Andie Chen facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Andie Chen
Chen in 2017
Born	Andy Tan Bang Jun (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 38) Singapore
Education	Tanglin Secondary School
Alma mater	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Occupation	Actor host model vlogger
Years active	2007–present
Spouse(s)	Kate Pang ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Awards	Star Search 2007: Champion
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳邦鋆
Simplified Chinese	陈邦鋆
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Bāngjūn

Andie Chen (born Andy Tan Bang Jun on 16 June 1985) is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger, who was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2017.

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.

In mid 2020, Chen signed a contract with Taiwan’s EeLin Entertainment and moved to Taiwan.

Business venture

While in Taiwan, Chen started playing Axie Infinity and subsequently started a company, Freedom Nation, to latch on to the game.

Personal life

Chen graduated from Tanglin Secondary School and went on to Ngee Ann Polytechnic to obtain 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 series

Film

Theatre

Awards and nominations