Andie Chen () is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis.

Career

Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series '' Growing Up'' Season 2 Ep 12: Brother Of Mine in which he made a cameo flashback appearance as a child version of Tay Wee Seng, older brother of Lim Kay Tong's character Charlie Tay Wee Kiat's older brother and was credited as Andy Tan in year 1997. He shot to prominence after winning

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and earned a contract with

. He was given his first television roles the following year, most notably in the blockbuster period drama ''

The Little Nyonya ''The Little Nyonya'' ( zh, c= ) is a 2008 drama serial on Singapore's free-to-air MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It stars Jeanette Aw, Qi Yuwu, Dai Xiangyu, Lin Meijiao, Pan Lingling, Cynthia Koh, Pierre Png, Joanne Peh, Desmond Sim, Eel ...

''. Since then he has starred in many high-profile television dramas such as '' Unriddle'', '' C.L.I.F.'', '' Code of Honour'', '' Joys of Life'', '' The Journey (trilogy series)'' and '' The Lead''. In August 2015, Chen played the lead role in the Mandarin musical, ''December Rains'', by Toy Factory Productions. It was his first theatrical performance. Chen was nominated for 3 categories at

Star Awards 2017 Star Awards 2017 (also SA2017, Chinese: 红星大奖2017) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. It is part of the annual Star Awards organised by Mediacorp for free-to-air channels Channels 8 and U. The Road to Star Awards ...

, which are

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for

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, Best Supporting Actor for

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& Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. On 1 November 2017, Chen announced that he will not be renewing his contract with Mediacorp. Chen left Mediacorp on 31 October 2017 with his wife, Kate Pang. His last drama series with Mediacorp was '' The Lead''. He was nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes at the Star Awards 2018.

Personal life

Chen graduated from Tanglin Secondary School before he proceeded on to

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is a post-secondary education institution and Statutory boards of the Singapore Government, statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in ...

where he obtained a diploma in Film, Sound and Video. He married actress Kate Pang in 2013 after a secret courtship and they have a son Aden and a daughter Avery. Chen and Pang have a parenting channel named Kandie Family which was launched in 2016.

Filmography

Television

Films

Theater

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Andie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Singaporean male television actors Ngee Ann Polytechnic alumni Singaporean people of Chinese descent