Teddy Tang (), better known as Teddy, is an actor and model in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Career

Teddy Tang won a local TV talent hunt,

Hey Gorgeous ''Hey Gorgeous'' (, previously styled ''Hey! Gorgeous'', ) is a Singaporean talent-scouting competition which searches for new talents in tertiary institutes. The show ran for three seasons, with a change in its Chinese title during the second se ...

, in 2012. Within the same year, the then part-time model flew to

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to pursue a modelling career after graduating with a Mechanical Engineering degree from

Nanyang Technological University The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a national research university in Singapore. It is the second oldest autonomous university in the country and is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in the world by various in ...

. He is also an alumnus of Gan Eng Seng School and Yishun Junior College. He was awarded Best Newcomer in Asia Model Awards 2014. Six months later, he moved to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

because he felt it had a more vibrant entertainment scene, with a larger market for budding actors. His exotic good looks - inherited from a Taiwanese mother and a Singaporean Chinese father of Dutch and Japanese descent - landed him a spot with Catwalk in 2015. He made his rounds at the Taiwanese variety show circuit - displaying his wit on talk shows Genius Go Go Go 天才冲冲冲 and GTV Delicious 美味搜查线 and testing his athletic ability on gameshow Variety Get Together 综艺大集合. Teddy's modelling portfolio includes gigs such as

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, Issey Miyake, Dior, Timberland Fashion Show & Adidas shows in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. He has also appeared in the commercials and print ads of brands such as

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, Hyundai, Gucci and American Express in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. He also featured in editorial shoots for Esquire and GQ Taiwan. Teddy later returned to Singapore in May 2016 to take on local productions such as Channel 5 series ''

Tanglin Tanglin is a planning area located within the Central Region of Singapore. Tanglin is located west of Newton, Orchard, River Valley and Singapore River, south of Novena, east of Bukit Timah, northeast of Queenstown and north of Bukit Me ...

Career

Filmography

Channel 8 Dramas

Channel 5 Drama

Variety Shows

Accolades

References