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Chase Tan
Chase Tan
Born	1 April 1990 (age 34); Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Occupations	Basketball player; actor;
Years active	2014–present
	Basketball career
No. 83 – SBPHK Hornets
Position	Shooting guard
League	National Basketball League
Personal information
Born	Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2015	Singapore Slingers
Men's Basketball
Representing Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
SEABA Cup
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳錦宏
Simplified Chinese	陈锦宏
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Jǐnhóng

Chase Tan Chin Hong (born 1 April 1990)^[1] 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.^[1] He studied in Princess Elizabeth Primary School and Jurongville Secondary School.^[2] He started playing basketball while studying in secondary school, and was selected for his school team.^[2] Tan graduated from SIM University.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Basketball career

When Tan was 19, he was spotted by Singapore's national coach Neo Beng Siang and was invited to be part of the Singapore Slingers.^[2] Tan played for the Singapore Slingers in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) from 2010 to 2015. As of 2019, he plays for the SBPHK Hornets in the National Basketball League.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

Acting career

Tan was talent-spotted in 2013 when he emerged as one of the top 12 finalist for Hey Gorgeous (season 2).^[2] In 2014, Tan made his film debut in Meeting the Giant, directed by Tay Ping Hui.^[6] Tan made his Mediacorp acting debut in a drama series produced by Channel 8, Blessings.^[7]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[8]^[9]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2014	Blessings	Hai
2015	You Can Be an Angel Too	Ace
2016	You Can Be an Angel 2	Ace
2017	Have A Little Faith
2017	The Lead	Assistant producer Chase
2018	A Million Dollar Dream	Shawn
2019	Old Is Gold (老友万岁)	Peter Goh
	Hello Miss Driver (下一站，遇见)	Di Sheng
	Heart To Heart (心点心)	Joe
2020	My Guardian Angels (单翼天使)	Mr Peh Shande
	Super Dad (男神不败)	Tan Zhenting
	A Jungle Survivor (森林生存记)	Adam
2021	The Heartland Hero	Xiaoshuai
2022	You Can Be an Angel 4	Albert

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref
2014	Meeting the Giant	Rongqiang	^[10]

Awards and accolades

Legend : Gold Silver Bronze QR: Qualifying Round

Event	Results	Date	Competition
Men's Tournament		15 June 2015	2015 Southeast Asian Games
SEABA Cup		22 May 2014	2014 SEABA Cup
Men's Tournament		8 December 2013	2013 Southeast Asian Games
Top 20 Finalist	12th	15 July 2013	Hey Gorgeous Season 2