Ivan Heng

Who is Ivan Heng?

Ivan Heng is a Peranakan- -Hokkien-Chinese-Singaporean stage actor and director. He is the founding artistic director of W!LD RICE, a theatre company in Singapore.

Heng is the first male Singaporean actor to break into English-speaking roles in Hollywood films, the first female actress from Singapore being Lydia Look who played a Fuzhou actress in a Jackie Chan Hollywood film.

Heng was educated at Anglo-Chinese School and Temasek Junior College.

Heng was a qualified lawyer until the acting bug sent him to win various theatre awards in Edinburgh, London, Canada and finally Hollywood, where he launched his professional film career in French director, Luc Besson's movie, The Fifth Element, starring Milla Jovovich.