Dwayne Tan is a Singaporean actor and singer.

Biography

Tan graduated from the

American Musical and Dramatic Academy The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) is a private conservatory for the performing arts in New York City and Los Angeles, California. The conservatory offers master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates ...

in New York.Dwayne Tan
." '' Beauty World The Musical''. Accessed 17 July 2008. He began his training at the Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company (SAF MDC). He is also a

Singapore Repertory Theatre Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT), is a non-profit professional theatre company founded in 1993. It is located at the KC Arts Centre – Home of SRT at 20 Merbau Road, Singapore. The current artistic director is Gaurav Kripalani while its mana ...

Young Company (SRT YC) alumnus and a member of the Association of Singapore Actors. He began acting in Singapore with Theatreworks' musical, Beauty World and has worked with many other theatre companies. His work occasionally extends into TV and radio. Tan was one of the top 30 contestants in the 1st season of

Singapore Idol ''Singapore Idol'' was a Singaporean reality television singing competition produced by Mediacorp, MediaCorp Studios and FremantleMedia Operations BV. It began airing on Channel 5 (Singaporean TV channel), MediaCorp Channel 5 on 9 August 2004 un ...

. Tan has also lent his voice to many characters in cartoons like ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...

'', the second ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' between September 1996 and March 2004, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The ...

'' anime series (''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters''), and ''

Machine Robo Rescue is a 2003 Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It is the third installment of the '' Machine Robo'' anime trilogy, which is based on the toyline by PLEX and Bandai. It is directed by Mamoru Kanbe (''Cardcaptor Sakura'') ...

''. For 5 years, he hosted the Sunday morning show on the arts radio station Passion 99.5FM. He became a finalist on

; due to this he produced his ''Moments Alone'', an EP.Beauty World Biographies
." ''Meet The Creative Team''. Accessed 23 July 2008. He also released his novel, "My Cup of Teh-O: A Singaporean Boy's Search for Home in America", which is a narrative loosely based on his life in New York City. On hi
official website
there are links to sample chapters of his work.
" ''Want to publish a novel? Just click''. Accessed 8 November 2009. On film, Tan has appeared in '' Cyber Wars'' (starring Joan Chen) and was involved in a scene as a New York tourist with

Susan Sarandon Susan Abigail Sarandon (; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to ...

, in Disney's Enchanted. Tan has been trained in puppeteering.

Voice acting credits

(For Singaporean dubs only) * Joey Wheeler (

Katsuya Jonouchi The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its Egy ...

) in ''

''. * Mr. 2,

Mr. 3 The following is a list of pirates in the ''One Piece'' manga, by Eiichiro Oda, and related media of its List of One Piece media, franchise. For other charecters in the series, see: List of One Piece characters, List of ''One Piece'' characters. Th ...

, Dalton and Portgas D. Ace in ''

'' * Katsutoshi Hayashibara in '' Zipang'' * Makoto Fujitani in ''

Karin Karin may refer to: *Karin (given name), a feminine name Fiction * ''Karin'' (manga) or ''Chibi Vampire'', a Japanese media franchise * Karin Hanazono, title character of the manga and anime ''Kamichama Karin'' *Karin Kokubu, a main character in ...

'' (American dub) * Dylan Yuki, Sasuke, Peter, Jirou, Shirou, Chai, Mr. Tsuchida and Otome in ''

Mirmo! ''Mirmo! Zibang'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Shinozuka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Ciao'' from August 2001 to December 2005, with its chapters collected in twe ...

'' * Ace, Jay, Ken, Sasaki, SubmarineRobo and GyroRobo in ''

'' * Noda in ''

Gokusen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shueisha's ''You'' from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in 15 volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and tea ...

'' * Satoshi Horio in ''

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

Television acting credits

*''Singapore Shakes'' *''

Incredible Tales ''Incredible Tales'' (''I.T.'') is a 2004 Singaporean anthology supernatural horror documentary television series released by MediaCorp, revolving horror stories recounted by Asians in each episode. The series is hosted by Thai actor and mod ...

'' – Banana Tree Spirit *''Behind Closed Doors'' – Toy Boys *''Sunshine Station'' *''Heartland Hubby'' *''HBO's Serangoon Road''

Performance credits

* ''

Junie B. Jones ''Junie B. Jones'' is a children's book series written by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus. Published by Random House from 1992 to 2013, the story centers on "almost six-year-old" Junie B. Jones and her adventures in kindergarten a ...

'' US National Tour 2007 * ''Magicbox'' * ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. ...

'' * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' * ''

Army Daze ''Army Daze'' is a 1996 Singaporean comedy film based on the 1987 theatre play of the same name by Singaporean writer Michael Chiang. Distributed by Cathay Asia Films and directed by Ong Keng Sen, the film portrays a group of 18-year-old Singaporea ...

Musical credits

* ''

Thoroughly Modern Millie ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' is a 1967 American musical romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by Richard Morris, based on the 1956 British musical ''Chrysanthemum'', follows a naïve young ...

'' * '' Beauty World'' * ''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...

'' * ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' * '' Spring Awakening''Spring Awakening
" ''Pangdemonium Official Site''. Accessed 2 February 2012.

References

External links

Dwayne Tan Connected (Official Website)

Dwayne's Music Store
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Dwayne Living people Male musical theatre actors Singaporean male stage actors Singaporean male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) Singaporean male voice actors Singaporean people of Chinese descent Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Singaporean male actors