen|accessdate=25 February 2022|work=The Straits Times|date=25 February 2022}} During the war, he provided first-hand accounts and updates of the situation on the ground through online media.{{Cite web |title=‘Just grateful to survive each day’: Ix Shen recounts Ukraine experience during Russia’s invasion in new book |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/former-singaporean-actor-ix-shen-recounts-ukraine-experience-russia-invasion-new-book-kyiv-3517091 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=CNA |language=en}} However, as the fighting in Kyiv intensified, he and his wife decided to evacuate westward from Kyiv,{{cite news|last1=Ang|first1=Shermaine|title=Singaporean Ix Shen leaving Ukrainian capital Kyiv as fighting intensifies|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporean-ix-shen-leaving-the-ukrainian-capital-kyiv-with-wife-as-fighting-intensifies|accessdate=10 March 2022|work=The Straits Times|date=9 March 2022}} arriving at Lviv on 10 March 2022.{{cite news|last1=Leo|first1=Lakeisha|title=Singaporean Ix Shen and wife reach western Ukrainian city of Lviv|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ix-shen-wife-reaches-western-ukraine-city-lviv-2556766|accessdate=11 March 2022|work=CNA|date=11 March 2022}} The couple then proceeded to cross into Poland and travelled to Warsaw.{{Cite web |title=Singaporean Ix Shen and wife reach Poland after leaving Ukrainian city Lviv |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/singaporean-ix-shen-and-wife-reach-poland-after-leaving-ukrainian-city-lviv-2558626 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=CNA |language=en}} In April 2022, Shen later volunteered and returned to Ukraine to help distribute humanitarian aid, and had compared the Bucha massacre, in which Ukrainian civilians of the city was killed, tortured and raped by the then occupying Russian troops, to Sook Ching, a mass killing of civilians suspected to be anti-Japanese in Singapore by Japanese occupation troops during World War II.{{Cite web |title=Singaporean Ix Shen returns to Ukraine, joins volunteer group to provide humanitarian aid |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ix-shen-singaporean-returns-ukraine-joins-volunteer-group-humanitarian-aid-2617681 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=CNA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Kolette |date=2022-04-10 |title=Singaporean ex-actor Ix Shen returns to war-torn Ukraine to help with humanitarian aid {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ex-singaporean-actor-ix-shen-returns-to-war-torn-ukraine-to-help-with-humanitarian-aid |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Straits Times |language=en}}
In June 2023, Shen released an autobiography book titled Impressions of an Invasion: A Correspondent in Ukraine which was published by Marshall Cavendish International.{{cite web |title=‘Just grateful to survive each day’: Ix Shen recounts Ukraine experience during Russia’s invasion in new book |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/former-singaporean-actor-ix-shen-recounts-ukraine-experience-russia-invasion-new-book-kyiv-3517091 |website=CNA |access-date=2 July 2023 |language=en}}
Filmography
= Film=
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!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes !class="unsortable"|Ref |
| 2007
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| 2009
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| 2010
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| 2017
| |Executive director |
= Television series=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes !class="unsortable"|Ref |
| 1995
|Tales of the Third Kind ({{lang|zh|第三类剧场}}) |Cai Jiefu | | |
| rowspan="5" |1996
|Ace Cops ({{lang|zh|妙警点三八}}) | | | |
| Tofu Street
| | |{{Cite news |last=陈玉娇 |title= |script-title=zh:沈倾掞 和许美珍 被传秘密谈恋爱 传闻一：出双入对一起上下班 传闻二：相约吃饭态度亲密 |trans-title=Ix Shen and Cynthia Koh rumoured to be dating |quote=由于是邻居，加上又刚好合作《豆腐街》，有数场对手的戏，他因有汽车代步，很自然的成了“柴可夫斯机"，有合作演出的那天，两人就相约一起出发，他载送她到新视，然后一起回家。在《豆》剧中，沈倾掞是扮演小流氓，许美珍同样扮演他的邻居，两人没有感情线的发展。 |
| Marriage, Dollars and Sense ({{lang|zh|5C老公}})
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| Tales of the Third Kind 2 ({{lang|zh|第三类剧场2 之"墙里幽魂"}})
|Guan Minghui | | |
| Three Rooms
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| rowspan="2" |1997
|The Accidental Hero ({{lang|zh|流氓英雄}}) | | | |
| From the Medical File ({{lang|zh|医生档案}})
| | | |
| rowspan="4" |1998
|Dreams – First Love ({{lang|zh|七个梦之《豆芽梦》}}) |Liu Xuehui | | |
| The Return of the Condor Heroes
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| Legend of the Crow ({{lang|zh|乌丫传说}})
|Zong Jia | | |
| My Chatty Neighbours ({{lang|zh|我家楼下口多多}})
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| rowspan="3" |1999
|From the Medical Files 2 ({{lang|zh|医生档案II}}) |Marc Low | | |
| Hero of the Times
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| Out to Win
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| 2000
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| rowspan="2" |2001
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| Making Headlines ({{lang|zh|独家头条}})
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| rowspan="2" |2002
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| Feel 100%
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| 2003
|Back to Basics ({{lang|zh|重进森林}}) | | | |
| rowspan="4" |2004
|Money No Enough ({{lang|zh|恭喜发财}}) | | | |
| Together Whenever ({{lang|zh|天伦}})
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| Project J ({{lang|zh|水母计划}})
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| Zero
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| rowspan="2" |2005
|Fan Yining | | |
| A Promise for Tomorrow
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| 2006
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| rowspan="2" |2007
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| Metamorphosis
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| rowspan="2" |2009
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| My Destiny
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| 2011
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Awards and nominations
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| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|1996
| rowspan=2|Star Awards | Best Newcomer | {{N/a}} | {{nom}} | |
| Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | {{N/a}} | {{Nom}} |
References
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Category:Singaporean male television actors
Category:Singaporean male film actors
Category:Singaporean film people
Category:20th-century Singaporean male actors
Category:21st-century Singaporean male actors