Qi Yuwu

{{short description|Chinese actor based in Singapore (born 1976)}}

{{infobox person

| name = Qi Yuwu

| image = Qi Yuwu Nov 2017.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Qi in November 2017

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|11|28}}

| birth_place = Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

| alma_mater = Guangzhou Physical Education Institute

| nationality = {{China}}
Permanent Resident of Singapore

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|Host}}

| employer = Mediacorp

| agent = {{hlist|The Celebrity Agency}}(1999-Present)

| years_active = 1999–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Joanne Peh|9 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/entertainment/qi-yuwu-and-joanne-peh/1354198.html |title=Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh tie the knot - Channel NewsAsia |access-date=9 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001639/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/entertainment/qi-yuwu-and-joanne-peh/1354198.html |archive-date=11 September 2014 }}

| children = 2

| notable_works = The Little Nyonya (2008)
The Family Court (2010)

| awards = Full list

| module = {{Infobox Chinese |child= yes|hide= no |headercolor=lightblue

| s = 戚玉武

| t = 戚玉武

| p = Qī Yùwǔ

}}

Qi Yuwu (born 28 November 1976){{Cite web |title=戚玉武43岁生日特别回新加坡与白薇秀共度 |url=https://www.8world.com/entertainment/e-news/article/qi-yu-wu-joanne-peh-1324346 |access-date=4 December 2020 |website=www.8world.com |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720050047/https://entlife.8world.com/e-news/qi-yu-wu-joanne-peh-1324346 |url-status=live }} is a Chinese actor based in Singapore. He is a permanent resident of Singapore and a contracted artiste under Beijing Enlight Media Group.

Early life and career

Qi studied at Guangzhou Physical Education Institute before moving to Singapore. He won the title of Champion and Mr Personality in the China Round of Star Search Singapore in 1999. Previously, Qi worked as a model and played the lead role in a Guangzhou-produced television series, before signing on a contract with the Television Corporation of Singapore (now Mediacorp).

In 2000, Qi was cast in his debut role as Sikong Zhaixing in Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng with other actors from Singapore and the Asian-Pacific region. Following that, Qi was cast in Dare To Strike, another Singapore-Hong Kong co-produced television series.

Apart from acting in Singaporean television dramas, Qi has also starred in international films, some of which were produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pictures.{{cite news|title=Qi Yuwu's Movie Ambition|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/313735/1/.html|publisher=Channel News Asia|date=27 November 2007|access-date=23 February 2012|archive-date=2 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502005718/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/313735/1/.html|url-status=live}} He also starred 2011 in the Australian 3-D Horror film Bait 3D.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/55602/official-trailer-bait-3d-swims |title=Official Trailer for Bait 3D Swims In |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=22 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522004438/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/55602/official-trailer-bait-3d-swims |url-status=live }}

In January 2013, Qi worked with renowned Chinese artist, Feng Zhengjie, to present their artwork, 'Showcase on Print' for the inaugural Worlds Apart Fair.

At Star Awards 2016, Yuwu won his second Best Actor award for his role as Jason Lam in The Dream Makers II.

Personal life

In April 2013, Qi began dating co-star Joanne Peh. On 9 September 2014, the couple got married at The Mövenpick Heritage Hotel Sentosa.

On 28 January 2015, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child.{{cite news|title=Joanne Peh, Qi Yuwu expecting SG50 baby|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/joanne-peh-qi-yuwu/1620940.html|access-date=29 January 2015|agency=Channel NewsAsia|date=28 January 2015|archive-date=31 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131040807/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/joanne-peh-qi-yuwu/1620940.html|url-status=dead}} On 7 August 2015, Qi and Peh welcomed a baby girl at Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

In October 2016, Qi and Peh announced that they were expecting a second child, and on 21 April 2017 Peh gave birth to a boy.{{cite news|title=Joanne Peh and Qi Yuwu welcome baby boy|url=http://m.todayonline.com/entertainment/celebrity/joanne-peh-and-qi-yuwu-welcome-baby-boy|date=21 April 2017|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422141606/http://m.todayonline.com/entertainment/celebrity/joanne-peh-and-qi-yuwu-welcome-baby-boy|url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
2005	P.S...I Luv U	Feng
rowspan="3"\| 2007	Protégé	Singapore customs officer	Cameo
881	Guan Yin
The Home Song Stories	Joe	Nominated - Best Actor, 49th Australian Film Institute Awards
rowspan="4"\| 2008	Toilet Love
The Leap Years	K.S.
12 Lotus	Ah Long / Long 2
Painted Skin	Xiaoyi
2010	14 Blades	Xuanwu
rowspan="2"\| 2011	The Founding of a Party	Wang Jinmei
Bait 3D	Steven
2012	Nightclub School Hospital	Li Wei
2015	1965	Inspector Cheng
2016	Tian Huo Xing Dong (天火行動)
2018	Fat Buddies	Qi Sir
rowspan="3"\| 2019	English
Walk with Me
If Thoughts Can Kill (他她他她)

