In the Star Awards 2007 , Zhang won the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes award , his first award in his acting career and was also nominated for the Best Actor Award , his first ever nomination in the acting category . Zhang won the Top 10 award once again in 2010 . In his speech , he thanked veteran artistes and mentors Huang Wenyong , Huang Biren and Chen Hanwei . Zhang left MediaCorp in mid-2012 as he chose not to renew his contract . His last series is the 2012 anniversary drama '' Joys of Life '' . He planned to further his career in China but did not rule out a possibility of returning to MediaCorp . He signed a new contract with Mediacorp in 2015 and has since starred in '' Mind Game '' as well as long-running drama '' Life - Fear Not ''
Star Awards 2007
Star Awards 2007
Zhang Yaodong