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Andie Chen
Born
Andy Tan Bang Jun

Education Tanglin Secondary School
Alma mater Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Occupation Actor, Host, Model
Years active 2007–present
Known for Tommy "Squints" Palledorous in Oh! Squints
Spouse(s) Kate Pang (m. 2013)
Children Aden 陈煊劼
Avery 陈语霏
Awards Star Search 2007: Champion
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳邦鋆
Simplified Chinese 陈邦鋆

Andie Chen (simplified Chinese: 陈邦鋆; traditional Chinese: 陳邦鋆; pinyin: Chén Bāng Jūn) is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis.

Career

Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series Growing Up Season 2 Ep 12: Brother Of Mine in which he made a cameo flashback appearance as a child version of Tay Wee Seng, older brother of Lim Kay Tong's character Charlie Tay Wee Kiat's older brother and was credited as Andy Tan in year 1997. He shot to prominence after winning Star Search 2007 and earned a contract with Mediacorp. He was given his first television roles the following year, most notably in the blockbuster period drama The Little Nyonya. Since then he has starred in many high-profile television dramas such as Unriddle, C.L.I.F., Code of Honour, Joys of Life, The Journey (trilogy series) and The Lead.

In August 2015, Chen played the lead role in the Mandarin musical, December Rains, by Toy Factory Productions. It was his first theatrical performance.

Chen was nominated for 3 categories at Star Awards 2017, which are Best Actor for If Only I Could, Best Supporting Actor for Hero & Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. On 1 November 2017, Chen announced that he will not be renewing his contract with Mediacorp. Chen left Mediacorp on 31 October 2017 with his wife, Kate Pang. His last drama series with Mediacorp was The Lead. He was nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes at the Star Awards 2018.

Personal life

Chen graduated from Tanglin Secondary School before he proceeded on to Ngee Ann Polytechnic where he obtained a diploma in Film, Sound and Video. He married actress Kate Pang in 2013 after a secret courtship and they have a son Aden and a daughter Avery. Chen and Pang have a parenting channel named Kandie Family which was launched in 2016.

Filmography

Television

Year Work Role Notes Ref
2008 The Defining Moment Lin Kexi 林可喜
The Little Nyonya Alexandre Huang Tianbao 黄天宝
2009 Mr & Mrs Kok 妙探夫妻档
Fighting Spiders Tony Lee
2010 Fighting Spiders II Tony Lee
The Pupil Andy Episode: Blog Out
Friends Forever Jeff 石健明
Precious Babes Fu Weide 傅炜德
Unriddle Yan Dewei 严德威
Cai Zhiyong 蔡志勇
2011 Code of Honour Ou Jianfeng 欧剑锋
C.L.I.F. Zhao Guohuang 赵国煌
Prosperity Ma Yongjie 马永捷
2012 Joys of Life Sun Zibin 孙子斌
2013 Disclosed Zhang Letian 张乐天
Break Free 曙光 Xu Haolong 徐浩龙
C.L.I.F. 2 警徽天职 2 Zhao Guohuang 赵国煌
2014 The Journey: Tumultuous Times Hong Dangyong 洪当勇
Independent Heroes 廉政英雄 Jian Shaoxiong 简少雄
2015 Accidental Agents 绝队保险 Johnny
The Journey: Our Homeland Hong Dangyong 洪当勇
2016 Trapped Minds 心魔 Haolin 浩林
K.O. Latte Wang 王子聪
If Only I Could He Daxian 何大先
Hero Ou Jinguang 区金光
2017 The Lead Hong Deping 洪德平
Lion Mums (Season 2) Chong Meng
2018 Love At Cavenagh Bridge 加文纳桥的约定 Xiao Shaocong 萧少聪
My Agent Is A Hero 流浪经纪 Max
2019 Lion Mums (Season 3) Chong Meng
The Driver 伺机 Reagen
My Agent Is A Hero 2 流浪经纪2 Max
Walk With Me 谢谢你出现在我的行程里 Wu Weikang 伍伟康
The Good Fight 致胜出击 Xie Zhengbin 谢正斌
2020 Titoudao - Inspired by the True Story of a Wayang Star Gwee Seng
2022 Sisters Stand Tall Yang Liwen 杨立文
Third Rail John Ho

Films

Year Work Role Notes Ref
2007 Oh! Squints Tommy "Squints" Palledorous
2011 Already Famous 一泡而红 DW's Father DW 父
2013 Oh! Squints II Tommy "Squints" Palledorous
2018 Oh! Squints III
2019 When Ghost Meets Zombie 女鬼爱上尸

Theater

Year Title Role
2015 December Rains 雨季 Zhou Ying Xiong 周英雄

Accolades

Year Ceremony Award Nominated Work Result
2009 Star Awards Best Newcomer N/A Nominated
2011 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor Precious Babes (as Fu Weide) Nominated
2012 Star Awards Best Actor Code of Honour (as Ou Jianfeng) Nominated
2016 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor The Journey: Our Homeland (as Hong Dangyong) Nominated
2017 Star Awards Best Actor If Only I Could (as He Daxian) Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Hero (as Ou Jinguang) Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Nominated
2018 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes The Lead (as Hong Deping) Nominated
2019 Star Awards Best Supporting Actor My Agent Is A Hero (as Max) Nominated
Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes N/A Nominated
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