Nathaniel Ho Wei Ci is a Singaporean actor, singer, songwriter and businessman.
Early life Ho is of Hakka descent. He attended Anglo-Chinese School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.
Career Ho was one of the top 30 contestants during the inaugural season of Singapore Idol in 2004. His first major acting role was in the Channel 5 drama Shooting Stars, which featured other Singapore Idol contestants.
The following year, Ho signed a contract with MediaCorp, and was cast in his first Chinese language drama series Honour and Passion which earned him a Best Newcomer nomination at the Star Awards 2007.
Ho left MediaCorp in 2010 to focus on his music career. He stated that music was his real passion and that he actually "never wanted to be an actor. [All this] came as a bonus". He self-released his debut album Unleashed in April 2012.
In 2013, Ho moved to Taiwan to further his music career, after signing a nine-year music contract. He subsequently returned to Singapore after his recording company disbanded.
In 2020, Ho moved to Los Angeles to study music production at Icon Collective, a private music school. He returned to Singapore in 2022.
In August 2022, Ho moved again to South Korea to further his music career. He also signed up for Korean language classes at Yonsei University as a full-time student.
Ventures He used to own bento stall Love Bento, franchised Taiwanese bubble tea stall Bobii Frutii and Thai cheese toast shop Say Chiizu.
He is currently running an online keto diet business, which was started in Singapore. He is also a partner in The Jock Shop, a local men's underwear store.
He set up a private limited company called Seraph Media to help with his cash flow and CPF.
Filmography
Television series Year Title Role NotesRef 2005 Shooting Stars Ethan 2006 Dream Chasers (梦。拼图) Life Story 2007 My Dear Kins (亲本家人) Honour and Passion Poh Mun Kok Stories of Love, The Anthology 2 Metamorphosis Wen Pin Liang Cameo The Golden Path David Cameo 2008 En Bloc Jude Lim La Femme Fang Baoguo The Little Nyonya Jonathan Li Xiuwen Cameo 2009 The A-Go-Go Princess (穿越阿哥哥) The Dream-Catchers Lin Jiajie Polo Boys Koh Boon Keong Together Louis Cameo 2010 Priceless Wonder Lin Cailai With You Zhang Huan 2012 Code of Law (Season 1) Steven Guest Of Love & Hidden Charms Ming 2014 Soup of Life Paul/ Wu Mingzhi 2015–2018 Tanglin Jay Lim Jun Kai
Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Smell of Rain Xiao Qi 2008 Heng Or Huat (天降运财) 2009 Autumn in March 2011 Already Famous
Variety show appearances 2006 Wish Upon A Star 2007 Crimewatch Hey Gorgeous President Star Charity 2007 The Cancer Charity Show 2007 (癌过有晴天) Star Awards 2007 Let's Party with Food V (食福满人间V) The Mission 4 (创业无敌手4) 2009 Okto Live – 3 Feb 2009 Hey Gorgeous! Finals 2009 (校花校草网上追赶跑) – 7 March 2009 Go Live! (综艺Go Live!) – 27 Apr 2009 Result is All (美就是一切) – 22 August 2009
Radio hosting YES 933 夜玩场 – 15 April 2010 to 14 May 2010 (9–11pm, every Thursday and Friday; co-host with Lin Peifen)
Variety and reality show hosting 2008 National Science Challenge 2008 2009 National Science Challenge 2009 Food Hometown 2 (美食寻根 2) Celebrate 2010 2010 Go! YOG (艺起青奥) – 25 March 2010 Okto Minute of Fame – June to Sept 2010
Music video appearances YearSong titleArtistNotes 2016 "One of These Days" MICappella
Discography Singles 2006 "December Stars" 2007 A Million Treasures sub-theme song The Best Drama (剧欣卉集) – Happily Ever After theme song ("完美的爱情") December Stars 2 Compilation – "Last Christmas" 2008 Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation (群星贺岁金鼠庆团圆) - "恭喜大家过新年" NDP 2008 Theme Song – MTV 2009 Mediacorp Lunar New Year Album Compilation (群星贺岁福牛迎瑞年) - "新年到"
Songwriting credits "With You" (2023)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2007 Star Awards 2007 Best Newcomer 2010 Star Awards 2010 Favourite Male Character The Dream Catchers
References
External links Profile on xin.msn.com