=Television series=

Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \|Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan="2"\| 2000	Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng	Sikong Zhaixing \|
Dare to Strike (扫冰者)	He Qingwei \| \|
rowspan="3"\| 2001	In Pursuit of Peace	Lin Fan \|
The Hotel	Qi Weiwu \|
My Genie (我爱精灵)	Zhang Taiping \|
rowspan="4"\| 2002	Bukit Ho Swee (河水山)	Cai Yongsong \|
Brotherhood (有情有义)	Fan Wen \|
Beautiful Connection	Zheng Ruisheng \|
My Genie II (我爱精灵II)	Zhang Taiping \|
rowspan="2"\| 2003	Love is Beautiful (美丽家庭)	Xie Langping \|
Romance De Amour (1加1等于3)	Zheng Xuelun \|
rowspan="4"\| 2004	Room in My Heart (真心蜜语)	Zhu Jiankang \|
To Mum with Love (非一般妈妈)	Lin Zhengzhi \|
The Champion	Lu Kaiwei \|
I Love My Home (我爱我家)	Xu Chuanguo \|
rowspan="3"\| 2005	A Promise for Tomorrow	Spiderman \|
Beyond The aXis of Truth II	Ye Zhongxin \|
Beautiful Illusions	Dave Zhou Jianwei \|
rowspan="2"\| 2006	C.I.D.	Tang Siwei \|
Yours Always (让爱自邮)	Fang You \|
2007	The Peak	Chen Tianjun \|
2008	The Little Nyonya	Chen Xi \|
rowspan="2"\| 2010	Precious Babes	Yuan Renxian \|
The Family Court	Lin Leshan \|
rowspan="3"\| 2011	Painted Skin	Long Yun \|
C.L.I.F.	Tang Yaojia \|
A Song to Remember	Mo Liguang \|
rowspan="2"\| 2013	C.L.I.F. 2	Tang Yaojia \|
The Dream Makers	Jason Lam Qinhui \|
rowspan="1"\| 2014	C.L.I.F. 3	Tang Yaojia \|	{{Cite web \|last=Seah \|first=May \|date=11 April 2014 \|title=My awkward moment: Sora Ma \|url=https://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/television/my-awkward-moment-sora-ma \|access-date=2024-12-13 \|website=Today \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\| 2015	The Dream Makers II	Jason Lam Qinhui \|
rowspan=1 \| 2018	Mind Matters	Zhuo Jinshu \|
rowspan="2"\|2019	Day Break (天空渐渐亮)	Zhang Tianliang \|
A World of Difference (都市狂想)	Pan Guosheng \|
rowspan="1" \| 2020	A Quest to Heal	Bi Zheng \|
rowspan="2" \| 2021	{{Interlanguage link\|Live Your Dreams\|zh\|大大的夢想}} (大大的梦想)	Fang Wenbin \|
The Ferryman: Legends Of Nanyang \|Zhao Li \| \|{{Cite web \|title=iQiyi rolls out The Ferryman, its first Southeast Asian Original series set in Singapore \|url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/iqiyi-the-ferryman-first-southeast-asian-original-series-singapore-132823080.html \|access-date=25 August 2021 \|website=sg.style.yahoo.com \|language=en-SG \|archive-date=25 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825025829/https://sg.style.yahoo.com/iqiyi-the-ferryman-first-southeast-asian-original-series-singapore-132823080.html \|url-status=live }}
2022 \| Dark Angel (黑天使) \| Zhu Wei \| \|
2023 \| Healer (灵师) \| Guo Zhengnan \| \|
2024 \| Once Upon a New Year's Eve (那一年的除夕夜) \| Cai Yiren \| \|{{cite web \|title=入行以来接最难演的戏戚玉武怕败在新作 {{!}} 早报 \|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230917-1434152 \|website=www.zaobao.com.sg \|access-date=18 September 2023 \|language=zh-Hans}}
{{TBA}} \| Missing \| \|Channel 5 series \|{{cite news \|title=与戚玉武再续戏缘欧萱：他是最好搭档 {{!}} 早报 \|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230719-1415164 \|access-date=19 July 2023 \|work=www.zaobao.com.sg \|date=19 July 2023 \|language=zh-Hans \|archive-date=19 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719073246/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230719-1415164 \|url-status=live }}

