Ryan Lian

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Ryan Lian
Born (1985-09-04) 4 September 1985 (age 38)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2010–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 廖永誼
Simplified Chinese 廖永谊
Hanyu Pinyin Liào Yǒngyì

Ryan Lian Yong Yi (born 4 September 1985) is a Singaporean actor, singer and host.

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Career

Lian is managed by J Team productions under mm2 Entertainment. [1]

Lian had been taking on minor roles in Mediacorp dramas for more than 15 years before he made his film debut in director Jack Neo's movie Long Long Time Ago and Long Long Time Ago 2 as Ah Long and this was the first time he was one of the main leads. [2]

In a Singaporean crime show titled In Cold Blood , Lian portrayed "Koh", who was based on Lee Chez Kee, a Malaysian who killed an NUS associate professor during a robbery in 1993 before spending 13 years as a fugitive; Lee committed the crime with two other men, who were both arrested in 1998. Lee, who was arrested and convicted of the murder in 2006, was executed by the time the episode aired in 2012. [3]

In 2017, Lian was featured in Take 2 and Ah Boys to Men 4 , where he was the first main lead in the former film and reprises his role as Ah Long in the latter film.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Fragrant RiceEnglish film
2016 Long Long Time Ago Ah Long
Long Long Time Ago 2
4LoveShort film
2017 Take 2 Ah Hu
Ah Boys to Men 4 Corporal Ah Long
2021 The Diam Diam Era Two Ah Long
2024 Money No Enough 3
King of Hawkers

Television series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2017 The Lead DirectorCameo
2018Die Die Also Must Serve (战备好兄弟)Huang HongxiaoToggle original series
Babies On Board Peng Weide
2019Hello From The Other Side (阴错阳差)Xiaohei
My One In A Million (我的万里挑一)Alex
2023 Till the End Chen Xiaolong

Discography

Singles

YearTitleAlbumNotes
2017遇见贵人Non-album singleTheme song for Take 2
你比从前快乐Non-album single

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References

  1. "Talent Management". mm2 Entertainment. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. Lim, Kimberly (12 November 2016). "Catch Ryan Lian at The New Paper Big Walk". The New Paper. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. "In Cold Blood S2 Ep 9 Robbery Gone Wrong". mewatch. Retrieved 10 April 2024.