Chase Tan

Chase Tan Chin Hong (born 1 April 1990) is a Singaporean actor and basketball player who plays for the SBPHK Hornets in the Singapore National Basketball League and the Singapore national basketball team.

Early life and education Chase Tan was born on 1 April 1990. He started playing basketball while studying in secondary school, and was selected for his school team.

Tan represented Singapore in major competitions such as the Southeast Asian Games. He took part in 2013, 2015 and 2019. He won bronze in the 2013 and 2015 edition.

Acting career Tan was talent-spotted in 2013 when he emerged as one of the top 12 finalist for Hey Gorgeous (season 2). Tan made his Mediacorp acting debut in a drama series produced by Channel 8, Blessings.

Controversy Chase Tan was cast as one of the characters in My Guardian Angels, a 2020 Singaporean Chinese-language drama about three mothers struggling to raise their children alone. The fictional drama depicts Tan as Bai Shande, a paedophile basketball coach with sexually transmitted diseases who molested teenage boys. Bai was sentenced to jail and caning after his being arrested for his crimes.

The appearance of the character sparked controversy for its alleged discrimination against the LGBTQ community in Singapore, to which Mediacorp and also Tan himself made official apologies for the feature and assured the LGBTQ public that they had no intent to discriminate the LGBTQ in Singapore.

Filmography Television series

Film YearTitleRoleRef2014 Meeting the Giant Rongqiang

Awards and accolades Legend : File:Med 1.png Gold File:Med 2.png Silver File:Med 3.png Bronze QR: Qualifying Round