Andie Chen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Andie Chen
Chen in 2017
Born	Andy Tan Bang Jun (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 39) Singapore
Education	Tanglin Secondary School
Alma mater	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Occupations	Actor host model vlogger
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Kate Pang ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2[1]
Awards	Star Search 2007: Champion
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳邦鋆
Simplified Chinese	陈邦鋆
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Bāngjūn

Andie Chen (born Andy Tan Bang Jun on 16 June 1985) is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger, who was a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2017.

Career

Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series Growing Up Season 2 Ep 12: Brother Of Mine in which he made a cameo flashback appearance as a child version of Tay Wee Seng, older brother of Lim Kay Tong's character Charlie Tay Wee Kiat's older brother and was credited as Andy Tan in year 1997.[2] He shot to prominence after winning Star Search 2007 and earned a contract with Mediacorp.[3] He was given his first television roles the following year, most notably in the blockbuster period drama The Little Nyonya. Since then he has starred in many high-profile television dramas such as Unriddle, C.L.I.F., Code of Honour, Joys of Life, The Journey (trilogy series) and The Lead.

In August 2015, Chen played the lead role in the Mandarin musical, December Rains, by Toy Factory Productions. It was his first theatrical performance.[4]

Chen was nominated for 3 categories at Star Awards 2017, which are Best Actor for If Only I Could, Best Supporting Actor for Hero and Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes. On 1 November 2017, Chen announced that he will not be renewing his contract with Mediacorp. Chen left Mediacorp on 31 October 2017 with his wife, Kate Pang.[5] His last drama series with Mediacorp was The Lead.[6] He was nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes at the Star Awards 2018.

In mid 2020, Chen signed a contract with Taiwan’s EeLin Entertainment and moved to Taiwan.[7]

Business venture

While in Taiwan, Chen started playing Axie Infinity and subsequently started a company, Freedom Nation, to latch on to the game.[8]

Personal life

Chen graduated from Tanglin Secondary School and went on to Ngee Ann Polytechnic to obtain a diploma in Film, Sound and Video.[9] He married actress Kate Pang in 2013 after a secret courtship[10] and they have a son Aden and a daughter Avery. Chen and Pang have a parenting channel named Kandie Family which was launched in 2016.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	The Defining Moment	Lin Kexi
	The Little Nyonya	Alexandre Huang Tianbao
2009	Mr & Mrs Kok (妙探夫妻档)
	Fighting Spiders	Tony Lee
2010	Fighting Spiders II	Tony Lee
	The Pupil	Andy	Episode: "Blog Out"
	Friends Forever	Jeff
	Precious Babes	Fu Weide
	Unriddle	Yan Dewei
		Cai Zhiyong
2011	Code of Honour	Ou Jianfeng
	C.L.I.F.	Zhao Guohuang
	Prosperity	Ma Yongjie
2012	Joys of Life	Sun Zibin
2013	Disclosed	Zhang Letian
	Break Free (曙光)	Xu Haolong
	C.L.I.F. 2	Zhao Guohuang
2014	The Journey: Tumultuous Times	Hong Dangyong
	Independent Heroes (廉政英雄)	Jian Shaoxiong
2015	Accidental Agents (绝队保险)	Johnny
	The Journey: Our Homeland	Hong Dangyong		[5]
2016	Trapped Minds (心魔)	Haolin
	K.O.	Latte Wang
	If Only I Could	He Daxian
	Hero	Ou Jinguang		[5]
2017	The Lead	Hong Deping
	Lion Mums (Season 2)	Chong Meng
2018	Love At Cavenagh Bridge (加文纳桥的约定)	Xiao Shaocong
	My Agent Is A Hero (流浪经纪)	Max
2019	Lion Mums (Season 3)	Chong Meng
	The Driver (伺机)	Reagen
	My Agent Is A Hero 2 (流浪经纪2)	Max
	Walk With Me (谢谢你出现在我的行程里)	Wu Weikang
	The Good Fight (致胜出击)	Xie Zhengbin
2020	Titoudao - Inspired by the True Story of a Wayang Star	Gwee Seng
2022	Sisters Stand Tall (快跑吧，丽娇！)	Yang Liwen
	Third Rail	John Ho		[11]
2023	Silent Walls	Zheng Haojie
	Whatever Will Be, Will Be	Lin Guangjian	Dialect series
2024	Born to Shine	Yi Ge		[12]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Already Famous	DW's father
2019	When Ghost Meets Zombie

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Ref
2015	December Rains	Zhou Yingxiong	[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Star Awards	Best Newcomer	—	Nominated
2011	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Precious Babes (as Fu Weide)	Nominated
2012	Star Awards	Best Actor	Code of Honour (as Ou Jianfeng)	Nominated
2016	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Journey: Our Homeland (as Hong Dangyong)	Nominated
2017	Star Awards	Best Actor	If Only I Could (as He Daxian)	Nominated	[14]
		Best Supporting Actor	Hero (as Ou Jinguang)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2018	Star Awards	Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	The Lead (as Hong Deping)	Nominated
2019	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	My Agent Is A Hero (as Max)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated
2023	Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Sisters Stand Tall (as Yang Liwen)	Nominated
	Asian Academy Creative Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role (national winner - Singapore)	Third Rail (as John Ho)	Won
2024	Star Awards	Best Actor	Silent Walls (as Zheng Haojie)	Nominated	[14]
		Best Supporting Actor	Whatever Will Be, Will Be (as Lin Guangjian)	Nominated
		Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes	—	Nominated

References

1. Seah, May (30 June 2014). "Kate Pang, Andie Chen welcome baby boy". TODAYOnline. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
2. "Andie Chen's special relationship with Romeo Tan". Channel News Asia. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
3. "22-year-old Andie Chen wins Star Search 2007". Channel News Asia. 4 November 2007. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
4. Seah, May (27 April 2015). "TV actor Andie Chen takes to the stage". Today. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
5. hermesauto (1 November 2017). "Celebrity couple Andie Chen and Kate Pang leave Mediacorp". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
6. "Celebrity couple Andie Chen and Kate Pang say goodbye to Mediacorp". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
7. "Andie Chen made 15-min decision to relocate family; signs Taiwan contract". CNA Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
8. "Broke and depressed in Taiwan, actor Andie Chen starts a gaming company". CNA Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
9. "Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 - Celebrity Bios on xinmsn Entertainment". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
10. "Andie Chen and Kate Pang are married — and pregnant". Today Online. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
11. May Seah (3 October 2022). "In a hijacked MRT train, Rebecca Lim and Andie Chen play enemies not lovers for once". CNA Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
12. "Ex-TV star Hong Guorui returns to screen, shares how driving Grab helps in his acting". AsiaOne. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
13. Auto, Hermes (30 August 2015). "December Rains more moving than other recent works of Singaporean musical theatre | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
14. "'I was a bit of an a**hole back then': Star Awards triple-nominee Andie Chen reflects on how he's changed". Yahoo News. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

External links

• Andie Chen on Facebook