

Mark Lee
Introduction
Mark Lee Kok Huang (Chinese: 李国煌; pinyin: Lǐ Guóhuáng; born 16 October 1968) is a Singaporean comedian, actor, television host and film director.
Early life
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. Lee was schooled in Jurong Secondary School.
Career
Lee is famous for, amongst others, playing the title role in Singapore's Mediacorp Channel 5 television sitcom Police & Thief as Lee Tok Kong, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd as guest appearance Lee Kok Peng from season 5 until season 7 and in Mediacorp Channel 8 long series television drama Holland V as Su Hao. He also gained recognition for his work with Jack Neo and Henry Thia in films such as Money No Enough and Liang Po Po: The Movie and long-running comedy variety programme Comedy Nite (搞笑行动). He made his directorial debut in the comedy horror film The Ghosts Must Be Crazy.
Along with long-time colleague Christopher Lee, Mark Lee was awarded the coveted All Time Favourite Artiste award in the Star Awards 2010 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).
Lee was always given an on-screen name/surname of Ong or Huang, particularly in Jack Neo's movies, with the exception of Liang Po Po: The Movie, That One Not Enough and Ah Long Pte Ltd.
On 9 March 2017, Lee opened a production house King Kong Media Production with partner Yinson Marine Services, a Malaysian oil and gas company. He is now working on a film project for 2018.
Personal life
Lee is married to Catherine Ng. They have three children. Eldest daughter Calista (born 2008), son Marksonn (born 2011), youngest daughter Calynn was born in 2013.
Awards and nominations
| Star Awards – Hosting Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1998 | Best Comedy Performer | Comedy Night | Won |
| 1999 | Comedy Night | Won | |
| 2000 | Soho@Work | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Best Variety Show Host | Top Gun | Nominated |
| 2002 | One Fun Day | Nominated | |
| Best Comedy Performer | Katong Ms Oh | Won | |
| 2003 | Comedy Night | Won | |
| 2004 | Comedy Night | Nominated | |
| Best Variety Show Host | Be My Guest | Won | |
| 2005 | Say It If You Dare 1 | Nominated | |
| Best Comedy Performer | KP Club | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Best Variety Show Host | Property Classified | Nominated |
| 2007 | Say It If You Dare 3 | Won | |
| 2010 | It's a Small World | Won | |
| 2011 | Best Info-Ed Programme Host | Behind Every Job | Nominated |
| 2012 | Behind Every Job | Nominated | |
| Best Variety Show Host | It's a Small World 2 | Won | |
| 2015 | Neighbourhood Chef | Nominated | |
| Star Awards – Popularity Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Award | Result | |
| 1998 | Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes | Won | |
| 1999 | Won | ||
| 2000 | Nominated | ||
| 2001 | Won | ||
| 2002 | Won | ||
| 2003 | Won | ||
| 2004 | Won | ||
| 2005 | Won | ||
| 2006 | Won | ||
| 2007 | Won | ||
| 2009 | Won | ||
| 2010 | All-Time Favourite Artiste | Received | |
| 2017 | Best Speech Delivered | Won | |