Chase Tan

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Chase Tan
Born (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990 (age 34)
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Occupations
  • Basketball player
  • actor
Years active2014–present
Basketball career
No. 83–SBPHK Hornets
Position Shooting guard
LeagueNational Basketball League
Personal information
BornSingapore
NationalitySingaporean
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2015 Singapore Slingers
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Naypyidaw Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Singapore Team
SEABA Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bangkok Team
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳錦宏
Simplified Chinese 陈锦宏
Hanyu Pinyin Chén Jǐnhóng

Chase Tan Chin Hong (born 1 April 1990) [1] is a Singaporean actor and basketball player who plays for the SBPHK Hornets in the Singapore National Basketball League and the Singapore national basketball team.

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Early life and education

Chase Tan was born on 1 April 1990. [1] He studied in Princess Elizabeth Primary School and Jurongville Secondary School. [2] He started playing basketball while studying in secondary school, and was selected for his school team. [2] Tan graduated from SIM University.[ citation needed ]

Career

Basketball career

When Tan was 19, he was spotted by Singapore's national coach Neo Beng Siang and was invited to be part of the Singapore Slingers. [2] Tan played for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) from 2010 to 2015. As of 2019, he plays for the SBPHK Hornets in the National Basketball League. [3]

Tan represented Singapore in major competitions such as the Southeast Asian Games. He took part in 2013, 2015 and 2019. He won bronze in the 2013 and 2015 edition. [4] [5]

Acting career

Tan was talent-spotted in 2013 when he emerged as one of the top 12 finalist for Hey Gorgeous (season 2). [2] In 2014, Tan made his film debut in Meeting the Giant , directed by Tay Ping Hui. [6] Tan made his Mediacorp acting debut in a drama series produced by Channel 8, Blessings . [7]

Controversy

Chase Tan was cast as one of the characters in My Guardian Angels , a 2020 Singaporean Chinese-language drama about three mothers struggling to raise their children alone. The fictional drama depicts Tan as Bai Shande, a paedophile basketball coach with sexually transmitted diseases who molested teenage boys. Bai was sentenced to jail and caning after his being arrested for his crimes.[ citation needed ]

The appearance of the character sparked controversy for its alleged discrimination against the LGBTQ community in Singapore, to which Mediacorp and also Tan himself made official apologies for the feature and assured the LGBTQ public that they had no intent to discriminate the LGBTQ in Singapore. [8] [9]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleRef
2014 Blessings Hai
2015 You Can Be an Angel Too Ace
2016 You Can Be an Angel 2 Ace
2017 Have A Little Faith
The Lead Assistant producer Chase
2018 A Million Dollar Dream Shawn
2019Old Is Gold (老友万岁)Peter Goh
Hello Miss Driver (下一站，遇见)Di Sheng
Heart To Heart (心点心)Joe
2020My Guardian Angels (单翼天使)Mr Peh Shande
Super Dad (男神不败)Tan Zhenting
A Jungle Survivor (森林生存记)Adam
2021 The Heartland Hero Xiaoshuai
2022 You Can Be an Angel 4 Albert

Film

YearTitleRoleRef
2014 Meeting the Giant Rongqiang [10]

Awards and accolades

Legend : Med 1.png Gold Med 2.png Silver Med 3.png Bronze   QR: Qualifying Round

EventResultsDateCompetition
Men's Tournament
Med 3.png 15 June 20152015 Southeast Asian Games
SEABA Cup Med 1.png 22 May 20142014 SEABA Cup
Men's Tournament
Med 3.png 8 December 20132013 Southeast Asian Games
Top 20 Finalist
12th15 July 2013Hey Gorgeous Season 2

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Lee, David (18 November 2019). "Actor back to Chase another SEA Games medal". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Singapore National Men Team - 2019". Archived from the original on 15 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Basketball: Singapore actor Chase Tan sets sights on another SEA Games medal". The Straits Times. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Actor back to Chase another SEA Games medal". The Straits Times. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Basketball: 10 facts about the Singapore Slingers you probably didn't know". The Straits Times. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "9大高颜值明星运动员！". www.8world.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mediacorp apologises for controversial paedophile character in Channel 8 drama My Guardian Angels". The Straits Times. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "My Guardian Angels - Ep 24". meWATCH. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Not giving up on the golden dream". TODAYonline. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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