Chen Tian Wen
Actor
- Born
- May 28, 1963 (age 63) · Singapore
Chen was educated at the now defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the SBC after completing the 5th artiste drama training class and made his debut in 1984. He holds a black belt in taekwondo and his martial arts background led him to being cast in many wuxia dramas in the 1990s and as characters with fight scenes in other drama series. He is also a member of the Singapore Celebrity Soccer Team.
The Straits Times remarked that Chen's "much-praised understated turn" in the Cannes Film Festival award-winning Ilo Ilo put him in the spotlight once again.
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Chen hit the headlines again when two parody music videos he starred in, went viral. The first, titled "Unbelievable", was 'lauded' for the nonsensical line 'I so stunned like vegetable' (sic), drawing the attention of TIME, while the second, "Sandcastle in My Heart", in which Irene Ang also starred in, did not become as popular as the previous one. Both videos are a parody of popular Chinese MVs in the 1970s, particularly the work of Singaporean singer Huang Ching Yuan.
Known for
Ilo Ilo
August 29, 2013
Ah Boys To Men
November 7, 2012
One Last Dance
January 11, 2007
Ah Boys To Men 2
January 31, 2013
Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen
February 19, 2015
It's a Great, Great World!
January 11, 2011
Lulu the Movie
November 24, 2016
Take 2
January 26, 2017
The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown
June 12, 2014
The Lion Men
January 30, 2014
Mr. Unbelievable
December 3, 2015
Wayang Boy
November 13, 2014
Acting13
- 2025Kopitiam Days
- 2017Take 2 as Di Tie
- 2016Lulu the Movie as Brad Pit
- 2015Mr. Unbelievable as Eric Kwek Hock Seng
- 2015Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen as Mr. Jin / Aloysius's Father
- 2014Wayang Boy
- 2014The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown as Master He
- 2014The Lion Men as Master He
- 2013Ilo Ilo as Lim Beng Teck
- 2013Ah Boys To Men 2 as Mr. Jin / Aloysius's Father