More To Come

Through the diverse roles he plays, JC Chee is showing the world his versatility as an actor and the art that comes with it. 

- John Ng

“I did it again,” JC Chee says as he steps into the studio for the photoshoot. Last year, he’d injured his right elbow from playing badminton too tightly with a racquet. He jokes: “I have to stop thinking that I am Datuk Lee Chong Wei.”

How fervent is he about the sport? Well, enormously – so much so that he even collects racquets (most of them models that had been used by Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan), as well as some limited editions that he had imported all the way from countries such as Japan, Taiwan, India, Germany, Poland and Denmark. With his increasingly hectic work schedule, he laments that he hasn’t been able to play as often as he would like nowadays.

Like most – if not all – actors, success was not immediate for JC Chee. As much as he knew there was no waiting around, there was a period of time when he found himself doing just that: waiting for jobs. “It lasted for more than a year,” he shares. Instead of succumbing to failure, he chose to trust his incredible knack for acting. “Then one day, I got a call to audition for Ola Bola. I worked as hard as I could; went through three auditions and months of training before I was confirmed to play the role of Tauke.” And the rest, as they say, is history.