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Birthday: Mar 19, 1970
Place of Birth: Singapore

Desmond Tan

After graduating with an honours degree from NUS in 2011, Desmond plunged into his acting career; he acted alongside Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh in a blockbuster, A Song To Remember, where his role as a heroic rickshaw puller left a deep impression on the audience. With this role he won the 'Rocket Award' for Most Breakthrough at Star Awards 2012. Being the male metropolitan icon of Singapore entertainment scene, Desmond is hot on the fashion scenes with numerous invites from international high end brands for events and shoots. As an adventurous spirit with diverse interests, he also has Muay Thai and singing as hobbies under his belt; with singing as a hobby which he started nurturing since his high school days. Pursuing his passion of singing, Desmond has launched several singles music showcases. He also represented Mediacorp at Singapore Day 2015 in Shanghai, performing alongside several well-known Singapore singers/composers like Dick Lee, Lee Wei Song and Roy Li. Desmond has successfully crossed over to our English channel after Mata Mata 3, and subsequently he took on a psychopath serial killer role in Code Of Law 3 and 4, winning many over with his applauding performance, thus leading up to the creation of Derek 1 and 2 series. 2018 has been a fruitful year for Desmond; taking on his first movie role (as male lead) in The Big Day, co-starring with Taiwanese sexiest female celebrity, Amber An. He also secured the male lead role in Blue Tick drama; an online drama collaboration between Singapore and Hong Kong’s ViuTv featuring many veteran and known actors like Law Kar-ying, Liu Kai-chi. He also won his first Best Actor award at Star Awards same year for When Duty Calls drama; which is his first performance nomination and win. In 2019, Desmond was once again nominated for Best Actor, with his role as a nurse in 'You Can Be An Angel 3', whereby he acted alongside Zoe Tay and in 2020 he was selected to play a leading role alongside Jiro Wang and Puff Guo for Taiwan idol production by cable station GTV, Falling Into You.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Derek: The Movie Derek 2019
1400 Rain 2015
Little Note Son - adult 2009
The Big Day Nuo Yan 2018
Series Cast Year
The Dream Makers Gao Jian 2015
Beach.Ball.Babes Ben 2008
A Song to Remember Luo Xiao Xiao 2011
96°C Café Xu Li Qiao 2013
All is Well Wu Pin Rui 2019
All Around You Huo Jun Hao 2020
Second Chance Li Dashan 2015
When Duty Calls Lu Junguang 2017
The Journey: A Voyage Hong Shi 2013
It's a Wonderful Life 2013
Poetic Justice Tang Zhisheng 2012
Key Witness Chen Zhi-Ming 2021
Home Again 2022
Story of Kunning Palace Gu Chunfang 2023
操控 2021
All That Glitters Lin Musen / Liu Mu 2023
Moments Zhan He Fang 2024
The Truth Seekers Hong Jun Yan 2016
Against the Tide Zhou Jianfeng 2014
Falling Into You Chen Tian-Lin 2020
VIC 2018
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