Mark Lee (Singaporean actor)

Lee's father was a barber, and his mother was a food and beverage stall assistant. Growing up, Lee would help out in the hawker stall to prepare and sell cooked food, beverages, and chee cheong fun at a hawker centre.^[4] Lee was schooled in Jurong Secondary School.^{[citation needed]}

Lee is known for, amongst others, playing the title role in Singapore's Mediacorp Channel 5 television sitcom Police & Thief as Lee Tok Kong and in Mediacorp Channel 8 long series television drama Holland V as Su Hao. He is also best known for his works with Jack Neo and Henry Thia in movies such as Money No Enough, That One No Enough, Money No Enough 2 and Where Got Ghost?, The King of Musang King and Money No Enough 3. The trio also appeared alongside one another in the long-running comedy variety programme named Comedy Nite (搞笑行动).^[5] He made his directorial debut in the comedy horror film The Ghosts Must Be Crazy.^[6]

Along with long-time colleague Christopher Lee, he received the All Time Favourite Artiste award in the Star Awards 2010^[7][8] and became the first host-cum-comedian to win the award as the previous winners were predominantly thespians. As such he will no longer be in the run for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes awards in future Star Awards.

Although Lee was mostly known for playing comedic roles early in his career, he has also diversified into hosting and hosted various kinds of programmes, mainly infotainment, travelogue and DIY programmes. He co-hosted the popular home makeover programme Home Decor Survivor and the infotainment programme Behind Every Job with Bryan Wong, which won both a string of nominations in the hosting categories at the Star Awards. In 2012 he won his fourth Best Variety Host award for his popular show It's a Small World (Season 2).^[2]

Lee was always given an on-screen name/surname of Ong or Huang, particularly in Jack Neo's movies, with the exception of That One No Enough, I Not Stupid, Homerun, I Do, I Do, Ah Long Pte Ltd, Love Matters, Being Human, Long Long Time Ago, Long Long Time Ago 2, The Diam Diam Era, The Diam Diam Era Two and The King of Musang King.

In November 2021, Lee's comedy Number 1, for which he was nominated for the Best Leading Actor award at the Golden Horse Awards, started streaming on Disney+.^[9] The movie is listed under the Asian Spotlight section of Disney+. It is significant for the Singapore film scene as it is one of the few Singaporean works to be streamed on Disney+.

On 9 March 2017, Lee opened a production house named King Kong Media Productions with partner Yinson Marine Services, a Malaysian oil and gas company.^[10]

Lee also once owned the eatery chain Old Town White Coffee which he brought into Singapore from Malaysia in 2008, and founded the now-defunct chicken rice brand 13 Stages in 2017. In 2021, Lee invested in the Ipoh F&B Chain Nam Heong, which opened its first Singapore outlet at a food court in 313@Somerset mall.^[11]

Lee is also a brand partner to SG Car Choice, one of the biggest car dealership in Singapore, since 2021. ^[12]

Lee is married to Catherine Ng. They have 2 daughters and a son.^[13][14]