Jack Neo

Jack Neo Chee Keong PBM (born 24 January 1960) is a Singaporean filmmaker, comedian and actor who was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1983 to 2003. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was best known for his cross-dressing roles, as "Liang Po Po" (literally: "Granny Liang") and "Liang Xi Mei" (a woman homemaker in her 40s) in the long-running television comedy show Comedy Nite.

Jack Neo
Neo in July 2016
Born (1960-01-24) 24 January 1960
NationalitySingaporean
EducationTanjong Katong Secondary School
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
  • host
  • comedian
  • actor
Spouse
Irene Kng
(m. 1990)
Children4
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梁志強
Simplified Chinese梁志强
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Zhìqiáng
Hokkien POJNiû Tì-Kiông

Since his debut as a feature film director, Neo has been one of the most commercially successful local directors who has also met with some success in Malaysia and Taiwan. He has shown a penchant for franchise series films. His most critically acclaimed film is I Not Stupid, which satirizes Singapore's streaming educational system in 2002. Critics have commented that his films had too much product placement which he justified by stating the expensive cost of making movies in Singapore.

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