{{Short description|Singaporean educator and actor}} {{family name hatnote|Choo|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{infobox person | name = Ryan Choo | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = September {{birth based on age as of date|25|1995|5|5}}<ref name="STMay1995">{{cite news |title=Two non-finalists who have what it takes |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19950505-1.2.76.6.8 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The Straits Times |issue=Page 20 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=5 May 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=千年虫》里当电脑专家 邹联福抽空赴生日会 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/shinmin19990913-1.2.21.4 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao) |issue=Page 15 |publisher=新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao) |date=13 September 1999}}</ref> | birth_place = Singapore | education = | alma_mater = | spouse = | partner = | children = | occupation = {{hlist|Educator|businessman|actor|host}} | other_names = Zou Lianfu | website = | years_active = 1995−present | module = {{Infobox Chinese |child= yes|hide= no |headercolor=lightblue | t = 鄒聯福 | s = 邹联福 | p = Zōu Liánfú }} }}
'''Ryan Choo''' (born in September 1969 or 1970) is a Singaporean agriculture, businessman and former actor. He is best known for his role as Yan Dao in the comedy sitcom ''Right Frequency''.<ref>{{cite web |title='Little Trumpet' Lina Ng and 'Cheng Meiguang' Sharon Au visit E-Junkies for a Right Frequency reunion |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/little-trumpet-lina-ng-and-cheng-meiguang-sharon-au-visit-e-junkies-right-frequency |website=AsiaOne |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=en |date=2 October 2020}}</ref>
He is also greatly known for his contributions in agriculture with his father Brian.
==Early life and career == Choo dropped out of his mechanical engineering course at Ngee Ann Polytechnic and subsequently enlisted into the army, citing having "no interest" in the course.<ref>{{cite news |title=OTHER REBELS-TURNED-ACTORS |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19980121-1.2.32.4 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The New Paper |issue=Page 26 |publisher=The New Paper |date=21 January 1998}}</ref>
He was a former sales supervisor before making his debut through the 1995 Mediacorp's Star Search competition where he was a semi-finalist.<ref name="STMay1995"/>
He has starred in television series such as period drama ''Tofu Street'' (1996), golf romance series ''Triumph Over The Green'' (1996), ''Brave New World'' (1996) opposite Alex Man and Fann Wong, blockbuster war drama ''The Price of Peace'' (1997) and in the mythical drama ''The Legends of Jigong'' (1997).
His contract with Mediacorp ended in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=合约月底将到期 邹联福 去留未定 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/shinmin20010822-2.2.42.11 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao) |issue=Page 23 |publisher=新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao) |date=22 August 2001}}</ref>
==Personal life== Since 2000s, Choo has been running a student care centre named ''Star Kidz Powerclub'', at Block 509, Bedok North Avenue 3, and serves as the principal. In February 2018, Choo was involved in a police case which was lodged by a parent of an eight-year-old boy. The boy, who had been attending the centre for three years, was playing hide-and-seek with other children at the centre on 31 Jan 2018 and Choo punished the boy for opening the door to a toilet while a girl was using it. Choo had hit the boy on his buttocks and palm with a wooden ruler for 28 times.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ng |first1=Huiwen |title=Boy, 8, comes home from childcare centre with bruises on buttocks; police investigating |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/boy-8-suffers-bruises-on-buttocks-after-principal-beats-him-with-ruler-police |website=The Straits Times |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=en |date=12 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=托管中心 8岁儿被打28下 涉事校长是"严涛"邹联福 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/singapore/story20180212-834889 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}</ref>
In an interview with ''Lianhe Wanbao'' in August 2019, Choo said he is a self-professed ''otaku'' and revealed that he is single.<ref>{{cite web |title=《播音人》班底21年再聚首 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/movies-and-tv/story20190821-982751 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}</ref>
==Filmography== Choo has appeared in the following programmes:<ref>{{cite web |title=邹联福 Ryan Choo的全部作品（7） |url=https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1429598/movies?sortby=time&format=text |website=movie.douban.com |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=邹联福介绍_图片_作品-猫眼电影 |url=https://m.maoyan.com/asgard/celebrity/1911646 |website=m.maoyan.com |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
