Jaspers Lai

Born

1987-03-07

Birthplace

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Biography

Jaspers Lai Yit Hann (born March 7 1987) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean actor. Lai studied in Nanyang Junior College. Thereafter, Lai went to Hong Kong to be trained in acting, hosting, singing and songwriting when he was 18, and was in training for 5 years, along with Romeo Tan and Andie Chen. However, the artiste management company shuttered when he was 23 before he could debut. He returned to Singapore and enrolled into National University of Singapore, studying at the School of Computing. In 2014, Lai made his film debut in The Lion Men. In the movie, he was cast as Sam, the leader of a rivalling lion dance troupe. He was selected for the role after passing an audition during his final university semester, and was also signed with Jack Neo's J Team Productions.