Shane Pow facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Shane Pow
Pow in May 2017
Born	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34) Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Education	Woodlands Ring Secondary School
Alma mater	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Occupation	Actor host businessman model
Years active	2012-present
Agent	Li Nanxing Global
Awards	Star Awards 2015 - Star Awards 2017: Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	包勳評
Simplified Chinese	包勋评
Hanyu Pinyin	Bāo Xūnpíng

Shane Pow Xun Ping (born on October 4, 1990) is a Singaporean actor, host, and businessman. He is known for his roles in many TV dramas and for hosting different shows.

Early Life and Beginnings

Shane Pow grew up with an older sister. He went to Woodlands Ring Secondary School and later to Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Shane was very good at sports, especially basketball. He even played for Singapore's national youth basketball team in international games.

When he was 19, Shane worked part-time as a presenter for a sports show called "Livewire." He was later discovered by a modeling agency. This led him to do photo shoots and campaigns. In 2011, Shane joined a competition called Manhunt Singapore. After this, he started getting small roles in local TV shows.

Career Highlights

In 2012, Shane Pow officially joined Mediacorp, a big media company in Singapore. He had a big breakthrough role that year as B Niu in the TV drama It Takes Two. For this role, he was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the Star Awards 2013.

As he became more famous, Shane got bigger roles in dramas like Love At Risk and The Recruit Diaries. In 2014, he also started hosting TV shows such as Cheap and Good and Style Check-in 4.

Shane has acted in many popular dramas, including Serve H.O.T, Against the Tide, and Three Wishes. His popularity grew, and he won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award at the Star Awards 2015, 2016, and 2017.

In 2016, he starred in House of Fortune, Beyond Words, and Peace & Prosperity. He also had his first main role in a Toggle (now meWatch) online series called I Want to Be a Star.

In 2017, Shane acted in When Duty Calls, which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Star Awards 2018. In December 2017, he signed a new contract with Mediacorp, which changed his working relationship with his previous agency.

He continued to act in various shows, including Mind Matters and the Toggle original series Die Die Also Must Serve and Love At Cavenagh Bridge in 2018.

In 2021, Shane Pow completed his work with Mediacorp's The Celebrity Agency. He continued to appear in dramas like Soul Old Yet So Young and The Heartland Hero. Later that year, he joined Li Nanxing's management agency, LNX Global. Since then, he has appeared in the Singaporean-South Korean film Ajoomma and several Mediacorp dramas. These include the TV movie My Star Bride - Hi, Mai Phương Thảo, Love At First Bite, Silent Walls, and Family Ties.

Business Ventures

Besides acting and hosting, Shane Pow has also started his own businesses.

• In 2017, he opened an eatery called Mojo with a friend in Telok Ayer.
• In 2020, he sold his shares in Mojo and opened a Korean-style hawker stall called Gogiyo with three friends in Toa Payoh.
• By 2023, Shane shared that only one of the original four Gogiyo stalls was still open.

Personal Life

Relationships

Shane Pow was in a relationship with radio presenter Kimberly Wang starting in 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Discography

Compilation Albums

Awards and Nominations