
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Devil Behind the Gate as Yuan Yingcai / Yuan Yingjie
2024Moments as Zhan Hefang
2023All That Glitters as Lin Musen / Liu Mu
2022Home Again
2021Key Witness as Chen Zhi-Ming
2020Falling Into You as Chen Tian-Lin
2020All Around You as Huo Junhao
2020CTRL
2020CTRL
2019Derek: The Movie as Derek
2019All is Well as Wu Pin Rui
2018The Big Day as Nuo Yan
2018VIC
2017When Duty Calls as Lu Junguang
2016The Truth Seekers as Hong Jun Yan
2015The Dream Makers as Gao Jian
20151400 as Rain
2015Second Chance as Li Dashan
2014Against the Tide as Zhou Jianfeng
2013The Journey: A Voyage as Hong Shi
201396°C Café as Xu Liqiao
2013It's a Wonderful Life
2012Code of Law as Derek Ho Zhi Zhong
2012Poetic Justice as Tang Zhisheng
2011A Song to Remember as Luo Xiao Xiao
2009Little Note as Son - adult
2008Beach.Ball.Babes as Ben
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