===Television series=== *''Heart of the Family'' (1996)<ref>{{cite news |title=《家有一宝》揭露新加坡式的爱情 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19960228-1.2.22.1 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |issue=Page 10 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=28 February 1996}}</ref> *''Tofu Street'' (1996)<ref>{{cite news |title=Paying for two-timing act |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19960418-1.2.52.2 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The New Paper |issue=Page 38 |publisher=The New Paper |date=18 April 1996}}</ref> *''Triumph Over The Green'' (1996)<ref>{{cite news |title=The case of the older women |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960504-1.2.86.4.5 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The Straits Times |issue=Page 6 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=4 May 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=面对性感美女·小生心惊惊 邹联福亲热后 向女演员道歉 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19951010-1.2.20.9 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |issue=Page 10 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=10 October 1995}}</ref> *''Brave New World'' (1996)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hey! Isn't that Fann's line? |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19970109-1.2.31.3 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The New Paper |issue=Page 22 |publisher=The New Paper |date=9 January 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=不失影坛'大哥'风范 万梓良教邹联福演戏 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19960830-1.2.39.1 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |issue=Page 20 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=30 August 1996}}</ref> *''The Price of Peace'' (1997)<ref>{{cite news |title=NO PEACE SHOOTING SHOW |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19970723-1.2.35.2.4 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The New Paper |issue=Page 25 |publisher=The New Paper |date=23 July 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pain of Occupation re-lived on TV |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970721-1.2.66.10 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The Straits Times |issue=Page 8 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=21 July 1997}}</ref> *''The Legends of Jigong'' (1997) *''My Wife, Your Wife, Their Wives'' (1997) *''Tales Of The Third Kind'' (1997; season 3, episode 1: "Feline Shadow") *''Tales of the City'' (1997; episode 3: "Shadowed Existence") *''Dreams '' (1998)<ref>{{cite news |title=一连轧3部戏邹联福累到病倒 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19980317-1.2.25.1 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |issue=Page 11 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=17 March 1998}}</ref> *''Right Frequency'' (1998) *''Driven by a Car'' (1998)<ref>{{cite news |title=邹联福先斩后奏 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19980530-1.2.36.1.6 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |issue=Page 20 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=30 May 1998}}</ref> *''The Scam'' (1998) *''A Piece of Sky'' (1998)<ref>{{cite news |title=THE SERIAL |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19971008-1.2.33.2 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The New Paper |issue=Page 22 |publisher=The New Paper |date=8 October 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A chance to get a Piece of Sky |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19971002-1.2.54.3 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The New Paper |issue=Page 45 |publisher=The New Paper |date=2 October 1997}}</ref> *''The Millennium Bug'' (1999) *''Right Frequency'' (1999; season 2) *''Right Frequency'' (2000; season 3) *''Hainan Kopi Tales'' (2000) *''On The Frontline'' (2000) *''The Voices Within'' (2000)<ref>{{cite news |title=《心灵物语》之《今晚你要不要》 邹联福 全裸演出 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/shinmin20000415-1.2.22.1 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao) |issue=Page 17 |publisher=新明日报 (Xin Ming Ri Bao) |date=15 April 2000}}</ref> *''The Hotel'' (2001)
=== Variety show=== * ''City Spy'' (2001)<ref>{{cite news |title=Versatile spies |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20010731-2.2.30.1 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=Today |issue=Page 22 |publisher=Today |date=31 July 2001}}</ref>
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated work !! Result !! class="unsortable" |Ref |- |1996 || Star Awards 1996 || Most Popular Newcomer ||{{n/a}} ||{{nom}} ||<ref>{{cite news |title=第5波道6人 同入围新人奖 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19970918-1.2.12.1 |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |issue=Page 4 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=18 September 1997}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|6843128}}
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