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    Chen Tian Wen

    1963-05-28 (61 years old) in 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. 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.

    Movies

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    Take 2
    45 %|Jan 26, 2017
    Comedy
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    Lulu the Movie
    36 %|Nov 24, 2016
    Comedy
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    Mr. Unbelievable
    60 %|Dec 3, 2015
    Comedy, Music
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    Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen
    82 %|Feb 19, 2015
    Comedy, Action
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    Wayang Boy
    0 %|Nov 13, 2014
    Drama
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    The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown
    100 %|Jun 12, 2014
    Action, Comedy, Family
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    The Lion Men
    100 %|Jan 30, 2014
    Family, Action, Comedy
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    Ilo Ilo
    70 %|Aug 29, 2013
    Drama, Family
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    Ah Boys To Men 2
    69.44 %|Jan 31, 2013
    Comedy, Drama, War
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    Ah Boys To Men
    61 %|Nov 7, 2012
    Comedy
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    One Last Dance
    55 %|Jan 11, 2007
    Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance

    Series

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    Sunny Side up
    0 %|Apr 4, 2022
    Family, Drama
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    My Guardian Angels
    0 %|Apr 6, 2020
    Family, Drama
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    VIC
    0 %|Apr 19, 2018
    Drama
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    Mind Matters
    0 %|Feb 8, 2018
    Drama
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    Life Less Ordinary
    70 %|Oct 2, 2017
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    New Beginnings
    0 %|Apr 14, 2010
    Drama
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    Man at Forty
    0 %|May 17, 2004
    Drama
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    The Legendary Swordsman
    60 %|May 18, 2000
    Drama
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    The Last Swordsman
    0 %|Jan 1, 1991
    Action & Adventure, Drama