=Show hosting=

Year	Title	class="unsortable" \|Notes	class="unsortable" \| Ref
class="wikitable sortable"
2022	Wu Suo Bu Tan (武所不谈)	YouTube show	{{cite news \|title=《武所不谈》虽找不到合作平台戚玉武对作品有满足感 {{!}} 早报 \|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20221031-1328167 \|access-date=19 July 2023 \|work=www.zaobao.com.sg \|language=zh-Hans \|archive-date=26 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426175454/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20221031-1328167 \|url-status=live }}
2023	The Star Athlete (星牌运动员)	Co-host	{{cite web \|title=竞技秀当星队长戚玉武喜会“教练”骆建佑 {{!}} 早报 \|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230131-1358258 \|website=www.zaobao.com.sg \|access-date=19 July 2023 \|language=zh-Hans \|archive-date=20 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720050042/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230131-1358258 \|url-status=live }}

Awards and nominations

Year	Organisation	Category	Nominated work	Result
class="wikitable sortable"
2000	Star Awards	Best Newcomer	{{N/A}}	{{Nom}}
rowspan="2" \|2004	rowspan="2" \| Star Awards	Best Actor	Room in My Heart {{small\|(as Zhu Jiankai)}}	{{nom}}
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
2005	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
rowspan="2" \| 2006	rowspan="2" \| Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Best Actor	C.I.D. {{small\|(as Tang Siwen)}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="3" \| 2007	rowspan="2" \| Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Best Actor	The Peak{{small\|(as Chen Tianjin)}}	{{nom}}
2000s Screen Heartthrob	{{N/A}}	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="3" \| 2009	rowspan="2" \| Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Best Actor	The Little Nyonya {{small\|(as Chen Xi)}}	{{nom}}
Asian Television Awards \|Best Actor in a Leading Role \|The Little Nyonya {{small\|(as Chen Xi)}}	{{won}}
2010	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
rowspan="3" \| 2011	rowspan="2" \| Star Awards	Best Actor	The Family Court {{small\|(as Lin Leshan)}}	{{won}}
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Asian Television Awards \|Best Actor in a Leading Role \|The Family Court {{small\|(as Lin Leshan)}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="3" \| 2012	rowspan="3" \| Star Awards	Best Actor	C.L.I.F. {{small\|(as Tang Yew Jia)}}	{{nom}}
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) (with Joanne Peh)	C.L.I.F. {{small\|(as Tang Yew Jia with Liao Xinyi)}}	{{nom}}
2013 \|Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="7" \| 2014	rowspan="7" \| Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Best Actor	The Dream Makers {{small\|(as Jason Lam)}}	{{nom}}
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) (with Jeanette Aw)	The Dream Makers {{small\|(as Jason Lam with Zhao Feier)}}	{{won}}
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) (with Rui En)	The Dream Makers {{small\|(as Jason Lam with Fang Tonglin)}}	{{nom}}
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (China)	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Indonesia)	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Cambodia)	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="5" \| 2015	rowspan="5" \|Star Awards	Best Actor	C.L.I.F. 3 {{small\|(as Tang Yew Jia)}}	{{nom}}
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (China)	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
Star Awards for Most Popular Regional Artiste (Cambodia)	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	{{n/a}}	{{won}}
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) (with Joanne Peh)	C.L.I.F. {{small\|(as Tang Yew Jia with Liao Xinyi)}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="4" \| 2016	rowspan="4" \| Star Awards	Best Actor	The Dream Makers II {{small\|(as Jason Lam)}}	{{won}}
All-Time Favourite Artiste	{{N/A}}	{{won}}
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) (with Jeanette Aw)	The Dream Makers {{small\|(as Jason Lam with Zhao Feier)}}	{{won}}
Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) (with Rui En)	The Dream Makers {{small\|(as Jason Lam with Fang Tonglin)}}	{{nom}}
2018	Star Awards	Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
2019	Star Awards	Best Actor	Mind Matters {{small\|(as Zhuo Jinshu)}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="2" \| 2021	rowspan="2" \| Star Awards	Best Actor	A Quest to Heal {{small\|(as Bi Zheng)}}	{{won}}
Bioskin Most Charismatic Artiste Award	{{N/A}}	{{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| 2023 \|rowspan="2"\| Star Awards \| Best Actor \| Dark Angel {{small\|(as Zhu Wei)}} \| {{nom}}
Favourite Male Show Stealer \| Dark Angel {{small\|(as Zhu Wei)}} \| {{nom}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|1167123}}
[http://blog715.wordpress.com/ Qi Yuwu's blog]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320061826/http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/bios/Qi-Yuwu.aspx Profile] on xinmsn

