Joshua Tan

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Joshua Tan
Born (1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 33)
Nationality Australian
Alma mater Monash University
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Spouse
Tay Zoen
(m. 2022)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳偉恩
Simplified Chinese 陈伟恩

Joshua Tan Wei En (born 19 August 1990) is an Australian actor and singer based in Singapore.

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Career

Tan has become a local celebrity after the successes of Ah Boys to Men movie series as Ken Chow by director Jack Neo.

Personal life

Tan was born in Melbourne, Australia but was raised in Singapore. He has a degree from Melbourne's Monash University. He married Zoen Tay on 26 December 2022. [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2012 Ah Boys to Men Recruit Ken Chow
2013 Ah Boys to Men 2
2014Hong Baos and KissesXavier Tan
2015 Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen 3rd Sergeant Ken Chow
2016 Long Long Time Ago Corporal Ken ChowCameo
Young & Fabulous Hao Ren
2017 Ah Boys to Men 4 Corporal First Class Ken Chow

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2015Lion MumsMarcus Lim
2016A Selfie's TaleHans Lee Hao Nan [3]
2017 Lion Mums 2 Marcus Lim
2018You Can Be An Angel 3Ray Lee Yingjie 李英杰
2019 How Are You? Ouyang Ming 欧阳明
Lion Mums 3Marcus Lim
2020Best Friends ForeverOuyang Jie 欧阳杰
How Are You 2Ouyang Ming 欧阳明
2021-22Lion Mums 4Marcus Lim
2022 Little Women Hotel receptionistCameo [4]
2023Mr Zhou's Ghost stories @ Job Haunting IIAh Qiang 阿强

Variety

YearTitleRole
2017Super 100Himself

Theater

YearTitleRoleRef
2017Flying Through TimeTiger

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated WorkResultRef
2021 Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Top 10

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References

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  4. cue (27 September 2022). "Adrian Pang and other local actors appear in K-drama Little Women's Singapore scenes | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.