Desmond Tan

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.

Most Known For

A Song to Remember

as Luo Xiao Xiao

The Journey: A Voyage

as Hong Shi

Falling Into You

as Chen Tian-Lin

All is Well

as Wu Pin Rui

All That Glitters

as Lin Musen / Liu Mu

Against the Tide

as Zhou Jianfeng

Home Again

The Dream Makers

as Gao Jian

Code of Law

as Derek Ho Zhi Zhong

VIC

Poetic Justice

as Tang Zhisheng

Second Chance

as Li Dashan

CTRL

Beach.Ball.Babes

as Ben

Moments

as Zhan Hefang

It's a Wonderful Life

The Truth Seekers

as Hong Jun Yan

Devil Behind the Gate

as Yuan Yingcai / Yuan Yingjie

Key Witness

as Chen Zhi-Ming

When Duty Calls

as Lu Junguang