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May 28, 1963 Singapore 61 years old
Singaporean actor
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About Chen Tianwen
- Chen Tianwen is an actor from Singapore.
- He is contracted to MediaCorp, and has starred in many Chinese-language Singaporean dramas shown on MediaCorp Channel 8 throughout the 1990s, including Ah Boys to Men 2, Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen and The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown.
- Chen was educated at the now defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School.
- He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now MediaCorp) after completing the 5th artiste drama training class and made his debut in 1984.
- He holds a black belt in taekwondo and his martial arts background led him to being cast in many wuxia dramas in the 1990s and as characters with fight scenes in other drama series.
- He is also a member of the Singapore Celebrity Soccer Team.The Straits Times remarked that Chen's "much-praised understated turn" in the Cannes Film Festival award-winning film Ilo Ilo put him in the spotlight once again.Chen hit the headlines again when two parody music videos he starred in, went viral.
- The first, titled "Unbelievable", was 'lauded' for the nonsensical line 'I so stunned like vegetable' (sic), drawing the attention of TIME, while the second, "Sandcastle in My Heart", in which Irene Ang also starred in, did not become as popular as the previous one.
- Both videos are a parody of popular Chinese MVs in the 1970s, particularly the work of Singaporean singer Huang Chingyuan.Chen has gotten 1 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 1997 respectively.
