Desmond Tan

Desmond Tan

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.

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Filmography

2024

Moments
Moments
as Zhan He Fang
TV - Released: 4/8/2024

2023

Story of Kunning Palace
Story of Kunning Palace
as Gu Chunfang
TV - Released: 11/7/2023
All That Glitters
All That Glitters
as Lin Musen / Liu Mu
TV - Released: 9/18/2023

2022

Home Again
Home Again
TV - Released: 1/18/2022

2021

Key Witness
Key Witness
as Chen Zhi-Ming
TV - Released: 8/19/2021

2020

All Around You
All Around You
as Huo Junhao
TV - Released: 9/9/2020
CTRL
CTRL
TV - Released: 8/3/2020
Falling Into You
Falling Into You
as Chen Tian-Lin
TV - Released: 9/26/2020
CTRL
CTRL
TV - Released: 8/3/2020

2019

Derek: The Movie
Derek: The Movie
as Derek
Movie - Released: 6/18/2019
All is Well
All is Well
as Wu Pin Rui
TV - Released: 3/1/2019

2018

The Big Day
The Big Day
as Nuo Yan
Movie - Released: 6/21/2018
VIC
VIC
TV - Released: 4/19/2018

2017

When Duty Calls
When Duty Calls
as Lu Junguang
TV - Released: 7/31/2017

2016

The Truth Seekers
The Truth Seekers
as Hong Jun Yan
TV - Released: 4/28/2016

2015

1400
1400
as Rain
Movie - Released: 9/3/2015
The Dream Makers
The Dream Makers
as Gao Jian
TV - Released: 12/3/2015
Second Chance
Second Chance
as Li Dashan
TV - Released: 3/12/2015

2014

Against the Tide
Against the Tide
as Zhou Jianfeng
TV - Released: 9/24/2014

2013

96°C Café
96°C Café
as Xu Li Qiao
TV - Released: 4/29/2013
The Journey: A Voyage
The Journey: A Voyage
as Hong Shi
TV - Released: 11/25/2013
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
TV - Released: 1/21/2013

2012

Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice
as Tang Zhisheng
TV - Released: 9/11/2012

2011

A Song to Remember
A Song to Remember
as Luo Xiao Xiao
TV - Released: 11/22/2011

2009

Movie
Little Note
as Son - adult
Movie - Released: 12/1/2009

2008

Beach.Ball.Babes
Beach.Ball.Babes
as Ben
TV - Released: 7/7/2008