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Year	Title	Role	class="unsortable" \|Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan="2"\| 2000	Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng	Sikong Zhaixing \|
Dare to Strike (扫冰者)	He Qingwei \| \|
rowspan="3"\| 2001	In Pursuit of Peace	Lin Fan \|
The Hotel	Qi Weiwu \|
My Genie (我爱精灵)	Zhang Taiping \|
rowspan="4"\| 2002	Bukit Ho Swee (河水山)	Cai Yongsong \|
Brotherhood (有情有义)	Fan Wen \|
Beautiful Connection	Zheng Ruisheng \|
My Genie II (我爱精灵II)	Zhang Taiping \|
rowspan="2"\| 2003	Love is Beautiful (美丽家庭)	Xie Langping \|
Romance De Amour (1加1等于3)	Zheng Xuelun \|
rowspan="4"\| 2004	Room in My Heart (真心蜜语)	Zhu Jiankang \|
To Mum with Love (非一般妈妈)	Lin Zhengzhi \|
The Champion	Lu Kaiwei \|
I Love My Home (我爱我家)	Xu Chuanguo \|
rowspan="3"\| 2005	A Promise for Tomorrow	Spiderman \|
Beyond The aXis of Truth II	Ye Zhongxin \|
Beautiful Illusions	Dave Zhou Jianwei \|
rowspan="2"\| 2006	C.I.D.	Tang Siwei \|
Yours Always (让爱自邮)	Fang You \|
2007	The Peak	Chen Tianjun \|
2008	The Little Nyonya	Chen Xi \|
rowspan="2"\| 2010	Precious Babes	Yuan Renxian \|
The Family Court	Lin Leshan \|
rowspan="3"\| 2011	Painted Skin	Long Yun \|
C.L.I.F.	Tang Yaojia \|
A Song to Remember	Mo Liguang \|
rowspan="2"\| 2013	C.L.I.F. 2	Tang Yaojia \|
The Dream Makers	Jason Lam Qinhui \|
rowspan="1"\| 2014	C.L.I.F. 3	Tang Yaojia \|	{{Cite web \|last=Seah \|first=May \|date=11 April 2014 \|title=My awkward moment: Sora Ma \|url=https://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/television/my-awkward-moment-sora-ma \|access-date=2024-12-13 \|website=Today \|language=en}}
rowspan="1"\| 2015	The Dream Makers II	Jason Lam Qinhui \|
rowspan=1 \| 2018	Mind Matters	Zhuo Jinshu \|
rowspan="2"\|2019	Day Break (天空渐渐亮)	Zhang Tianliang \|
A World of Difference (都市狂想)	Pan Guosheng \|
rowspan="1" \| 2020	A Quest to Heal	Bi Zheng \|
rowspan="2" \| 2021	{{Interlanguage link\|Live Your Dreams\|zh\|大大的夢想}} (大大的梦想)	Fang Wenbin \|
The Ferryman: Legends Of Nanyang \|Zhao Li \| \|{{Cite web \|title=iQiyi rolls out The Ferryman, its first Southeast Asian Original series set in Singapore \|url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/iqiyi-the-ferryman-first-southeast-asian-original-series-singapore-132823080.html \|access-date=25 August 2021 \|website=sg.style.yahoo.com \|language=en-SG \|archive-date=25 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825025829/https://sg.style.yahoo.com/iqiyi-the-ferryman-first-southeast-asian-original-series-singapore-132823080.html \|url-status=live }}
2022 \| Dark Angel (黑天使) \| Zhu Wei \| \|
2023 \| Healer (灵师) \| Guo Zhengnan \| \|
2024 \| Once Upon a New Year's Eve (那一年的除夕夜) \| Cai Yiren \| \|{{cite web \|title=入行以来接最难演的戏戚玉武怕败在新作 {{!}} 早报 \|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230917-1434152 \|website=www.zaobao.com.sg \|access-date=18 September 2023 \|language=zh-Hans}}
{{TBA}} \| Missing \| \|Channel 5 series \|{{cite news \|title=与戚玉武再续戏缘欧萱：他是最好搭档 {{!}} 早报 \|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230719-1415164 \|access-date=19 July 2023 \|work=www.zaobao.com.sg \|date=19 July 2023 \|language=zh-Hans \|archive-date=19 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719073246/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230719-1415164 \|url-status=live }}