Desmond Tan
Born: 1970-03-19 in Singapore
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2025
- Devil Behind the Gate as Yuan Yingcai / Yuan Yingjie
2024
- Moments as Zhan Hefang
2023
- All That Glitters as Lin Musen / Liu Mu
2022
2021
- Key Witness as Chen Zhi-Ming
2020
- Falling Into You as Chen Tian-Lin
- All Around You as Huo Junhao
- CTRL
- CTRL
2019
- All is Well as Wu Pin Rui
- Derek: The Movie as Derek
2018
- The Big Day as Nuo Yan
- VIC
2017
- When Duty Calls as Lu Junguang
2016
- The Truth Seekers as Hong Jun Yan
2015
- The Dream Makers as Gao Jian
- Second Chance as Li Dashan
- 1400 as Rain
2014
- Against the Tide as Zhou Jianfeng
2013
- The Journey: A Voyage as Hong Shi
- 96°C Café as Xu Liqiao
- It's a Wonderful Life
2012
- Code of Law as Derek Ho Zhi Zhong
- Poetic Justice as Tang Zhisheng
2011
- A Song to Remember as Luo Xiao Xiao
2009
- Little Note as Son - adult
2008
- Beach.Ball.Babes as Ben