Jeffrey Xu

Jeffrey Xu Mingjie (born 3 October 1988) is a Chinese actor and host based in Singapore.

Career
Xu studied performing major at Shanghai Film Art Academy before being discovered through the tenth season of Star Search in 2010, in which he emerged winner.

He made his first drama appearance in Devotion, in which he played an autistic child, which gave him a nomination for Best Newcomer during the Star Awards 2012.

In Star Awards 2013 & Star Awards 2017, Jeffrey gain a nomination for Star Awards for Best Supporting Actor for respective dramas.

In 2013, Jeffrey clinched the "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" award at the 18th Asian Television Awards (ATA) for his role in Marry Me.

In 2015, Xu is involved in more dramas like Crescendo, Sealed with a Kiss, The Journey: Our Homeland, Tiger Mum & Life Is Beautiful has wrapped up a long form drama, Life - Fear Not.

In Star Awards 2016, Xu gained his first award called Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes.

In 2017, Xu has been involved in a few dramas which are Have a Little Faith & Mightiest Mother-in-Law. He has wrapped up a long form drama, Life Less Ordinary with Chen Liping and Xiang Yun, which was first broadcast on October 2, 2017. In 2018, Xu have been involved in 2 Toggle series drama called Love at Cavenagh Bridge & Blue Tick.

Xu has won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award in 2016.

In December 2020, Xu, along with other Mediacorp artistes, were under investigation by MND for alleged breach of COVID-19 measures at Xu's birthday celebration.

In Star Awards 2022, Xu won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Lin Jinxiong in The Takedown.

In Star Awards 2023, Xu won the Most Hated Villain award in the MYPICK! awards category for his role in Dark Angels as Gu Wangming but did not win the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award.

Personal life
On 22 October 2022, Xu married former Mediacorp artiste, Felicia Chin. They had been dating since 2015.