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. Fang was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. He portrayed of a student who lost his grandmother and had to struggle for a living in 2013, in the drama ''
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''. Through that debut role, he was awarded the Best Newcomer Award at the annual
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Ceremony. Fang also starred in the drama ''
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'', the cast of the drama later also proceed on to shoot a movie ''
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''.


Career

Fang was born in
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, China and moved to Singapore in 2002. He studied in
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, Bendemeer Secondary School and graduated from
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. He made his acting debut in police drama ''
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'' in 2011, playing a rich kid who lands himself in trouble after single-handedly masterminding a series of bombings. In 2012, Fang made his debut in film ''
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''. The same year, he also starred in Show Hand alongside Christopher Lee and ''
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''. In 2013, Fang was awarded the Best Newcomer award at
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. He also hosted his first travelogue ''My Working Holiday'' where he visited different countries to work in exchange for food and lodging, which earned him a nomination for the Best Info-Ed Host at
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. In 2014, Fang starred as a lead role in Channel U, ''Served H.O.T..'' In the same year, he was given a role in basketball-themed movie ''Meeting The Giant'', directed by
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. In 2016, Fang was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor in
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as Chen Hao Wei in
Tiger Mum ''Tiger Mum'' (Chinese: 虎妈来了) is a Singaporean family drama produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8. The drama began production in November 2014. The series ran from 9 April to 6 May 2015. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had ...
which won Best Drama in 2016. He also made his debut as a rap artist and released his first single, "1st Attempt", featuring vocals from
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. In 2017, Fang was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor in Star Awards as Lin Zi Jie in
The Dream Job ''The Dream Job'' (Chinese: 绝世好工) is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. The series stars Shaun Chen, Jeanette Aw, Rebecca ...
. He also release his second single "Still me" featuring Desmond Ng. In 2018, Fang was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor in Star Awards as Shuai Ge in Till We Meet Again. Fang has received 2 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes from 2015, 2017 respectively.


Personal life

Fang is a
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since 2015 and was raised by his mother Fang Pei Pei (divorced since 1993) and maternal grandmother after arriving to study in Singapore in 2002. In 2019, a series of explicit
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s between actress
Carrie Wong Carrie Wong Si Tian (; born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''. Early life The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, ...
and Fang was leaked, suggesting a sexual affair between the two. The leaked texts also contained criticism towards fellow actor
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