Tyler Ten

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Tyler Ten
Born (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)
Other namesDeng Weide
Education
Alma mater Singapore Institute of Management
Occupations
  • Actor
  • TikTok personality
  • model
  • martial arts instructor
Years active2019−present
Musical career
Member ofHST
Modeling information
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Hair colorBlack [1]
Eye colorBlack [1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 鄧偉德
Simplified Chinese 邓伟德
Hanyu Pinyin Dèng Wěidé

Tyler Ten (born 19 March 1996) [2] is a Singaporean actor, model and martial arts instructor.

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Early and personal life

Ten's father is an engineer and his mother helps out at a drinks stall. He has an older brother who works in the automotive industry. [3]

Ten practised Muay Thai from a young age and won his first competition at age 14. He is also trained in bodybuilding and is a martial arts instructor. Before becoming an actor and model, Ten was also a waiter and did mascot jobs. [4]

He was educated at Jurongville Secondary School and he studied interior design at Singapore Polytechnic. [5] He attended Singapore Institute of Management studying marketing while juggling acting commitments at Mediacorp, playing minor roles in the television series Key Witness, Super Dad, Watch Out! Alexius, and Mister Flower. [3] [6]

Career

Ten is also a model and was formerly signed to modelling agency NOW Model Management. [3]

He participated in Mediacorp Star Search in 2019, and came in as one of the top 12 finalists. He was cast in the Channel 8 drama series All Around You in the same year. [3]

In 2021, Ten scored his first leading role in the firefighting-themed drama series In Safe Hands. [7] Shortly after, he went on to appear in more television series, including playing the role of an army officer in When Duty Calls 2 and a nurse in You Can Be An Angel 4 . [4] [8] [9]

In 2023, Ten appeared in the drama series Strike Gold and played a social worker in Family Ties . He was also cast in the blockbuster series All That Glitters . [10]

Ten, Herman Keh and Zhai Siming are members of the group "HST", formed by Mediacorp's artiste management arm The Celebrity Agency in 2021. [11] [12]

He is also a TikTok personality who has accumulated more than 81.8K followers and 754.8K "likes" to date.

Filmography

Ten has appeared in the following shows: [13] [14] [15]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019All Around YouCalvin Ong
2020Watch out! Alexius
A Quest to Heal Derrick
Interns' Survivor Guide
Mister Flower
Super DadTim
2021In Safe HandsJayden Chee
Key Witness
2022When Duty Calls 2Zeng Anqing
You Can Be An Angel 4Fang Jinxiang
Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting II SeanS2. Ep.3–4
2023 Strike Gold Ray
Family Ties Lin Jianan
All That Glitters Sudsakorn
I Do, Do I? Ma Jiabao
2024Love on a ShoestringChen Shi [16]

Discography

Compilation albums

YearEnglish titleMandarin titleRef
2021MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 21新传媒群星福满牛年Moo Moo 乐 [17]
2022MediaCorp Music Lunar New Year Album 22新传媒群星旺虎泰哥迎春乐

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef
2023 Star Awards Top 3 Most Popular Rising Stars Nominated [18]
2024 Star Awards Top 3 Most Popular Rising Stars Nominated [19]

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