Benjamin Tan (born 27 March 1993) is a Singaporean actor known for his roles in the television dramas ''
My Guardian Angels
My Guardian Angels (Chinese: 单翼天使) is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Zoe Tay, Kym Ng, Pierre Png and Hong Ling. The series has received criticism for its portrayal of LGBTQ characters.
The serie ...
'', ''Mister Flower'', ''When Duty Calls 2'', ''Soul Doctor'', ''
The Heartland Hero'', ''Emerald Hill High'' and ''
Strike Gold''.
Education
Tan graduated from
Murdoch University
Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...
in 2018 with Bachelor of Communications.
Career
Tan has been signed to
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 ...
since May 2019.
Tan appeared in ''Emerald Hill High'' and played as a slow-learner ah beng in ''Lion Mums 3'' in 2019, and played a slow-witted young man in the long-form series ''
The Heartland Hero'' in 2021.
He appeared in ''When Duty Calls 2'' in 2022.
He starred in the television drama series ''
Strike Gold''.
Personal life
Tan is the only child of his family and they run a curtains and blinds business. His father is semi-retired.
On 16 April 2022, Tan revealed that his mother, an office worker, had died after being in a coma for near to 2 years. She was 53.
Controversies
On 13 October 2022, Tan wrote a lengthy post on his public Instagram account where he voiced his displeasure about an unnamed colleague who also appeared in the 2023 drama series ''
Strike Gold''. Tan described the person as "kinda disrespectful to
hecrew and the production as a whole.” Tan further claimed that the individual was "almost always late for shoots, and never apologetic for their tardiness." Tan also hinted at the individual's identity, saying that the individual has taken on a smaller role compared with their past projects.
In an interview with ''
Lianhe Zaobao
''Nanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao'' (; literally " Nanyang Sin-Chew Joint Morning Paper"), commonly abbreviated as ''Lianhe Zaobao'' (; literally "Joint Morning Paper"), is the largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper with a daily cir ...
'' on 10 January 2023, Tan admitted that the strongly-worded Instagram post had caused trouble for the ''
Strike Gold'' crew as well as "affected innocent people". However, Tan insisted that it was "right to point out the problems" and further hinted that the person he was targeting at was not present at ''Strike Golds media press conference. ''
AsiaOne
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'' went on to report that artistes who attended the conference were Desmond Tan, He YingYing, Yao Wenlong, Yvonne Lim (who attended virtually), Jin Yinji, Kiki Lim, Hong Huifang and Jeffrey Xu.
Filmography
Television series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Singaporean male television actors
Singaporean male film actors
21st-century Singaporean male actors
21st-century Singaporean businesspeople